Panicked Trump Desperately Backpedals on Abortion After Shock Arizona Ruling: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at Trump desperately trying to convince people that he's not an extremist on abortion after proudly taking credit for overturning Roe v. Wade, which has led to a horrendous ruling in Arizona.
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Panicked Trump Desperately Backpedals on Abortion After Shock Arizona Ruling: A Closer Look - Late Night with Seth Meyers
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[@khallo151]

I have never felt such solidarity and pride with Seth when he yelled “YOU TAKE THE BUS MFER”

[@FreeAmericanCats]

Yes!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@alysiareid6659]

1000% true

[@MamaLeahRocksIt]

Made me love him all the more.

[@BBBarbarian-u5q]

Me too

[@dianaleone1605]

I’ve loved Seth for years. AND this insanity deserves Seth’s excellent use of profanity to express outrage at the unconscionable. ❤😂🎉

[@tedculbertson6320]

You know what's more pro-choice than leaving it up to the states? Leaving it up to the individuals!

[@sakatababa]

and those individuals can move from those states it just balances itself out in the end besides, praising maga-heads for their support of pro-choice candidate is surely going to make some tough conversations during local dumbservatives meetings...

[@dr.g3860]

Individual freedom is not what they're after here.

[@RogueShadows]

@@sakatababa _"and those individuals can move from those states"_ In many cases, they can't, not in any practical way anyway. Moving states is not exactly cheap, especially if you also have to make sure there's a job waiting for you at the other end, or else save up enough money to live at least a few weeks or months without employment while looking for a job.

[@swingstylez]

​@@sakatababahow much money, and how many job offers do you have, and how dispersed are your family that you would be happy to change states?

[@thisishowweroll8649]

I will make ALL decisions pertaining to MY body, irrespective of what any law says.

[@barkergirl33]

Thank you Seth and the entire team for your such strong support of women's rights. It's absolutely barbaric and terrifying what women are facing and many are already dealing with.

[@rishnarula]

When Seth said "Then you take the bus MF!" I felt that. Closer Look and Seth never disappoint!

[@donaldcarlin6385]

My god, a law from before woman could vote? " Don't worry, we're working on that too ". This country has officially fallen down a rabbit hole.

[@lynxminx4]

There's no world in which a law created in an unincorporated territory before it joined the Union can be said to be the current law of the land in Arizona.

[@paulyricca3881]

🕳

[@paulyricca3881]

@@lynxminx4👴🏻🥃 ARE U KIDDIN ME ? JUDGE ROY BEAN CREATED DAT LAW 125 YEARS AGO . YOURE WELCOME.

[@BenedictMHolland]

Sure there is. It's historical precedent.

[@The_Hagseed]

"This country has officially fallen down a rabbit hole."- That's the same Russian rhetoric that Republicans use for everything.

[@christenawashburn8193]

Thank you for acknowledging how ludicrous it is to expect a woman to take a bus out of state to get medical care. My child passed when I was 6 months pregnant, and I credit my ability of going on to have two healthy children to the team of doctors who performed my D&E (abortion). I might have become infertile or died had I been forced to take a trip cross country for care.

[@paulyricca3881]

👴🏻🥃 BRING BACK PSYCHO DAD.

[@Missy-Missy1111]

I'm sorry for your loss & happy for the birth of your children. Take care!

[@concordep2504]

I’m sorry for you and your family’s loss. It’s amazing how much men can be so blasé about how much a woman’s body and her mental state is harmed by a pregnancy that doesn’t result in a healthy baby at the end of the term. And abortions should be made part of law in every country! Women are the only people who should be able to make decisions about their own bodies in conjunction with their chosen doctor or other healthcare professionals.

[@steffimago5524]

I’m sorry you went through such a loss. I keep telling people the more children I have, the more pro choice I am. I desperately wanted all my children, but the complications I had with the last 2 made it a possibility I would’ve had to have an abortion. I could never take the right away from a woman, whether the pregnancy was wanted or not. I’m glad you had two more children and I wish you well. Happy early Mother’s Day 🤗

[@--enyo--]

From Australia I’m horrified how in a first world country (especially one always talking about ‘freedom’) women are still struggling against archaic laws and substandard healthcare. Reproductive healthcare including terminations are a healthcare issue. This should be between the individual and healthcare professionals. I can’t express how sorry and furious the US laws make me.

[@Columbiastargazer]

daily reminder: trump isn't arguing he's innocent, he's arguing he has the right to be a criminal

[@zogar8526]

Even Trump and his lawyers are smart enough to know it is impossible to argue he didn't do what he is accused of. This applies to all his cases. It can't be denied in any of them, he took the actions he is accused of, on camera and tape in many. All he can argue is that his actions somehow weren't crimes.

[@wjrasmussen666]

@@zogar8526 They argued that nobody affected by it. Bunch of liars.

[@tytn9978]

That is a brilliant clarification. But how many MAGA followers/voters will understand what you just explained so clearly!

[@sharkulashairstylist5505]

SO is John Roberts... Hes been a kkk leader and russian agent in government for 20+ years... duh... John Roberts is why guns kill innocent peolpe in the name of trump on American streets,

[@zogar8526]

@wjrasmussen666 that was in his fraud civil suit, I don't think they used that argument for the hush money trial. Though it is possible I missed that attempt. Either way, yes, they are a bunch of liars. There are clear and obvious victims in all his crimes. People actually hurt and wronged by his actions. However, that isn't necessary for a crime anyway. A crime with literally no victims is still a crime, and for good reason. It is often less severely punished. But still punished. Think drunk driving. Even if you make it all the way home and get pulled over just before pulling in to your drive way. That is still a crime. No one was hurt. No damage caused. No problems caused. But if it wasn't punished, people would try it far more often, thinking there would be no consequences, causing far more harm.

[@markschenkman8942]

I wish that people in Arizona could watch this but unfortunately TV and the internet have not yet been invented as it is 1864 in Arizona

[@Mr.Zen_73]

always knew Republicans wanted to take the US back to the 60s, didn't realize it was the 1860s!

