Late-night comedy shows were unable to derail President-elect Donald Trump’s second presidential victory last month despite aiming nearly all their political firepower on him.
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DespitefocusingtheirsharpestpoliticaljokesonPresident-electDonaldTrumpforyears,especiallyintheleaduptoElectionDay2024,prominentnetworkcomedyshowsdidnotderailTrump’svictory.
Late-nighthostsStephenColbert,JimmyKimmel,SethMeyersandothers,alongwiththeusualanti-TrumpsuspectsatNBC’s“SaturdayNightLive,”wereunsuccessfulinusingtheirplatformstoswayvotersawayfromboostingTrumptoadecisivevictoryinNovember.SomeevenraisedmillionsofdollarsforTrump’sDemocraticopponents,anditdidn’tamounttomuch.
Theimpotencyoftheiranti-TrumpmediabarragewassofrustratingforthesecomediansafterElectionDaythatsomeresortedtocursesandevensheddingtearson-air.
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