Jimmy Kimmel Rides Election Day’s ‘Blue Tsunami’

Television|Jimmy Kimmel Rides Election Day’s ‘Blue Tsunami’

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Singing the Blues

The midterm elections’ expected “blue tsunami” was beginning to break by the start of Tuesday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” with early returns bearing out poll predictions.

“Nate Silver, Nate Cohn, Nate Dogg — all of the Nates were predicting a blue wave,” Kimmel said.

“One election model from Harvard said the chances of Republicans keeping the House tonight was as likely as rolling the number 20 on a 20-sided die. They could have said 5 percent, but somebody at Harvard wanted to let us know they play Dungeon & Dragons.” — JIMMY KIMMEL

“Word from inside the White House is he’s already run out of dipping sauce containers to throw at the television set.” — JIMMY KIMMEL

“It’s all looking good for Democrats. Man, oh man, would I hate to be the DoorDash driver who delivers Trump his Papa Johns tonight.” — JIMMY KIMMEL

“If you really look at him, his priorities are insane. They have no relation to what Americans are worried about. Americans are worried about corruption, inflation, climate change, war, wealth disparity, health care, housing, measles and democracy itself. Now let’s take a look at the 10 subjects MAGA seems to be worried about: transgender, testosterone, Black Helen of Troy, windmills, ballrooms. Mexicans, reflecting pools, racism against whites, Tylenol, Canada and Canada.” — JIMMY KIMMEL

The Punchiest Punchlines (Don Jr. Edition)

“Look, we don’t always see eye to eye, but Don Jr. is right, OK? Politics aside, Ohio should not be a state. It’s going to change the demographics of this country, and they’re never going to assimilate into our culture.” — RONNY CHIENG, referring to Donald Trump Jr. saying that Democrats want to “make Ohio a state.”

“Also, once a state gives us JD Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy, it should be at least downgraded to whatever Guam is.” — RONNY CHIENG

“You know, maybe Eric isn’t the dumb son.” — JIMMY KIMMEL

The Bits Worth Watching

The novelist Min Jin Lee discussed her latest book, “American Hagwon,” with Ronny Chieng on Tuesday’s “The Daily Show.”

Carrie Coon, who stars in “The Gilded Age,” will appear on Thursday’s “Tonight Show.”

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