Jimmy Kimmel gave his “closing argument” earlier than the 2024 election on his eponymous ABC late-night present on Monday.
In it, on the finish of his monologue on Monday, he urged viewers to maneuver on from Donald Trump, whom he in comparison with a “cancerous polyp” on “our collective nationwide colon.”
Kimmel urged folks to vote, portray an image of a future during which the Republican presidential candidate not dominates the information cycle.
“Neglect which aspect you’re on. I need you to take a second and picture a world the place you get up within the morning, learn the information, and nobody says the phrases 'Donald' or 'Trump,'” he mentioned. “Only a bunch of regular, boring stuff. Wouldn't that be good? No garden indicators. No crimson hats. No arguing together with your grandfather. You examine the sports activities, Al Roker takes care of the climate, and then you definately go to work.”
Beforehand, that Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! The host recapped memorable moments from the Trump and Harris campaigns over the weekend, lamenting, very like his fellow late-night hosts Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert, that the shut polls present that “no one is aware of something!”
Though Kimmel, just like pollsters, admitted that he “is aware of nothing,” he mentioned the weekend earlier than Election Day that “Group Harris seems to be gaining momentum.”
Noting how Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Dick Cheney had all voiced their help for Harris, Kimmel joked: “Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Darth Vader: That's one hell of a insurgent alliance.”
As for Trump, Kimmel picked out some key moments from a weekend of rallies, together with the previous president speaking about weapons being pointed at Liz Cheney and saying he “shouldn't have left workplace” after he misplaced the 2020 election and mentioned polls confirmed he wouldn't. It's not alleged to be unlawful, and whereas he talks concerning the bulletproof glass at his rallies after the assassination try towards him in July, he says he doesn't thoughts folks taking pictures by the media.
Kimmel additionally highlighted “Bombshell Audio,” launched by The Day by day Beastduring which Jeffrey Epstein, talking to Michael Wolff, says he was Trump's “closest pal for 10 years.”
Moreover, Kimmel summarized: “Epstein mentioned Trump advised him he preferred having intercourse together with his finest associates’ wives. To the purpose the place Epstein described Trump as having no ethical compass. Are you aware what an fool you need to be for Jeffrey Epstein to say you haven’t any morals? It’s like R. Kelly is mad at you for leaving the bathroom seat up.”
And Kimmel was shocked the audio didn't make much more headlines.
“It barely strikes the needle,” Kimmel mentioned. “Do you keep in mind Mitt Romney happening for placing a canine provider on the roof of his automobile? We simply watched 100 hours of Jeffrey Epstein saying he and Trump had been finest associates. I didn't even get a notification about it on my cellphone. I didn’t get a textual content message about it.”
Beforehand, Kimmel in contrast the concern of discovering out who the subsequent president can be to “ready for the outcomes of a biopsy.”
On the polls, Kimmel mentioned, “There are solely two choices. You’ve got a 50 p.c probability of being proper. It's not such as you went for the trifecta within the Belmont Stakes. There's no magic concerned. It's heads or tails. In the long run, the pollsters who had been mistaken will quietly disappear – the others will say, “I advised you, one p.c!” What did you inform us? They referred to as 800 losers who weren't sensible sufficient to not reply an unknown name. That’s all you probably did.”
He later added: “We don’t know something. However we let these polls decide whether or not we really feel like throwing up or not. It's silly. We’re silly. And after tomorrow we’ll learn the way silly we’re!”