On a recent episode of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon and David Alan Grier put on their best respective Donald Trump and Ben Carson impressions in what might be one of the show’s best political sketches of the season.
The premise of Donald Trump and Ben Carson discussing the Democratic debate is simple, and the result is hilarious.
Anyone who watched at least one of the GOP debates and the Democratic debates noticed at least a few stark differences. While the Republican debates seemed to be a bad but entertaining reality tv show full of mud-slinging clowns, while the Democratic debate featured intelligent results civilly discussing issues. This is probably why Trump complained on Twitter how the Democratic debate was sooooo boring, and why Fallon decided to begin his sketch highlighting Trump’s dissatisfaction.
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There are so many great one-liners in this sketch, it’s difficult to pick which ones to highlight. However, just like the media coverage of the debate, a decent amount of the parody is dedicated to the scandal involving Hillary Clinton’s emails. Grier (as Carson) refers to the famous Bernie Sander’s clip “The American people, are sick and tired of hearing about your damned E-mails!” as “the old, angry Muppet talking.” This is followed a little later by Fallon (as Trump) referring to Clinton’s power move of refusing to further discuss the email scandal with:
Yaaas Queen! She just threw more shade than Chris Christie at the beach.
Democratic and Republican candidates alike are poked fun at in this fun video, none more so than Trump and Carson themselves. Just like when watching the real candidates, you might want to turn the volume down when Fallon plays Trump and up when Grier impersonates Carson.
Without further ado, watch the hilarious Tonight Show parody of GOP frontrunners Donald Trump and Ben Carson fumbling to understand the civil Democratic debate:
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Yes the Democrats did show up right?
Yep no talk at all about how to deal with our debt no talk of Isis yet they spent a ton of time trying to out due each other with offering more free stuff like free school free health care of couse no mention on how to pay for it?
Yet you have the audacity to make fun of the Republicans?
Amazing how ignorant and gullible the left has become.
it will be paid for by taxing the 1% at levels they were taxed in the ’90’s
Susan Wolfson
Yep France tried that a couple of years ago remember?
What makes you think the 1% here will do the same thing?
They will leave in dormers then what?
France’s top rate was almost 75%, the top rate in the 90’s was 39.6%, no rich people left the country because of that tax rate.
Cp
Do your homework sir.
No one paid thar rate in the us because Eisenhower created the loopholes we still have today to escape that rate.
France did not have those loopholes.very few of the 1% pay more than 10% in the us and has been that way for a long time.
You know they never will listen to fact’s. They have been brain washed by Faux Fox Lies.
Quitcher crying!
Ladybligh
Not crying just spreading the truth
All you guys do is come on here and cry.
Speaking of the truth, many military soldiers now lean democratic because of the way the GOP has voted against Bills To Help Veterans. And not to forget how the GOP refused to help with the medical costs of the 911 Responders who ended up getting cancer. The GOP has done so much damage to our country, & ppl will not forget that. Plus, Mitch Mcconnell now stating he wants to slash Social Security, will really affect votes.
And then there is this:
Addressed to the GOP
“You may evade justice but in our eyes you are each guilty of egregious war crimes, of plunder and, finally, of murder, including the murder of thousands of young Americans—my fellow veterans—whose future you stole.” - Iraq War Veteran, Tomas Young
Sassy fox
Please do your homework
That’s all untrue.
Over 80% of the military vote republican and as far as the bill that republicans rejected go look at why they did first before you make accusations.
Money is not the problem with v.a.
There is plenty of money it’s just the incompetence of our federal government running anything efficiently.
It was rejected because democrats insisted on more spending on entitlements as a condition and republicans did not have the 60 votes to overturn a veto.
Get your facts right please.
80%??? Now that’s hilarious! Here are the true Facts.
March 8,2015
The Military Is Less Republican Then You Think
James Joyner
It is true that the upper echelons of the military tilt right. My own research confirmed that about two-thirds of majors and higher-ranking officers identify as conservative, as previous studies found. But that tilt becomes far less pronounced when you expand the pool of respondents. That is because only 32 percent of the Army’s enlisted soldiers consider themselves conservative, while 23 percent identify as liberal and the remaining 45 percent are self-described moderates. These numbers closely mirror the ideological predilections of the civilian population. . . .
The political differences between officers and enlisted personnel can be partly explained by a demographic divide. Whereas officers are predominantly white, have at least a bachelor’s degree, and draw incomes that place them in the middle or upper-middle class, the enlisted ranks have a higher proportion of minorities, make less money than officers, and typically enter service with only a high school diploma. Nevertheless, even when controlling for factors like race and gender, officers are significantly more likely than soldiers to identify as conservative. . . .
In addition to its ideological moderation, the Army is not as partisan as popularly portrayed. Whereas 65 percent of Americans think of themselves as either Republican or Democrat, according to the Annenberg survey, my study shows that only 43 percent of the military identifies with one of the two major political parties. Two out of three officers consider themselves either Republican or Democrat, but only 37 percent of enlisted personnel do so.
Officers tend to be not only more partisan, but also more Republican, with GOP affinity strongest among the highest ranks. While I [Dempsey] was unable to fully parse the reason for this, the evidence strongly suggests the pattern is generational. Today’s senior officers entered the Army during the late 1970s and 1980s, a time when the Republican Party had a strong advantage on issues of national defense and the Democratic Party was seen as antiwar if not anti-military. By contrast, junior officers who joined the Army after 2001 are almost as likely to be Democrats as they are Republicans, foreshadowing a possible shift in officer attitudes.
Sassy fox
What you falsely claim as fact is nothing more than opinion
I was in the military and it never has and never will be liberal.
Liberals hate guns so why would they join the military? ?
You offer a opinion not a fact
You are spouting a lot of BS on here. President Obama signed into law that no new bills could be signed into law without showing a way to pay for it. All countries provide health care, education, and more for their citizens. Everything that was mentioned in the debate, was shown how it would be funded.
And as far as the debt goes, read this.
WASHINGTON — The federal budget deficit fell this year to its lowest level since President Obama took office, his administration reported Thursday, a change propelled by an increase in tax receipts amid a strengthening economy.
The deficit was $439 billion in the 2015 fiscal year, $44 billion less than last year, the Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget said in a report. The shortfall represents 2.5 percent of the economy, the lowest share since 2007.
“Under the president’s leadership, the deficit has been cut by roughly three-quarters as a share of the economy since 2009 — the fastest sustained deficit reduction since just after World War II,” Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said in a statement released with the figures. The deficit ballooned to $1.4 trillion in 2009, in part because of stimulus spending during the recession.
Government receipts rose by 8 percent over the last year, the report said, which “can be attributed to a stronger economy.” Rising wages drove up collections of individual and payroll taxes, and higher corporate profits led to an increase in business income tax receipts. Also, fees and payments under the Affordable Care Act that took effect in 2015 helped increase federal collections.
The administration cheered the figures as vindication of Mr. Obama’s economic policies and as proof of the resurgence he set in motion after taking office during the depths of the recession.
Stronger Economy Cited as U.S. Reports Lowest Budget Deficit of Obama’s Tenure
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVISOCT. 15, 2015
Funny Stuff!
You really are brainwashed. Stay off Faux Fox Lies. Everything you are saying, everything is a lie. This chart proves it. I’m in SF, we have ZERO unemployment. And the rest of the country is at 5.1 % it hasn’t been that low, since President Clinton. Now we will have another President Clinton, along with Bill Clinton to keep this country on track!
You cannot dispute the U.S. Budget Defict which clearly shows President Obama has done the BEST JOB !