Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert are underwhelmed by Trump's response to the letter bombs sent to Democrats
On Wednesday, suspected mail bombs were intercepted en route to the homes of former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton plus 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton, former CIA Director John Brennan via CNN, former Attorney General Eric Holder, and other prominent Democratic officials frequently vilified by President Trump and his supporters. Thankfully, nobody was hurt this time, Seth Meyers said on Wednesday's Late Night.
"Now we obviously don't know yet who sent these bombs, and it's important to let law enforcement conduct an investigation," Meyers said. "In fact, the only thing we do know so far is that whoever did this is not only a horrible person but a moron, because they tried to list the address of Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz as the return address, but on the envelope they spelled it 'Florids.' Well, that narrows it down to anyone who still doesn't have spellcheck. What did they write that with? Microsoft Word 87? Even Clippy would have caught that."
"In a scary moment like this, you might expect the president to call for calm and to tone down his own rhetoric and direct his supporters to do the same," Meyers said. "Instead, President Trump initially outsourced that job to Vice President Mike Pence," retweeting Pence's thoughtful statement with a short plus-one. "You can't just add your name to someone else's statement like you're signing a Get Well Soon card for a coworker," Meyers said. "Trump's like a kid who tries to cheat off a classmate, except instead of actually copying he just writes: 'See Mike's test for answer.'"
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Stephen Colbert had a similar reaction to Trump's retweet on The Late Show: "You're the president! There's been an attempted attack on two — two! — previous presidents today! This is the one time you can't think of your own tweet?" Watch below. Peter Weber
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