The “Late Night time” host famous that, going into the November midterms, Kevin McCarthy and his fellow Republicans had hyped a landslide victory for the social gathering that may give them a big majority within the Home. That didn’t occur, and, with solely a slim majority and a bloc of dissenters in his personal social gathering, McCarthy was pressured to make concessions and endure 15 rounds of voting earlier than he was capable of assume the speakership.
“For not less than a yr, main as much as the midterms, McCarthy was extremely cocky about it, even giving us particular numbers for what number of seats Republicans might win,” Meyers stated.
In a single clip from April final yr, McCarthy was requested on Fox Information if maybe Republicans have been just a little “overconfident this yr.” McCarthy stated they weren’t.
“There’s going to be a historic purple wave or my title just isn’t Klevin McCorthy,” Meyers quipped. “It’s by no means a great signal when somebody says they’re not being overconfident. If a personality says that within the film, he’s about 10 minutes away from getting eaten by a T. Rex.”
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