Seth Meyers Defends Blue States Against ‘President Caligula’

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This week, President Trump suggested that America’s Covid-19 death rate was low compared to the rest of the world’s, “if you take the blue states out.”

On Thursday’s “Late Night,” Seth Meyers said he knew people affected by the virus and that he didn’t appreciate the remark from “President Caligula.”

“But sure, if you just take out all the people that died, then you did a great job, dude,” Meyers said. “By the same token, if you take out all his albums, Kid Rock has had a fantastic career.”

John David Washington, an actor who once played professional football, appeared on Thursday night’s “Desus & Mero” to discuss his starring role in Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet.”

Claudia Rankine tackles whiteness and racism in “Just Us,” her new collection of prose, poems, photos, data graphs and screenshots of social media posts and videos.