[@Sonichero151]

Cause that was the last time they had a republican president that was likeable

[@drjanines3301]

​@@Sonichero151😂😂😂😂

[@drivera0502]

​@@Sonichero151 except they would have been against the pro-freedom Republican president at the time

[@dewardroy6531]

And sadly, we know what happened to him.

[@MilesL.auto-train4013]

Pretty sure that was before the great political switch, too. How funny.

[@adamarket]

It irritates me in that one interview that Trump says the pro-life crowd had no rights? What? They had the right not to have an abortion. What you and they wanted was the right to tell OTHER WOMEN and men how they should handle their personal business and now have legal power to send them to prison if they do something you oppose. This is a very strange notion of civil rights.

[@paulyricca3881]

🐈🐈🐈🐈 CURTIS SLIWA CATS

[@Phil_Theekrit]

Trump stands for whatever helps him politically. He’s now changed his opinion on abortion 13x over the last 20yrs

[@andrewpierce1588]

That’s because it is not civil rights…it’s fascism.

[@Hmy8799]

@@Phil_Theekritclassic actions of someone with NPD…

[@okkietrooy6841]

👍👍🎯

[@dmercury292]

Only Republicans can travel back in time to 1864 to enact a law in 2024. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@LowLight420]

Listen to Keith Olbermann

[@christopherweise438]

It's been their plan all along. They would take away a women's right to vote if they could get away with it.

[@carolw8579]

Pretty much. Sheesh

[@MiquelleGettis]

They do want their civil war, may as well go all in. And they can lose again.

[@LizChurchill-p8w]

Shameful!

[@jonlivesley]

Big respect to Seth for refusing to call Twitter X. Big respect to Seth in general. He's a real one.

[@jackl4laughs]

It's Xcrement, complete and total Xcrement.

[@chrissiek8706]

Can call it Xitter, but pronounce X like in Xi Jin Ping name 😂

[@jackl4laughs]

@@chrissiek8706 that's pretty good, I laughed way too hard at that.

[@TheZombiemofo]

The argument that "it's not the worst thing to travel to another state to get an abortion" is null and void when you consider that the same states that are looking to ban abortions are also looking to punish women who do travel out of state to get that abortion, with some of them wanting to also offer bounties to those who inform on those women.

[@lynxminx4]

We can hope these efforts will fail in the courts. It's probably ten steps too far, even for the extreme jurists we're reckoning with. To make it legal to punish travelers the states in question would have to stop honoring the laws of other states, and once that happens we're not really a country anymore.

[@lynnebucher6537]

Well, Texas got around that pesky constitutional right of free movement by legislating the right to civilly sue anyone who facilitates the pregnant person's travel to get an abortion.

[@vidjocky2]

The "Seth tries not to lose his 💩"... I want the uncensored version. Excellent commentary.

[@lisadeak5723]

🤣🤣laughed all the way through the Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep🤣🤣

[@ryanholmes8587]

Can we get a lip reader to translate? I could only pick out a few words.

[@ntwynn]

At this point I’m reconciled to the fact there is no ceiling for my hatred towards Trump and his cronies.

[@RabbiPorkchop]

It's going to be ok.

[@michaelhemsley1470]

🎯🎯🎯🎯👏👏👏Agreed.

[@Viceroy_Sundercles_III]

Save some dislike for the cretins that support him.

[@analise17]

I refuse to give him that much of my attention or regard to feed his ego. In my estimation he's not worthy of being my nemesis. I do however look forward with great joy to the day when we no longer have to hear about him or his ridiculous misuse of our country's systems. He'll look interesting in another shade of orange.

[@Hmy8799]

@@RabbiPorkchoptry saying that to the women who’ve had to be admitted to the ICU, undergoing major surgery that have left them unable to carry children in the future….. all because they were turned away multiple times by the ER/hospital due to the infections they had-caused by loss of amniotic fluid, yet under Roe-the nonviable fetus that they were told to continue carrying “until they had a (what is a very graphic/traumatizing) miscarriage before their infection got too bad (this happens when a fetus remains in a human body without the necessary things that keep both mother and fetus healthy…) ….but when the infections get too bad, many are told they’ve YET TO MEET THE “THRESHOLD” of what qualifies as “being sick *enough* “-aka basically on the brink of death. They certainly don’t think things are okay-and I stand by them. If you don’t, well….im not gonna be mean haha but perhaps reevaluate your moral values?

[@CS-pi5oc]

It’s more than abortion rights. It’s the right between drs and patients. It’s protection of rights for women and girls.

[@ws8080]

Exactly. Republicans have long claimed they stand for people's right to privacy and freedom from government interference, and then they decide to interfere in everyone's lives. No thank you.

[@partiespronto]

Trump is dodging these court cases like they're the draft.

[@KeithJackson-ux7eh]

😂😂🫡✌️

[@tytn9978]

Didn't he claim he had a bond spur as his excuse way back then? Now he is facing a sex crime, so I guess he could claim he had a bone-spurt???

[@zzzT.]

😅👍

[@nogunnofear6703]

Good one!

[@JustForFun-mt9og]

Brain spurs. 🤣

[@lizcaruso7406]

Thank you Seth Meyers!! To hear my own righteous indignation reflected in your voice was deeply satisfying tonight. I'm so thoroughly disgusted with Roe v Wade being overturned. Your ability to provide a mildly humorous delivery of such a vile subject without blurring the lines is amazing!

[@jcoopes5604]

The rant is necessary! We cannot go back! Vote 🗳️ blue!

[@janelliot5643]

You should read the little boys' commentary on the Arizona Law youtube. I know it's just little boys pretending to be men, but if ANY of them are actually men, women really need to demand vasectomies of ALL men at 18 - they are reversible, if they want children

[@resileaf9501]

Aye, thank you for getting angry, Seth. People need to get angry so they can start getting active in politics. It's the only thing that will save the US.

[@taiku1999]

Agreed! I wonder if there is a way to unbleep what Seth said in that segment.

