Paula Pell | Republicans Are Purging Anyone Who Won't Embrace Trump's Election Lies: A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Seth takes a closer look at the Republican Party’s fealty to Donald Trump and purge of anyone who refuses to repeat his lies.
Then, Paula Pell reveals what kinds of roles she used to be type-cast for, teases her new show "Girls5eva" and talks about her "SNL" days.
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| 0:00.0 | Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger yesterday criticized the GOP for the ongoing debate whether |
| 0:07.8 | to remove conference chair Liz Cheney and said the party is, quote, basically the Titanic. |
| 0:12.5 | I don't know, though, when the Titanic went down, people tried to get off it. |
| 0:17.9 | Women and children first, and then we party, right gentlemen? |
| 0:25.9 | From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late |
| 0:29.9 | Night with Seth Myers. |
| 0:31.6 | On today's show, Seth talks to comedy writer and actor Paula Pell from the Peacock Show |
| 0:35.6 | Girls 5 Eva. |
| 0:36.6 | But first, a closer look. |
| 0:44.6 | Republican Party has decided that its path back to power is complete and total fealty |
| 0:48.4 | to Donald Trump, and they're purging anyone who refuses to repeat his lies about the 2020 |
| 0:53.0 | election no matter how destructive it is for the country for more in this its time for |
| 0:57.2 | a closer look. |
| 0:58.9 | It is exceedingly rare in the history of this country for a political party to stay so |
| 1:05.9 | closely tied to an ex-president, let alone one who is as deeply unpopular as Donald |
| 1:10.5 | Trump. |
| 1:11.5 | What we're seeing right now in the Republican Party is not usually how the process unfolds |
| 1:15.5 | after a party loses power, especially in a landslide amid a once in a century cataclysm. |
| 1:20.3 | And let's remember the GOP didn't just lose, they got wiped out, they lost the presidency |
| 1:24.1 | in both houses of Congress. |
| 1:25.8 | Trump never once cracked 50% job approval and never won the popular vote. |
| 1:29.3 | Meanwhile, President Biden is riding high with a 63% approval ratings in a new poll |
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