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Seth Meyers savagely roasts the billionaires trying to take on Warren and Sanders [View all]
https://mashable.com/video/seth-meyers-roasts-billionaire-presidential-candidates/...
Meyers didn't pull his punches: He pointed out that that the 47 million dollars Tom Steyer spent on his campaign in his first three months could have been used to fund grassroots organisations (or just pay Trump to resign), and replayed the *chef kiss* moment where Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was heckled in no uncertain terms mere seconds after he floated his own presidential run. Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and their weaksauce rhetoric in recent weeks (and terrible haircuts) didn't escape ridicule either.
"People aren't just mad at billionaires out of jealousy or because candidates demonize them," Meyers pointed out. "These are real-world examples that are informing people's doubts that the wealthy can solve everything."
Meyers reserved a comedian's respect for Warren's gently snarky takes on her super-rich skeptics: "Damn, she used the internet against Bill Gates. Next she's going to get Clippy to endorse her."
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Meyers didn't pull his punches: He pointed out that that the 47 million dollars Tom Steyer spent on his campaign in his first three months could have been used to fund grassroots organisations (or just pay Trump to resign), and replayed the *chef kiss* moment where Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was heckled in no uncertain terms mere seconds after he floated his own presidential run. Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and their weaksauce rhetoric in recent weeks (and terrible haircuts) didn't escape ridicule either.
"People aren't just mad at billionaires out of jealousy or because candidates demonize them," Meyers pointed out. "These are real-world examples that are informing people's doubts that the wealthy can solve everything."
Meyers reserved a comedian's respect for Warren's gently snarky takes on her super-rich skeptics: "Damn, she used the internet against Bill Gates. Next she's going to get Clippy to endorse her."
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