The late-night hosts have been having a lot of fun with the struggles in Washington D.C. to pick a brand new speaker of the Home the previous few weeks, and now that the journey has lastly come to an finish, the hosts positively had reactions.
The Home of Representatives elected Rep. Mike Johnson from Louisiana to develop into the 56th speaker of the Home on Wednesday, ending a three-week mess that has performed out very publicly.
Not solely did all 4 main late-night exhibits react to the information — mentioned Johnson appears to be like like a child dressed up as a Congressman for Halloween — they hit on most of the identical elements of the story. Right here’s a have a look at the way it all breaks down.
The wait is lastly over
It took three weeks of attempting and a number of failed makes an attempt to fill the speaker seat after Kevin McCarthy was ousted, right here’s what the hosts considered it lastly getting accomplished.
:
“They discovered somebody simply in time, if the job stayed open any longer it might have routinely gone to Ryan Seacrest.”
“Republicans mentioned Mike Johnson is their first selection… after their first 10 selections misplaced.”
“Let’s simply say if speaker nominees had been Star Wars characters, he’s their Jar Jar.”
“Let’s simply say if speaker nominees had been halloween sweet, this man’s a Necco Wafer.”
“It’s like being at a restaurant and listening to, ‘Do you could have Coke? No. Do you could have Pepsi? No. Advantageous I suppose I’ll have the Mike Johnson.”
Stephen Colbert:
“Our lengthy nationwide nightmare is lastly totally different.”
“Johnson was simply elected this afternoon, getting votes from all 220 Republicans. Lastly, a person who appeals to all factions of the Republican get together: the MAGA devoted, the social conservatives, the white nationalists and (with an image of Lauren Boebert) the attractive Beetlejuice goblins.”
The Mike Johnson title
Whereas it could be low-hanging fruit, the hosts simply couldn’t assist themselves when it got here to Johnson’s somewhat frequent title.
Stephen Colbert:
“He’s probably the most generic sounding congressional chief because the election of James Kirkland Model.”
Seth Meyers:
“Wow, the speaker race was so embarrassing they’re not even giving their actual names anymore. Mike Johnson is the title you give whenever you verify into your resort along with your mistress. That’s what Spirit Halloween calls their Michael Jackson costume.”
Jimmy Fallon:
“That’s proper, the brand new speaker of the Home is Mike Johnson, and if that title sounds acquainted it’s as a result of it’s on each pretend ID.”
Jimmy Kimmel:
“Not solely is he not your best option for speaker, you’ll be able to’t even definitively say that Mike Johnson is the perfect Mike Johnson they might have selected. There’s Mike Johnson from Louisiana, he’s a Republican state consultant who might have been a greater Johnson general. You’ve quadruple gold medalist Mike Johnson, you’ve received Canadian bodybuilder Mike Johnson, Swedish chef Mike Johnson who would make everybody little meatballs daily. You may have given the gavel to certainly one of at the very least 5 Mike Johnsons within the NFL and even nation music’s number-one Black yodeler Mike Johnson.”
Johnson’s election-denier previous
However what actually appears to irk the hosts probably the most, is the truth that Johnson beforehand led the cost in asking the Supreme Court docket to throw out the 2020 presidential election on behalf of then-president Donald Trump, who falsely claimed it was fraudulent.
Jimmy Fallon:
“Johnson is fairly controversial as a result of he led the trouble to overturn the 2020 presidential election. So whether or not or not he received right this moment, he was going to say he did.”
Jimmy Kimmel:
“He’s been referred to as crucial architect of the electoral faculty objections, contesting the outcomes of the election in 2020. He voted to decertify the outcomes of that election confirming Biden as president, so he checks off all of the vital containers. He’s additionally anti-gay, anti-choice, pro-conspiracy concept — he appears terrific.”
“You may go to the center of the telephone guide and decide any one of many a whole lot of Mike Johnsons, every one can be a better option for speaker, as a result of not certainly one of them tried to overthrow the presidential election, in the home that he now represents.”
“Though Mike Johnson tried to decertify Biden’s election win, Biden referred to as Johnson to congratulate him as a result of that’s what regular individuals do. Biden mentioned he seemed ahead to working collectively to search out frequent floor, and Johnson mentioned he seemed ahead to burning democracy to the bottom.”
Seth Meyers:
“Home of Representatives voted to elect Louisiana congressman Mike Johnson speaker of the Home. And apparently this election end result he will settle for.”
Meyers additionally took a deeper dive into the choice in his “A Closer Look” segment.
The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night time With Seth Meyers air on NBC; Jimmy Kimmel Stay! airs on ABC; The Late Present With Stephen Colbert airs on CBS.
