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Late-Night Jesters Beat the Bongos for Bidenomics

The late-night comedy shows sound like they all received an email from the Biden campaign requesting they tout the latest economic numbers. There’s really nothing funny about growth in the Gross Domestic Product, or oil production, or manufacturing jobs. But the comedians tried to apply their comedic skills and strategies to give Biden a PR win with low-information voters:

Saturday Night Live over the weekend had a little joke about how the economy is booming, but Fox News could only obsess over illegal aliens and transgender activism. 

— CBS host Stephen Colbert pulled out the bongo drums on CBS and pretended to be a beatnik to try to make it cool to like Bidenomics. This, like his “Vax Scene” dancers sketch from 2021, carried a Sixties vibe, like he’s watching reruns of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

— NBC host Jimmy Fallon, who’s less political…

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