Jimmy Kimmel roasts Trump’s ‘huge mistake’ in picking JD Vance as he recaps wild two months in late show return
Jimmy Kimmel had a hell of a job on Tuesday night, with two months worth of political mayhem to catch up on in his return to the late night comedy show.
One of his biggest takeaways from the summer of presidential campaigns was what he called Donald Trump's “huge mistake”: picking JD Vance as his running mate.
“There are a lot of things Trump isn't good at, one of the thing's he's especially not good at is picking running mates,” Kimmel quipped.
“He made a huge mistake with this JD Vance, who can't stop stepping in it every – for a guy who wears more eyeliner than Liza Minelli, you'd think he’d have a better understanding of women,” the comedian joked – referring to the ongoing onlin rumor that he wears eyeliner.
“JD Vance looks like someone asked AI to make the Two and a Half Men one person.”
Vance has hit headlines for his comments and views of women ever since he was tapped to join Trump on the Republican party’s ticket.
Resurfaced videos and audio have captured Vance, who is married with three children, saying professional women “choose a path to misery” by priotizing their careers over having children, and calling Harris and other Democrats “childless cat ladies.”
On Tuesday night’s show, Kimmel pointed to the glaring differences between the Republican vice presidential candidate and the Democratic VP pick Tim Walz.
“It's even worse for Trump considering the home run team Harris hit with this Tim Walz. I don't know where they were hiding him,” he said of Kamala Harris’s own choice of a running mate.
“He is beautiful. His blood type is corndog batter. He belongs to several 'pickle of the month' clubs.
“Tim Walz is the kind of guy who, if you sat next to him on a plane, he'd ask you what brings you to Tampa because he