[@davidstokle2259]

My hat goes off to Seth Meyers and the show's staff for this segment in particular. Great unveiling of Trump's and Kari Lake's disgusting hypocrisy. There was emotion in this genuine delivery. And yes, absolutely yes, for those who say taking buses to other states to have an abortion is no big deal, let those people make the journey themselves.

[@JanicePritchett-vf3fx]

You can't get health care in AZ unless a doctor decides your life is at risk. So, you decide to take that bus with your life on the line. No idea how long how long or where the nearest hospital would be. Maybe you pass out or ....

[@kyliepechler]

Yes, he ignorantly ignores the fact that some women may already have young children that need to be cared for 24/7 while she is spending time travelling to another state for that medical care, and having to spend time overnight in out of state accommodation.

[@paulyricca3881]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👴🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👴🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👴🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👴🏻 BRAVO BRAVO MARTY SHORT BRAVO FOR BEING THE GREATEST COMEDIAN IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD 🌍 BAR NONE

[@freya8133]

​​@@paulyricca3881Go away you annoying troll 🙄

[@jackharrison7613]

yes, spot-on! And we still got to laugh. Seth is awesome

[@Merendino666]

Seth was fired up on this, and I'm here for it.

[@bronwynburns7421]

Its crazy. He acts as though he is a king. He decides everything. Its ridiculous he is so ignorant. America really.??

[@Dingdong-vo3vl]

He has taken over the GOP. He posted a tweet today about FISA and all his loyalists voted against the party and joined the democrats. I don't think he cares about FISA, he just did that cos he can, it's all a power trip for him. Playing with people's lives.

[@chrismartindale7840]

Don't worry to much. Half of people said they wouldn't vote for him if he's convicted of a felony. They have enough evidence to nail him to wall ten times over. He's going to lose this election.

[@margrietlaan8020]

we háve a King and isn't allowed to do stupid things like this!

[@basvleeskruyer]

Our Dutch king has ZERO political rights. He is just an expensive hobby. But hey I live in a Kingdom

[@tdsoldier3198]

Voting is like driving a car: Vote R to go backwards, vote D to go forward.

[@13699111]

Excellent thank you

[@ocean4659]

Very clever

[@witchypoorose5196]

💯

[@eskay1891]

Should be Biden's slogan.

[@ws8080]

And unfortunately the R people are proud to go backwards.

[@nancyb.9759]

You know what Seth? This is your best. This is just amazing. REALLY. How could we get this on every channel everywhere? So much respect. Thank you for you.

[@sigil8386]

Agreed. Angry Seth is a sight to behold.

[@anro7137]

Mesmerizing!

[@Chejo3]

Now if only the mainstream media would report on this issue like Seth just did.

[@alias093001]

Trump thought he could moderate his position and seem less extreme. Only to IMMEDIATELY have to retract the statement when it backfired on him. What an idiot.

[@paulyricca3881]

👠👠⬅️ YOURS ?

[@shahnulislam9897]

Don't hate him because he was born this way

[@thaisstone5192]

@@paulyricca3881 Nah. Those look like Speaker Johnson's.

[@OakleyMoodie]

@@shahnulislam9897 I hate him because he has lived that way. (Can't wait to edit to Past Simple from Present Perfect.)

[@shahnulislam9897]

@@OakleyMoodie I meant don't hate him because he was born an idiot

[@JP-xr9qg]

Why should the states get to decide and not the woman?

[@Ducky69247]

The party of small government sure expects some big things from government

[@sigil8386]

However, I have to say here, as I've said elsewhere, that an important number of American women support Trump completely. It is women voting against the rights of other women and the only explanation, to me, it that they think THEY will still be able to get their abortions and this only affects people who don't look like them. They will be in for a rude awakening when the next law prohibits them to go outside without the company of a man or, God forbid, wear trousers.

[@Avarren]

Because god says so and you’re going to hell, or some similar nonsense.

[@DebT-yl1fw]

They went back to the time women had no right to vote, what's next!!

[@danthemankhan]

Because we live in a society and we expect the government to enforce social values? They erect the guardrails that keep people on the road.

[@amywarhaft8297]

Thank you for your anger, Seth. The injustice of the abortion ruling is beyond infuriating.

[@FusionDeveloper]

The irony of anti-choice people wanting THEIR choice to be the law. "People shouldn't be allowed to choose. I choose to not be allowed to choose and MY CHOICE "to not be allowed to choose" should be forced on everyone". It's equivalent to people voting to remove the right to vote.

[@R.GarrettCuthbertson]

"how bout you take the bus mf"... Simone is an obvious example of someone who has been able to write a check for every problem he's ever had.

[@ricbiff3569]

No...people like him have other people write checks for them...

[@jackharrison7613]

so now she has to pay for an abortion AND bus fair? Maybe the dudes need to have vasectomies written into law.

[@Monika-mh2je]

He's probably the person who take a day off after dentist appointments. Make vasectomy mandatory!!!

[@isaacbrown4506]

It's always bothered me the most when women support taking away other women's bodily autonomy whole heartedly.

[@sigil8386]

I just commented exactly this under another post. WTH?

[@Avarren]

It’s extra awesome when you realize that they get abortions too but it’s “different” when they do it.

[@lisadeak5723]

It is biblical, so these super religious types are just trying to save the heathen from the wrath of God don’t ya know

[@danthemankhan]

It's almost like some people don't have the same priorities as you do.

[@isaacbrown4506]

@@danthemankhan wow, ya don't say? I would never have figured that out if you had never said that, thank you from the bottom of my heart hero.

[@francessimmonds5784]

Imagine having to take a bus for 100’s of miles while in pain, or possibly even dying with a nonviable pregnancy. Only a man would say it’s no big deal.

[@EJBruin]

Too true, alas Plus that the most draconian interpretation of this law would make the bus driver complicit in the abortion. And this guy's very implicit bias telling us that women looking for an abortion would need to take a bus (seeing how using public transport is viewed in the US).

