On Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi sitting behind Biden at the podium: "Fox News was like, 'Throw in Hillary (Clinton) and you've got all four horsemen.' " On Biden's call with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy before the SOTU: "Zelenskyy asked Biden to share weapons and Biden asked Zelenskyy to share his approval rating." And you can tell it worked because every single Republican ignored him." On division among lawmakers: "During his speech, Biden introduced his new unity agenda. More: How Biden's SOTU speech played on TV, from embarrassing heckling to 'optimistic' moments 'The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon'įallon, like his late-night peers, mentioned the SOTU before taking swings at Putin, Trump and Mardi Gras celebrations. TL DR: "He probably could've just saved some time and tweeted that the State of the Union is 'malarkey AF.' " Biden said that even though the country is divided right now, we all need to come together and agree that the “Sex and the City” reboot - wasn’t anywhere near what we hoped it would be. On finding common ground despite political differences: “It was a tough speech. He ultimately decided that the "State of our Union is about as strong as Kim (Kardashian) and Kanye (West) right now." (In other words, "it's not.") Jimmy Kimmel began his show with comments that seemed to react to the prepared text released by the White House ahead of time, tackling Ukraine, Republican opposition and Donald Trump. More: What's next for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson? A high-profile confirmation process 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
I think there's a new 'Batman' movie this week?" On Biden mentioning Supreme Court Justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson: "Thank God he got that Supreme Court justice in, 'cause there was not much else to talk about. But he began the night with one joke in response to Biden's address. Seth Meyers' opening monologue featured a smattering of jokes about the latest news from this week, from hard-hitting Ukraine updates to Mardi Gras events and Dunkin's new shamrock macchiato. But keep in mind, he might’ve been on Amazon shopping for a spine." 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' Of course the minority leader in the House not paying attention looked disrespectful.
On House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy looking at his phone during the speech: "To be fair, today’s Wordle was pretty tricky. On Biden's decision to close American airspace to Russian flights: "If he really wanted to punish Russia, he'd just divert all their flights to Newark."