JD Vance's Bizarre Migrant Hoax Gets Roasted by Late Night Writer Jeff Wright

Published: Sep 11, 2024 Duration: 00:02:52 Category: People & Blogs

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-Earlier this week, several prominent Republicans, including Ohio Senator and vice presidential nominee J. D. Vance, promoted a false claim that Haitian immigrants in Ohio are kidnapping and eating family pets. Here to respond is one of my writers, Jeff Wright. -Thank you, Seth. Thank you. [ Cheers and applause ] Now, when I first heard this vicious rumor, it really hit home for me. -Oh, right, because your mom is Haitian. -No, because I'm from Florida. And trust me, if people are stealing and eating pets, it wouldn't be in Ohio. It would be in Florida, okay? In Florida, a man ate someone's face. If we'd eat a face, we'd eat a pet. -But your mom is Haitian, right? -Yeah, and she would never do anything to harm someone's pet. The only time she ever kidnapped a pet was when I told her I didn't want to be a doctor, so she took away my dog. Well, look at me now, Mom. I'm on "Late Night with Seth Meyers." Can I please have Zeus back? -You okay, Jeff? -Yep. Seth, these weird pet rumors about Haitians all started in a Facebook group. Come on now. You know you can't trust what you read on Facebook. On Facebook, I list myself as graduate -- as a graduate of the University of Miami Medical School. -And where did you actually go to college? -I didn't go to college, Seth. That's why my mom still has Zeus. -How many years ago did she take Zeus? -Like -- Like 20. -And you think Zeus is still alive? -I don't know, I'm not a doctor, Seth. -Jeff, why do you think J. D. Vance and other Republicans would choose to spread these vicious lies? -Because it's the easiest thing to do -- pick on immigrants. But this time, he picked on the wrong country. See, Haitians have already been through earthquakes, poverty, dictatorships. We ain't got nothing left to lose. We'll come right back at you. You know how Michelle Obama says when they go low, we'll go high? Well, as a Haitian, when you go low, we gonna throw a sandal at your head. And to be honest, you do not want to spread rumors about people who know Voodoo. -Jeff, isn't that just another vicious stereotype? -I don't know, Seth. Is it? [ Speaks indistinctly ] [ Thunder crashes ] But in all seriousness, this kind of dangerous rhetoric from Republicans is becoming normalized, and this is the kind of stuff that can get people killed. At the end of the day, political campaigns should be bringing people together through coming up with solutions to improve their lives, not by race baiting. Race baiting is just lazy. And I would say Republicans are lazy, but I don't want to do that. -Because you don't want to attack them with stereotypes? -No, because I have a more efficient way. [ Thunder crashes ] -Jeff Wright, everybody. We'll be right back with more "Late Night."

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