[@codymoe4986]

"Only a man would say it's no big deal"??? As a man, I don't recall ever thinking anything of the sort.. Keep your eyes on the prize, Karen. Turning this into a battle of the sexes, isn't going to help solve anything... P.S. Wonder how many conservative women, voted for Trump, last time around?

[@francessimmonds5784]

@@codymoe4986 ooh no need to clutch your pearls. Did you watch the video? It’s MEN who said this. I didn’t say every man would say it. There’re are plenty of decent men out there, as I’m sure there’s the odd evil woman who could say the same. You say it’s no battle of the sexes yet funny how it’s virtually only men who are inflicting these draconian measures on to women..don’t you think?

[@davidlundquist1979]

@@codymoe4986 Yes, making this debate all about YOU is exactly the most constructive thing you could have possibly done. Well played, sir.

[@bunnyfernwood]

⁠@@codymoe4986you’re taking this awfully personally for some reason, but the fact of the matter is, men are spouting opinions and making decisions on things they will never have to experience. It is a battle of the sexes, because men are trying to control women and we are fighting for our right to bodily autonomy. It’s that’s simple.

[@MsJMHS]

As a pregnant woman in WI, Arizona is setting a dangerous precedent for my state. Our state Supreme Court is also going to be ruling on an outdated anti-abortion law from 1894, and could easily use the Arizona ruling to do the same here in WI. Right now, elective abortions are available in WI until week 22. I am currently 19 weeks along. After week 22, I would have to be literally dying to receive a medically necessary abortion. This is information given to me by my obgyn. I wanted more children after this but will be opting for surgical sterilization instead. It's simply too dangerous to be pregnant in the current political climate.

[@The_Real_Mier]

❤

[@user-qo3jh9mn1t]

I'm so sorry. It's a terrible choice to have to make. Something to consider, vasectomies are almost always reversible. Plus, if you aren't having it done immediately, the politics of this could be very different after the election. Don't believe the slanted view of the media. Even adamant Republican women are against these bans.

[@stevenwilkinson2031]

Did have apportion in 1884

[@MrBubyV]

2024 and woman are still fighting for their own equality, freedom’s, and liberties in America 🤦🏽‍♂️ Lest not forget women couldn’t even vote AT ALL until it was passed by an all male Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920…. 🗳️ my great grandmother and grandmother could not vote. Think about that. 🧐 Extreme Cultish Oppressive Divinity Politics is absolutely Madness. USA was founded on the moral basis of complete separation of church and governing states for that exact reason. Like; in the state of Georgia today 2024 it is illegal and unlawful to give anyone waiting in a voting line “WATER” 💦 to drink/rehydrate themselves. Fines/Jail can incur. THINK ABOUT THAT ONE TOO. 🤔 !!water!!

[@Extremely_Shawol]

I'm a little confused. If you want more children, why would you be worried about needing an abortion? I don't agree with a ban altogether on abortion I'm just confused about your statement

[@demeter-the-great]

I hereby unequivocally declare that I am PRO-LIFE in prison for Donald Drumpf.

[@davebarton6824]

Every SINGLE Republican appointed justice LIED their a$$e$$ off when they were nominated saying that Roe was super precedent that had multiple cases backing it up, then the first chance they got they overturned ROE based on Alito's argument that referred to the reasoning of a man who ruled on the guilt of WITCHES in the 1600's. All thanks to Trump and the Federalist Society.

[@blaisemacpherson7637]

It's Ttump now

[@carleewalsh5502]

😅😂🤣 💯

[@stevebulbowmd7142]

You have a cellphone in prison?🤔… 😳

[@Phil_Theekrit]

@@stevebulbowmd7142woosh!!! That was the joke going right over your head. He’s not in prison. He’s for … oh never mind.

[@bostonbusywork1]

“Show everybody I got a C-minus Bush.” sounds like something Kate McKinnon’s alien abduction character would say.

[@Adam.Langton]

Mark Simone Saying "They can just buy a bus ticket" reeeeeeally goes to show that he thinks taking away reproductive choice is something that will only affect poor people, and therefore, he doesn't care.

[@sherinameless1618]

Yeah, he knows that the rich have always had ways to deal with inconvenient pregnancies, no matter what the law said.

[@demitasse22]

I’m now convinced a lot of these men actually don’t understand what abortion is. It’s not a piece of triple chocolate cake

[@lisadeak5723]

Poor people are assumed to be responsible for their circumstances 😢

[@joycemansfield1108]

Exactly!

[@pattybartels6409]

Michael Simone has no idea about reproductive care or what physical condition a woman might be in that needs an abortion; possibly bleeding or with high blood pressure. Right! Just get on a bus for 18 hours 🤯, no big deal! What a FAH! 😡

[@rig-zag]

Does it really surprise any of you that they revived a 160 year old law? These are the same people who quote a 250 year old Constitution as if it was written with AR15s in mind, and live their lives according to a 2,000 year old dusty tome of magical parables.

[@toychristopher]

How can anyone be fooled by "let the states decide"? Such a cowardly and weird position.

[@JB-lp9xr]

And in a historical context, it sounds awfully familiar, doesn’t it?

[@leslielewis40]

@@JB-lp9xrYeah and being black AND female, I don’t find it comforting in the slightest. 🫣😓

[@TabethaAurochs]

It's a disgusting "position." Inseparable from its context. It is violence and hatred and entitlement. It is indefensible.

[@ghin780]

In the off chance you are actually looking for an answer to the question, I'll answer it. Conservatives need someone to tell them what to do, and they also need someone they can tell what to do. Everyone they meet falls into one of those two categories. If one of those categories is empty, they will literally make up imaginary people to fill the roll. Therefore, no one is fooled by the statement, it's simply a way to enforce this view they have that everyone has to be better or worse than they are.

[@Phil_Theekrit]

Trump has changed his position on abortion 13x in last 20yrs.

[@serenity4eva89]

Everytime I hear him say "I did what nobody thought was possible" (re: RvW), I think... NO, WE KNEW IT WAS POSSIBLE. And we never wanted it to happen. There's a difference!

