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Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

Paula Pell | Trump Wanted to Bomb Mexico; Katie Porter Gives Powerful Speech on Inflation: A Closer Look

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

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Political Comedy, Politics, After Shows, News, Comedy, Books, Authors, News Commentary, A Closer Look, Seth Myers, Tv & Film, Seth Meyers

4.33.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Seth takes a closer look at Democratic Congresswoman Katie Porter making a powerful speech to her colleagues about solving the cost-of-living crisis and Donald Trump wanting to bomb Mexico and pretend it wasn’t us.

Then, Paula Pell shares a story about the time she pretended to be a cop because a man aggressively yelled at her in Los Angeles traffic.

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0:00.0

North Korea reported his first coronavirus outbreak today and ordered all cities and counties

0:07.0

to enter lockdown or as they call it, business is usual.

0:12.4

From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night

0:20.0

with Seth Meyers.

0:21.0

On today's show, Seth Chats with Paul LaPelle from Peacock's original comedy, Girls 5 Ever.

0:25.6

But first, a closer look.

0:34.0

A Democratic Congresswoman made a powerful speech to her colleagues to take action now to

0:38.0

solve the cost of living crisis.

0:39.8

Also, we found out that Donald Trump wanted to bomb Mexico and thought we could pretend

0:45.2

it wasn't us.

0:46.2

Two stories.

0:47.6

One look, the classic two-hander.

0:49.1

For more on this, it's time for a closer look.

0:55.6

The Republican Party remains fully enthralled to Donald Trump, even though he's an aspiring

0:59.6

authoritarian and a crazy person.

1:01.4

We've known that for a long time, and yet somehow we keep learning more about just how

1:05.2

insane Trump is on an almost daily basis.

1:07.5

For example, we found out this week that he asked his advisors if China had a hurricane

1:11.8

gun, they were shooting at us to create severe weather events.

1:15.7

Now, I'm assuming Trump was thinking of a giant weapon that could create actual category

1:21.8

five hurricanes, but because his brain only works in cartoons, there's also a chance

1:26.4

he thought they had a tiny handheld gun that shot out little ring clouds that would

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