'Io-What the hell?' Late-night hosts rip into the Iowa caucus
“It’s shocking for a lot of reasons,” O’Brien said of the woman’s revelation. “You’d think voters would have known more about the candidates they’re voting for. Even worse? Check this out. This was not an isolated incident.”
Cue a reel of O’Brien’s own exclusive “raw footage” from the caucuses, which parodied the moment with actors who appeared clueless when informed that Elizabeth Warren is a woman, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are both over the age of 70 and Barack Obama was black for both of his presidential terms. Several high-profile Democrats, including Warren, Biden, Sanders, Obama and Hillary Clinton, were mentioned on the late-night circuit. But no one got more heat than Buttigieg, who came out a few steps ahead of Sanders as the delayed results“With 62% of precincts reporting, the winner of the Iowa caucus is, uh, ‘La La Land,’ actually,” Kimmel quipped. “It would appear, based on the still-not-final numbers, that the winner of the caucus will be either Pete Buttigieg or Bernie Sanders.
During last weekend’s big game, the San Francisco 49ers had the lead at halftime, but ended up losing after a fourth-quarter surge from the Kansas City Chiefs. “Good for you, Mr. Mayor, but that’s like the 49ers coming out in the second half and going, ‘The majority of the quarters are in, and they show our team winning 20 to 10,’” Colbert echoed. “‘I’m going to Disney World!’”
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