[@esteemedmortal5917]

Just because you can doesn’t mean you should

[@serenity4eva89]

​@@esteemedmortal5917 Exactly!

[@logaandm]

I've never seen Seth this angry. Funny, both of us yelling at the same thing from opposites sides of the camera.

[@sigil8386]

There were way more people than just the two of you, believe me.

[@waxbeard]

Seth’s slight ironic remove dropped in the middle and you can see that he is honestly outraged. We need male allies in this fight who care about women’s rights - so thank you for that!

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

1:36 Trump's definition of "Pro-Life" is Sleeping around on his wife.

[@Lonewolfmike]

I wonder how many abortions Donnie has paid for in his lifetime??

[@stevejones9905]

Yes, Trump is Pro- life. His life not yours.

[@lilpsyche6971]

Trump is modern day Joseph Smith

[@Corpsman01]

@@lilpsyche6971love a good Mormon joke!

[@larry-g8e]

I really question who is the father of the last male..She has called 2 times to have the prenup changed.. Covering her you know what..

[@JamesLStapleton]

Seth was way way more noticeably passionate in this Closer Look than normal. The stakes are high. We'll do our best here in Arizona.

[@jcoopes5604]

Remember in November and vote 🗳️ blue!

[@Blodhelm]

Thank you.

[@okkietrooy6841]

I am convinced you have the support of almost all american women and many men. In addition, you have moral support of women and men all over the globe. I am one of them. Wish I could do more. 🇳🇱🚩

[@celestinoguevara3181]

👍👍🗳️

[@brokenrecord3523]

"You were president for four years and you never shut your f*cking mouth!" 😳 You go, Seth

[@DrunkenDemon]

They can go back to the civil war for medical rules, but gun folks get mad if the well armed militia only gets flintlocks to play with?

[@okkietrooy6841]

You are hurting their brain.

[@codymoe4986]

Flintlocks? That's more Revolutionary War, than Civil War, correct? I get what you are saying, just saying...

[@HuskyOwner-bl1jf]

@@codymoe4986 Actually, the biggest advantage that the North had in the civil war was the invention of the cartridge bullet and revolvers Though most rifles still had to be hand loaded with musket balls

[@MossyMozart]

@@HuskyOwner-bl1jf - Don't overlook the Paret Gun.

[@Axolotl_Mischief]

The 'Well-armed militia' refers to state sanctioned military, as there was no National Guard at the time, and has nothing to do with a bunch of dumb hicks LARPing Call of Duty. Common misconception.

[@DeeDeeMcCall-uo9ff]

Thank you, Seth Meyer. You helped me understand what people say vs. what they do. As my grandmother used to say, "Watch their feet, not their lips."

[@NailahRoberts]

Mark Simone should be banned from wearing that toupe

[@derdin8]

And his face

[@AlisVolatPropiis]

Evidently the toupee is his body his choice. The man should be forced to wear old timey white powder wigs if women are subject to civil war laws before Arizona was even a state

[@MaxwellDavid-qs5fg]

It's not a toupee, it's a comb over.

[@dewardroy6531]

“Potato, potatto.” Wednesday Addams

[@pemdechen6300]

Hahahahaha....as I read that I saw the toupee!

[@jenjins]

I'm over here fist pumping and cheering "Seth, Seth, Seth!!!

[@ShinyTillDawn]

Vote blue everyone! We must protect abortion rights!

[@3lapsed]

*restore

[@JustForFun-mt9og]

President Biden has said he will reinstate Roe vs. Wade. I trust President Biden.

[@MrWebby93]

​@dukeofthedance8062 get worse if the people who vote colours move to other countries. Here in Australia, our "progressive" party is red and the "conservative" party is blue.

[@nstark1066]

All our rights are at risk!💙🌊

[@MisterIkkus]

@@dukeofthedance8062 Okay, but are you voting Democrat on abortion issues?

[@seanmcchesney4915]

Seth, you're a national treasure. Hell, you're exactly what we all need right now; common fucking sense! 😘

[@jansean2497]

Yes

[@NewMessage]

Fun fact: Donnie just lost yet another attempt to delay the hush money trial on Monday. See? Wasn't that fun to hear?

[@KeithJackson-ux7eh]

Yes it was

[@Pete...NoNotThatOne]

It’s like a balm for the soul.

[@derdin8]

That's a recurring fact x10 now...and it's still fun!

[@Maurice-c6z]

Like cold water on a hot summer day

[@anastasiae.5338]

I had a good time!

[@leftyme4568]

How can you have religious judges??? It`s insane!

[@sigil8386]

I saw a judge the other say saying that she meditated and prayed on her decision. That is kind of a chilling statement.

[@Janman815]

Not all judges are religious but all religious people are judges.

[@Mplsgurl]

The Federalist Society. They scary af

[@TheNzFox]

because the current GOP are full on religious theocracy, and that religion is a bastardized mix of 'Christianity' based enterally on what preachers say and not the actual bible, and fetishizing of capitalism

[@danthemankhan]

@@sigil8386 It's only chilling if they rule against you. I'm betting you don't have any issue with those whose religion inspired them to oppose slavery, or segregation, or help the poor, or fight climate change.

[@natepicker436]

Rock on Seth! Getting angry is the best part of this show!!!

[@thebrightest1230]

And it’s such pure rage

[@gt9359]

Metaphorically blocking the toilet then yelling for someone else to fix it is literally his whole life.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Kinda surprised Arizona did something worse than even Alabama, Florida, or Texas.

[@HowardDaniels-uw8tj]

It's a dry heat

[@pietrojenkins6901]

Arizona is not in the Bible belt.

[@thehellyousay]

not really.

[@anastasiae.5338]

It's a Republican Supreme Court here, too.

[@robingales6126]

I know the Arizona folks brought us batsh@t crazy keri lake

[@bloodyneptune]

Holy crap The Department Of Life is the most dystopian thing I've ever heard

[@GenevieveAwai]

Kind of Orwellian

[@francescaa8331]

They can top that, if we give them the opportunity. Hopefully we will not.

