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Late Night Finally Tackles President Biden’s Debate Disaster
Would you believe two separate hosts made a “Hawk Tuah” reference?
But Meyers didn’t solely focus on Biden during his signature “Closer Look” segment about the last two weeks in politics; he also hit on Donald Trump’s disastrous Project 2025 policy proposals (and his untruthful attempts to distance himself from them), as well as highly publicized allegations that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once ate a dog. He establishes this context to emphasize “the stakes of this election” and how important it is to have “a Democratic candidate who could competently articulate those stakes.” Of Biden’s agape facial expressions during the debate, he joked, “Nothing projects strength like having your mouth a little bit open while you stare at a ghost only you can see.” Like Fallon, Colbert took the opportunity to make a glancing reference to the internet’s current favorite viral phenomenon, remarking that the Biden campaign’s attempts to connect more on social media post-debate will lead to a “New Middle East peace proposal: ‘You Gotta Give It That Hawk Tuah, Spit on That Thang.’” Then, like Meyers, he reserved his best jokes for the Biden campaign’s attempts at post-debate spin, particularly its proposal to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. “I guess you could say he’s ‘Sleepy Joe,’ Colbert said, looking directly into camera and mouthing an apology.
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