Seth Meyers picked a hell of a week to take a hiatus. Trump does and says wild things literally every day that late night hosts hardly have to write jokes about, but “Hey medical doctors, can we look into injecting disinfectant into people to cure coronavirus?” was an instant Hall of Famer. (Yes, that’s a paraphrase, but only barely.)
So when Meyers’ attic-based A Closer Look segment returned on Monday night, he was obviously going to start with the briefing where the president floated the idea of getting disinfectant and “powerful” light “into the body,” and his attempts at damage control by claiming it was a “sarcastic” comment aimed at the reporters he doesn’t like “just to see what would happen.” Read more…
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