[@francescaa8331]

​@@GenevieveAwai very much so.

[@debwilson245]

hope it includes chastity belts for MEN

[@Mondfischli]

... Soylent green anyone 🤔

[@snakerb]

“The government shouldn’t have the say, leave it up to the state.” But isn’t that still the government?????

[@ardentynekent2099]

You asked a reasonable question about states' rights, but you're asking fundamentally, "How insane is Trump." Former officials wll say he's mad as a meat-axe, and he'll do anything to take the levers of government. Think Putin. Hard to ask him a reasonable question, I imagine. He enjoys killing people. So, state government is its own thing. The idea was formulated long before Americans could fly to their destinations. It's archaic.

[@BrendanBurkartSF]

I love how angry and fed up Seth got when talking about trump's take on abortion. I've never seen him actually angry like this

[@NewMessage]

Gotta hand it to him. Seth did a better job keeping his cool than I did.

[@bitbugsbyte]

Pro-Choice means "leave it up to the States"???? WTF?

[@rvdb7363]

Exactly, if you 'choose' to live in a state that chose to ban abortion, you can 'choose' to travel to another state to receive care. So technically yeah, lots of choosing going on. Must be pro-choice 🙄

[@ljohnson1908]

Top tier George W. Seth. Impressions camp was a great investment. 👍🏿

[@tiki_trash]

A C- Bussh is what my ex had.

[@cbpd89]

CORRECTION: Valjean was imprisoned 9 years for stealing a loaf of bread, the rest was because he tried to escape. At least that's how it is in the musical. Javert sings: 9 years for what you'd done, the rest because you tried to run, yes 24601. No I didn't look it up, I had that off the top of my head and I'm a little embarrassed about it.

[@eirah7249]

Correction of your correction: It's "Five years for what you did." I've watched Les Mis for more times than I'd like to admit. Jean Valjean was sentenced for 5 years in the book as well. He tried to escape four times, each time his sentence was lengthened by three years; he also received an extra two years for once resisting recapture during his second escape.

[@JOE_XD]

Le pain c'était une baguette ou un pain de fesses? :P

[@cynthiajackson3171]

"Man is so selfish that he has got women’s rights and his own too, and yet he won’t give women their rights. He keeps them all to himself.” Sojourner Truth

[@ocean4659]

Truth

[@clarissamiles]

💯😢

[@nychellebrewer]

That middle-school-principal-looking guy has never spent an hour in line at the Greyhound terminal in his life.

[@MarthaSpizziri]

I was hearing it as Ringo.

[@5m0k3y9]

We need to DISQUALIFY Trumps supreme court appointments! And have them charged with corruption, supporting insurrection over the constitution, and Not keeping church and state separate!

[@chrismartindale7840]

Actually, Gorsuch does belong. It's the other 2 who need to be removed.

[@DaleHartley]

@@chrismartindale7840 why do you say that, his spot should have been merrick garlands'....

[@SafetySpooon]

YES! THIS!!

[@Bugdriver49]

I agree ANYONE that lies under oath for a political appointment should be giver hard time....esp. any Fed. judges!!! But, I believe the only option is impeachment.

[@SLAYERSWINE1]

The 3 Catholic SCOTUS "judges" Traitor Trump have to be impeached first but I agree, get those 3 opportunistic #CannotUnderstandNormalThinking douchebags off the court & charge them with perjury & supporting Treason.

[@bunnyfernwood]

Thank you Seth for reminding me that there are still some decent and reasonable men in this world.

[@allisonjames2923]

That Beatles impression was highly underrated! Excellent job Seth

[@nicholasgold9021]

Yes. His impressions were fantastic this episode. From Bush Jr to Generic Beatle 1b. Loved it.

[@JohnVanderbeck]

It still irks me that laws that are incredibly unpopular and supported only by a very small minority of people can actually become laws and forced on everyone. This just shows how incredibly broken the system is.

[@kyliepechler]

Well said.

[@dewardroy6531]

“Religion poisons everything.” Christopher Hitchens

[@Lilmissrrt]

And reinforces how important voting is.

[@JohnVanderbeck]

@@Lilmissrrt The problem though is a lot of these things are being pushed through without any voting at all. I man sure you can argue that they are being passed by people who were previously voted in but it still irks me.

[@WaningGibbous]

Trump** even said in an interview that he was for punishing a woman for getting an abortion!!???

[@danthemankhan]

He said it was the logical conclusion to the view that abortion is murder. And he's right. If you believe that there's no reason to let the woman get off free.

[@kykwiltz402]

And where's the penalty for the man who gets a woman pregnant?

[@anitatimmons9525]

@@kykwiltz402 OMG Thank You

[@freya8133]

​@@danthemankhanif thou has no uterus, thou should shutest the eff up.

[@MoxiMoixi-ys2wl]

Seth should’ve played that clip. Showing that trump the rapist wants women to be punished.

[@johna1427]

Ty for covering this, Seth and team. As someone who had to travel out of state.

[@rachelw1076]

Your passionate support of women's health and body autonomy means everything, Seth 🧡

[@ladymeldiriel9486]

Vote ladies. Vote like your life and freedom depends on it, because it does.

[@rhondah1587]

I live in Louisiana and have done for over 7 decades. We are seeing not only families leaving, but tons of physicians as well. Whole businesses are shutting down here because of our maga governor and state legislature. We will not have a chance for the people to vote on whether or not to make abortion legal in this state because the government here has decided for us all. The new governor is also working with the state legislature to take over state colleges and universities and not allowing them to run independently academically. Furthermore, they are pushing school vouchers to the point of destroying all public schools in the state which already are suffering from lack of adequate funding. Our state is at the bottom of every metric already and getting worse by the day. Maga Republicans are destroyers and must be stopped wherever possible.

[@KingBobXVI]

Republicans in general, they didn't only become anti-education when Trump showed up, they've always been this way. Look at Brownback's Kansas and how he fucked over their education system, and he wasn't a "maga". Red states have been in a competition to unseat Mississippi for the title of "worst at everything" for decades now.

