As affirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks proceed this week, Jimmy Kimmel has discovered the “finest information” to return out of it: figuring out who the “dumbest particular person within the Senate” is.
Marco Rubio attended his affirmation listening to on Tuesday, prompting Kimmel to applaud him throughout Wednesday evening’s monologue.
“Marco Rubio made historical past. He grew to become the primary particular person ever to be nominated for Secretary of State after implying that the man who nominated him had a small penis,” Kimmel joked.
“So congratulations to Marco. In the previous, Marco Rubio has repeatedly referred to as Trump a rip-off artist. Now he says, “Con stood for condominium!” He builds them so lovely – he is an artist, actually!’”
That mentioned, Rubio is just not the “dumberest particular person” Kimmel was referring to. No, that nickname fell to Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin. During Pete Hegseth confirmation hearingMullin referred to as out Democrats who questioned Hegseth’s alleged consuming habits, saying many senators voted drunk.
But Kimmel was extra amused that Mullin slipped up throughout an interview on Fox News, whereas complaining about Democrats’ “hypocrisy.”
“If you wish to speak about not qualifying, Pete Hegseth!” Mullin mentioned confidently, earlier than realizing he was fallacious. “The gentleman… or not Pete Hegseth, sorry, Pete Buttigieg.”
Cringing in the meanwhile, Kimmel famous: “The finest information of those hearings is that we’ve got lastly discovered the dumbest particular person within the Senate. And his identify is Markwayne.”
You can watch Jimmy Kimmel’s full monologue within the video above.
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