Sarah Silverman | Madison Cawthorn Ousted After Relentless GOP Campaign to Take Him Down: A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Seth takes a closer look at North Carolina Republican congressman Madison Cawthorn, one of the most vocal proponents of Donald Trump's big lie about the 2020 election, losing his GOP primary last night despite Trump’s endorsement.
Then, Sarah Silverman gushes about NBC's Law & Order, talks about her musical The Bedwetter and recounts her experience getting hypnotized as a child.
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| 0:00.0 | North Carolina Representative Madison Cothorne last night lost his Republican primary. |
| 0:06.1 | Hopefully, he'll learn his lesson. |
| 0:08.0 | Next time you get invited to a cocaine orgy, just go! |
| 0:11.8 | From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night |
| 0:21.5 | with Seth Meyers. |
| 0:22.5 | On today's show, Seth chats with comedian and actor Sarah Silverman. |
| 0:26.2 | First, the closer look. |
| 0:35.3 | North Carolina Republican Congressman Madison Cothorne, one of the most vocal proponents of |
| 0:39.3 | Donald Trump's big lie about the 2020 election, lost his GOP primary last night, despite Trump's |
| 0:44.7 | endorsement, but Trump's minions are still moving full steam ahead with their plan for the |
| 0:49.4 | next coup for more on this. |
| 0:50.7 | It's time for a closer look. |
| 0:56.2 | You know, guys, politics is a rough and tumble business, and DC can be a cruel town. |
| 1:00.9 | Just when you feel like you're making headway in Congress, you're unceremoniously forced |
| 1:04.8 | out by a cruel and unforgiving system of cutthroat and backstabbers. |
| 1:08.6 | And that's exactly what happened last night when one of our nation's most committed public |
| 1:12.3 | servants at camera shy policy wonk, who was laser focused on serving the greater good, |
| 1:16.8 | lost his bid for re-election. |
| 1:18.2 | Oh, wait, I think I read that whole thing wrong. |
| 1:20.8 | Oh, I read every word wrong. |
| 1:22.8 | It was just Madison Cothorne. |
| 1:24.4 | He incumbent Madison Cothorne has lost their public nomination for US House District 11 |
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