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Late Night Roundup: The Mark of The Christie

Late Night Roundup: The Mark of The Christie

Chris Christie sat down for an interview on The Daily Show — in which Trevor Noah asked where exactly he should get his stamp to track him as an immigrant worker.

Larry Wilmore looked at Tuesday’s congressional hearing on Planned Parenthood, and the many deceptive tactics used by Republicans — like that super-dishonest graph presented by committee chairman Jason Chaffetz — along with committee members barely letting Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards even talk all that much to answer their questions.

Larry also showed off the giant novelty check that Planned Parenthood doesn’t receive — but which committee members seemed to think it does.

Seth Meyers also highlighted the Planned Parenthood hearing — like the moment when Congressman Glenn Grothman seemed to argue that Planned Parenthood clinics were unnecessary because of all the health care he can access “as a guy.”

Stephen Colbert had this to say about all the talk that Donald Trump’s momentum might be stalling: “Don’t leave me, Donald! Don’t you understand? If you go away, I’m gonna have to talk about those other boring people. I’m gonna have to learn their names!”

Jimmy Kimmel talked politics with the legendary Don Rickles — who told the story of how Donald Trump once tried to sell him a mega-expensive condo.

Late Night Roundup: ‘A Pap Smear Campaign’

Late Night Roundup: ‘A Pap Smear Campaign’

Larry Wilmore looked at the political fight over Planned Parenthood: “Another failed attempt to defund Planned Parenthood by the right? This is the eighth vote to defund them in eight years — two more, and they get a free breast exam taken away from a low-income woman!”

Larry also lambasted the willful lack of nuance, context, or facts in the anti-Planned Parenthood campaign — such as refusing to discuss the key information on medical research — and he coined a new phrase for what’s going on: “That’s why I’m calling this Planned Parenthood attack for exactly what it is — it’s a Pap smear campaign. It is, I’m sorry, but it is, that’s exactly what it is. And in a Pap smear campaign, people don’t care about facts. So these attacks don’t seem to be revealing any illegal activity. Instead, they’re shaming women, their health practitioners, and doctors.”

Larry also teamed up with the rest of The Nightly Show crew — Holly Walker, Robin Thede, and even Mike Yard — to show the makeshift substitutes procedures that women will need if their health services all get defunded.

Over at The Daily Show, Jon Stewart and Jessica Williams looked back at the crazy people the show has interviewed over the years, who seem so amazingly willing to say outrageous stuff. “They are real, and they do know who we are,” Jessica explained, “and they don’t care, because we bring a camera with us.” And after working on an update segment, Jessica even found that they’re still happy to keep on talking.

Conan O’Brien was looking forward to Thursday night’s Republican debate: “Just like Celebrity Apprentice, you’ll see Donald Trump on TV yelling at people you barely recognize.”

Jimmy Fallon and The Roots band all got specially heckled — by the legendary Don Rickles.