“You’re going to have this period of nine days or seven days or whatever it is—and many bad things. Ballots are going to be, ‘Oh, we just found 10,000 ballots.’ ‘Oh, that’s good.’ ‘We just found another 10,000,’” Trump said, falsely. “This is a horrible thing that the United States Supreme Court has done to our country. And I say it, and I say it loud, and I say it proud.”
“Maybe start saying things softly and with shame,” Kimmel joked. (Trump tweeted a similar sentiment on Monday night; it was promptly flagged as misinformation by Twitter.)
“If he wins, it was legitimate. If he loses, it was rigged,” Kimmel said, summarizing Trump’s closing message. “That’s as simple as that goes. You wouldn’t accept this from the umpire at your kid’s T-ball game. Why would you want this in a President of the United States?”
But it wasn’t just legal votes and Dr. Fauci that had Trump angered on Monday. During a rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the president also attacked both Lady Gaga and Jon Bon Jovi.
“I could tell you plenty of stories. I could tell you stories about Lady Gaga,” Trump said, affecting a sing-song voice to say “Gaga.” “I know a lot of stories about Lady Gaga. And Jon Bon Jovi, every time I see him, he kisses my ass. ‘Oh, Mr. President.’”
“Yeah, I’m sure,” Kimmel said. “That’s a shame, because ‘Living on a Prayer’ would be a great song for his campaign right now.”
Meanwhile, it was Lady Gaga herself who had the last word. Speaking on Monday night at a rally for Biden, the Oscar-winning singer made a final plea against Trump by invoking his infamous comments about women in a leaked Access Hollywood tape.
“To all the women and all the men with daughters and sisters and mothers, everybody, no matter how you identify, now is your chance to vote against Donald Trump, a man who believes his fame gives him the right to grab one of your daughters or sisters or mothers or wives by any part of their bodies,” she said. “Vote for Joe. He’s a good person.”
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