On Wednesday, the late night comedians received their government shutdown-related marching orders. To listen to them is no different than any generic Democratic member of Congress who portrays the shutdown as a showdown between Democrats, who want people to have healthcare, and Republicans, who do not.
On CBS, The Late Show’s Stephen Colbert asked and answered his own question, “So, how did we get to this shutdown? Well, the main sticking point is healthcare. Democrats want people to have it. And they say they will never back down.”
Over at ABC, Jimmy Kimmel’s audience appeared to not know what they were supposed to do. As Kimmel began, there was a confused mix of booing and cheering, “Well, I have some bad news: our government is now officially shut down because we don't have funding to pay the federal workers. Trump really is running the country like it's one of his businesses.”
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