[@macmcleod1188]

And this is how those states filter their populations and increase their power under the Electoral college.

[@Erintii]

Donald Trump is a man of achievements. He united pro choice and anti choice ppl against him. I wish Americans will be free from his persona.

[@nelsaf365]

This is why leaving a law like this one to the states is the easiest way to find ourselves on a continent divided btwn putin and the Americans. Hyperbole? Quick! Ask yourself if our situation could be any worse than right now? The answer is yes, they will make it so if you let them.

[@jburton8594]

#voteblue!

[@nanookdan]

Perhaps the best segment I have seen Seth, or anyone, do on Trump and his panhandling for votes over one of the most important issues of our time. Bravo!

[@amrcombs]

Sorry, we are still voting Trump Cope Seeth

[@KyleRayner12]

I literally learned who Comstock (anti-sex and sex ed educator in charge of a bunch of mail censorship at national and state levels in the 19th century) was less than a week ago. By sheer coincidence, BS niche history is now incredibly relevant to how the country operates.

[@canadianhappyinitalytruest6556]

I have learned something very simple and clear about bodily autonomy in this debate: we do not ever oblige men to give their body to sustain another life (if a kid needs a kidney no one is EVER obligated to give theirs, even if it means the kid might die and the life of the organ doner might not even be compromised) No one ever legally obligated a man to stay hooked up to a machine to help his kid stay alive. We ONLY behave this way with pregnant women, obligating them to NOT have the choice to decide what to do with their bodies. It made the whole debate so much more simple for me. Let all people choose what to do with their own bodies!

[@HRHDaviaTheYounger]

Well said. Also, trans men

[@ButMadNNW626]

Oh, it gets even worse. You can’t even take an organ from a _corpse_ if that person (while living) never agreed to organ donation. Pregnant people in this country have fewer rights, less bodily autonomy, *THAN CORPSES* - how’s that for blood-boiling?

[@sueharris997]

The GOP only cares about fetuses. Once a fetus is born, the child is on its own! GOP does not care about children's (or mothers') health, their education, their safety, their ability to clothe, house, and feed themselves and their families. The only protected people in America and rich white men. And rich white men need a lot of uneducated and unhealthy people to work in their factories and homes. Democrats aren't perfect, but they care about others less fortunate than themselves.

[@SN-sz7kw]

Nor do we legally require men to simply manage their own sperm. But we legally require women, & even girls, to risk their health, lives, & economic survival to manage men’s sperm for them.

[@macmcleod1188]

Well, we used to with the draft. But that's a war and it's a bit different.

[@rachelgallagher6214]

That turn coat also said, " Women should be punished for having abortions. You decide, is that who you want in charge of your body and your doctor? What about your daughters and granddaughters? Stop the madness and hate vote blue ✌️ 💙 from Montana

[@zzav2345]

the Department of Life sounds a lot like the Ministry of Truth, Orwell would be cry-laughing.

[@juliepardo7767]

"Then you take the bus MF... YOU take the bus". 👏👏👏👏

[@jcoopes5604]

As long as *rump is under it!

[@augiemardesich]

Jean Valjean wasn't sentenced to 19 years of jail for stealing bread... to quote Javert, "Five years for what you did, the rest because you tried to run..."

[@annakarenina7593]

this is a great correction, i hope seth sings the line in javerts voice

[@augiemardesich]

@@annakarenina7593 haha that would make my week!

[@canadaclaret]

But in New Jersey, Valjean adds, "but tramps like us, baby we were born to run..."

[@augiemardesich]

@@canadaclaret hahaha, Seth would try to pull off The Boss but end up sounding like Bird-Bane

[@BettyVeronica2.0]

Seth is a warrior for women! 💜 Thank you for calling this s**t out!

[@AnthonyfrmYO]

And all this time I thought he was an unfunny piece of $#!t .

[@AnthonyfrmYO]

And all this time I thought he was an unfunny piece of $#!t .

[@richzimmerman4010]

Well said Seth! Even the Bush II impression was pretty darn good! Way above C-, B+!

[@JonDarren]

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes vowed not to allow the law to be implemented. “No woman or doctor will be prosecuted under this draconian law … as long as I am attorney general," she said. "Not by me, nor by any county attorney serving in our state. Not on my watch.”

[@leohorishny9561]

Good luck with that, she’s going to have right to lifers taking her to the state supreme court. Watch!

[@sachadee.6104]

I hope he will keep true to this promise (and will be ABLE to do so) because the whole thing sounds like medieval witch hunts to me.

[@nari5161]

Very scary direction for the country to be heading in. The overturning of Roe v Wade dealt a psychological blow

[@mj8495]

Hopefully EVERYONE voting knows this and votes to end this MAGA insanity!

[@naylas3908]

And has already caused deaths.

[@lizardog]

Anyone who read Handmaid's Tale in the Seventies saw it coming.

[@caligirlmisplaced9831]

Seth Meyers is my new hero he told it just like it was

[@angelsteinfeld220]

Can’t believe this is happening.. absolutely insane and mind boggling

[@HeKnowsNotForever]

I’ve rarely seen Seth so passionate about something. And I applaud him for it. Well done, sir.

[@okkietrooy6841]

Seth is clearly a man who doesn't view women as incubators for male babies and more incubators.

[@Lily-cx1vo]

It is NOT a states rights issue! It is healthcare! There is no room for politics in healthcare. It is complicated and nuanced issue that is between an individual and their healthcare provider. Taking away healthcare options helps NO ONE.

[@BarBaraWhorleyCrawfordESS]

Seth thank you for being intense and passionate on this video. I’m a 64 year old grandma of three grand daughters, rump and republicans anger me so much. WTF is wrong with them🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@Talon58]

My granddaughter is 10, we'll be voting blue across the ballot 🗳️💙🗳️💙

[@someonehadtosayit3003]

He was so intense he almost had a hissy fit.

[@Hmy8799]

@@someonehadtosayit3003it’s the type of passion we NEED if we want to get equality under the law and IN HOSPITALS for everyone in the country…..

