Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s racist remarks at rallies: ‘really takes you back about 200 years’

Late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers spent their latest shows on President Donald Trump's campaign-trail behavior, from racially charged attacks to remarks they saw as detached from ordinary voters' finances. Kimmel said Trump's approval rating has fallen to 32% and that the president tends to sink further whenever it dips. He argued that Trump's recent language about non-white people was a throwback of roughly two centuries, citing attacks on Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, whom Trump labeled a terrorist. Kimmel also mocked the president for telling rally crowds that a promised $5,000 check, tied to a Republican midterm win, could buy them a hamburger at Mar-a-Lago, according to The Guardian.

Meyers contrasted Barack Obama's midterm appearances with Trump's, saying the president rambled about Nicki Minaj and men's bodies instead of policy. He questioned Trump's stumping in Texas for Ken Paxton, a candidate Trump has often criticized, and called Paxton "cartoonishly corrupt." Meyers noted that Elon Musk has put millions into Paxton's race and that Musk's wealth has grown 52% under Trump, arguing the rich are prospering while average Americans struggle. Rightwing pundits, he added, were fixated on an Obama aside about the Cheesecake Factory.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Guardian’s reporting. Read the full story at The Guardian →