Late-night hosts Jon Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon joked about Vice President Kamala Harris having to preside over the certification of her election defeat Monday in Congress.
“It stings. It's like, 'I can hear you.'” “God damn it,” Stewart said on The Daily Show after playing a video of lawmakers cheering after Harris read the results in Congress. “It's like attending your own funeral, and even the mourners They say: “Cool!” “I can't imagine anything that would be more annoying than standing there while the crowd applauds your opponent.”
Legislators are officially accredited The results of the 2024 election came out on Monday, which Harris was to preside over as vice president. Stewart also played a video of Democratic lawmakers cheering as Harris read her own numbers.
“That sounded louder!” Stewart said of the Democratic chants. “There's so much joy in that room! I think she can still win this thing!”
Comedian Jon Stewart joked about Vice President Kamala Harris having to oversee the certification of her election defeat on Monday. (Screenshot/Comedy Central)
“It's like having your ex DJ at your wedding,” Kimmel said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
After explaining Harris' role in the certification process on “The Tonight Show,” Fallon joked, “Harris was saying, 'And with that, Dry January's over.'
Kimmel in particular I fought back tears The day after Trump won the election, he said it was a “terrible night.”
The late-night host admitted during an MSNBC interview before the election that he wasn't “Mentally prepared” For Harris to lose.
“I was telling my wife that I don't feel mentally prepared for the possibility of losing. I'm not ready. I have to get there where I'm ready for either scenario,” Kimmel said during the conference. Interview in late October. “Most of my shows aren't important. This one seems to be more important than the others because I have a lot of people asking my opinion and agreeing with what I think, and that's a big responsibility.”
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Late night host Jimmy Kimmel took aim at the election certification process on Monday. (Screenshot/Kimmel)
Harris recorded a video message released before certification, telling viewers: “The peaceful transfer of power is one of the most fundamental principles of American democracy. Like no other principle, it is what distinguishes our system of government from a monarchy.” Or tyranny.”
She also spoke to the press after the results were certified.
“Well, obviously today was a very important day and it was about what should be the norm and what the American people should be able to accept, which is that one of the most important pillars of our democracy is that there will be a peaceful transfer of power,” Harris said.
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