Colin Jost roasts Trump, says his comedy special will be ‘second-funniest live event this week’

Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost and Michael Che have roasted Donald Trump’s remarks about immigrants eating cats and dogs in their first-ever live comedy special.

Colin Jost & Michael Che Present: New York After Dark premiered on Peacock on Thursday and saw the duo take a timey swipe at the former president after his bizarre outburst at Tuesday’s election debate with Kamala Harris.

In a claim, that was almost immediately debunked by ABC News moderator David Muir, Trump said: “In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in. They’re eating the cats. They’re eating – they’re eating the pets of the people that live there. And this is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a shame.”

In the opening monologue, Jost joked that they wanted the live special to be “to be the second-funniest live event this week… after the debate. I don’t know about you guys, but I thought my guy did great.”

Seeing a potential flaw in his statement, Che joked: You gonna vote for Trump? Come on out of the closet and say you’re gonna vote for Trump.”

Undeterred, Jost added: “Nothing sounds more presidential than screaming, ‘They’re eating the cats and the dogs.’ I think that was Thomas Jefferson.”

He then added: “I actually do have to thank our first sponsor, ‘Cats & Dogs: A dog meat for migrants.’”

Jost is then handed a bag of dog food with ‘Cats & Dogs’ taped onto it.

A stunned Che quipped in response: “This motherf---er’s doing prop comedy. We got one opportunity to do live stand-up, you’re doing prop comedy on a debate reference… Jesus Christ.”

Trump was referring to a racist rumour spread by his running mate JD Vance that Haitian immigrants in the city of Springfield, Ohio had been abducting pets and eating them,“causing