Bowen Yang | Ted Cruz’s Hypocrisy and Tucker Carlson’s Conspiracy Theory on Classified Docs: A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Seth takes a closer look at Trump's supporters spreading wild conspiracy theories and claiming Trump had been vindicated after more classified documents were found at the homes of President Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence.
Then, Bowen Yang talks about being a huge fan of Alex Wagner, his podcast, Las Culturistas, and pulling double duty as George Santos in Weekend Update and the cold open on Saturday Night Live.
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| 0:00.0 | Trum is reportedly stopped picking up calls from numbers |
| 0:05.0 | that are not in his contacts, which is surprising. |
| 0:08.0 | Since you think he'd jump at the chance to pick up a call |
| 0:11.0 | that says scam likely. |
| 0:13.0 | I think you and I are gonna have a lot in common. |
| 0:17.0 | Scam likely. |
| 0:19.0 | From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, |
| 0:26.0 | please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Mayors. |
| 0:29.0 | On today's show, Seth Chats with Bowen Yang from Saturday Night Live, |
| 0:33.0 | but first, a closer look. |
| 0:35.0 | After more classified documents were found at the home |
| 0:45.0 | of the president Biden and former vice president Mike Pence, |
| 0:47.0 | Donald Trump's supporters in the GOP and on Fox News claimed |
| 0:50.0 | Trump had been vindicated while also spreading wild conspiracy theories about the news. |
| 0:54.0 | But if anything, the cases of Biden and Pence make Trump's potentially |
| 0:57.0 | criminal behavior look a lot worse. |
| 0:59.0 | For more on this, it's time for a closer look. |
| 1:02.0 | Trump's supporters in the GOP and on Fox News have been twisting themselves |
| 1:08.0 | and knots over the revelations about classified documents found at the homes of Trump Biden and Pence. |
| 1:13.0 | For example, when the news first broke that the FBI's search Mar-a-Lago last year |
| 1:17.0 | and discovered top secret documents, the Trump had lied about having and refused to give back. |
| 1:21.0 | You might recall that many Republicans dismissed it as a non-scandal. |
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