[@Musik216]

This show should come on EVERY evening instead of the boring news.

[@ocapnamzug4504]

I hope the anti-Hilary voters, angry over Bernie not getting the nomination, are happy now. I seriously hope the anti-Biden voters, angry over Gaza realize that elections have consequences and every vote matters. I agree that the genocide going on has to stop immediately. I’m enraged at the war but I hope my fellow progressives see the bigger picture this time.

[@lawsonmadden4635]

This has to be the BEST segment Seth has EVER done. Love the passion and his ability to articulate the facts.

[@paulyricca3881]

👨🏻‍🦰 SOOO HOWS YO MOTHER DOIN?

[@witchypoorose5196]

YES!!

[@paulyricca3881]

@@witchypoorose5196 👗⬅️ YOURS?

[@MichaelSpanhake]

Extraordinarily D.J.T. Announcing that " I will be appointing "PRO-LIFE JUDGES TO THE JUDICIARY " is a blatant admission that he intends to interfere in the U.S.A. JUSTICE SYSTEM. AMERICA, is that okay is it?

[@danthemankhan]

Good thing no Democrat has ever said they would appoint pro-choice judges. Oh wait, they do that just as often, to rapturous applause from their supporters. It's like it's not that extraordinary after all.

[@DawnDavidson]

That was in 2016. He already did it. That is EXACTLY what he did, and no, it wasn’t ok.

[@Phil_Theekrit]

@@danthemankhanI’m not sure what your point is exactly? Democrats believe it’s a woman’s choice. So of course they’d appoint pro choice judges. It’s not the government’s business what a woman and her doctor decide to do medically. You want the government knowing it deciding your medical decisions? Ted Cruz thinks he needs to have a say on what procedure is best for you.

[@danthemankhan]

@@Phil_Theekrit If it is okay for a pro-choice president to appoint explicitly pro-choice judges, which I believe, it is also okay for the opposite side to do so.

[@tylerphilco]

That McCartney impression cracked me up.

[@Lilmissrrt]

Trump: "Leave abortion laws up to the states and whatever the states say must be the law of the land". Reporter: "Do you think Arizona went too far with their abortion ban?" Trump: "Yes, I do and we're going to get that straightened out." What he meant was "Leave it up to the states unless it decreases my chances of becoming president then we'll get that 'law of the land' straightened right out." I stand with Seth.

[@tureytayno3154]

Most politicians say whatever sounds good at the moment even if it blows up in their faces later, but Trump takes this to the next level, Countrygirl.

[@skeller61]

@@tureytayno3154I’m sure Countrygirl appreciated the mansplain.

[@lanabulmer6360]

Move out of your backward red state.

[@dietotaku]

okay first of all i swear trump's bronzer is getting darker. he looks like ross after taking 4 spray tans to the face. second, no we do NOT have abortion "where everyone wants it," because some of us want it LEGAL IN EVERY STATE. third, trump actually has flip-flopped on abortion, before he ran as a republican he was ardently pro-choice and even told howard stern he wished marla maples had "taken care of it," referring to her pregnancy with tiffany.

[@dietotaku]

and for fuck's sake, even if trump DID say he wanted a 15-week ban, that would NOT make him the pro-choice candidate. the pro-choice candidate is the one who wants it LEGAL AND LEFT BETWEEN A WOMAN AND HER DOCTOR. which is BIDEN.

[@agradabaugh3146]

Being from Kentucky, I can confirm our state bird, does in fact, come in a bucket.

[@nicoleiohnson7314]

I’ve never seen Seth so animated and yell-y on a topic. Thank you!!!! 👏 👏

[@virginiamiller4890]

Thank you for expressing my anger!!!!

[@loriroy3492]

I don’t see many Obstetricians in Arizona wanting to keep their risky jobs. Yes, health of the Mother is an option, but will they have to wait until they start bleeding out or develop sepsis first? This is already a problem in other states. I couldn’t imagine having to risk jail to save a life that others might claim is not in danger “enough” to justify! 😡I had an ectopic pregnancy years ago. Would I have had to wait for it to rupture? Insane!

[@paulyricca3881]

👗 ⬅️ YOURS?

[@Hmy8799]

YEP, WE’VE BEEN SEEING IT HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN IN TEXAS-bravo for speaking on this EXTREMELY problematic aspect of the anti-abortion movement👏👏. So much unnecessary trauma being forced upon people. I’m so sorry to hear you had to go through an ectopic pregnancy….what’s crazy is that I genuinely don’t think any of these old white men making these decisions (seemingly pretty lightly…but what can we expect when they nor their partners face any consequences) have any clue HOW OFTEN women face severe issues during pregnancy that require emergency surgery-which is TECHNICALLY considered an abortion but gahhhhhhhhh I think we’re equally angry. I’m also an empath (sounds so hokey lolz, but 3% of the pop. is), so I get major feels when I read about/see etc people suffering. Especially when it’s so unnecessary are preventable….if it were up to republicans these days, I guess we’re just supposed to walk society backwards until we find ourselves in the 50s?! Where I won’t even begin to list of the problematic laws that we’re in existence, ha….its so unsettling to think about what moves could be made next under a Republican led federal govt, but I won’t waste time thinking abt that

[@AKHill-gj2uy]

It is the great lie of "pro-life". It's an impossible position to hold.

[@NinaKatharinaWeber]

I had a ruptured ectopian pregnancy (in Europe) and almost bled out before they could get me to a hospital and on the table. The diagnosis was not clear and I wanted to wait. I was told after surgery that 20 minutes later would have been too late. I feel sick reading the descriptions of how some US states already handle such pregnancies. I would have died in some of these states, with today‘s rules.

[@JohnVanderbeck]

"That makes him the pro choice candidate" DAFUQ?!

[@sherinameless1618]

"Pro", meaning "professional", and "choice", meaning "choosing whatever response is beneficial to him."

[@artel6225]

Seth, you shouldn't have bleeped yourself, USA Handmaidens takes another step. Stand up Arizona, under his eye.