Late-night hosts scoff at Trump’s non-apology and the shock from Republicans who backed his election challenges
The attack of the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump, which led to the deaths of five people, including a Capitol police officer who died on Thursday night, remained at the forefront of the minds of late-night hosts on Thursday evening. The images of the mob egged on by Trump himself, some bearing Confederate flags and conspiracy theory paraphernalia, are “not all of what America is”, said Seth Meyers, “but it is very much a part of what America is”.