Seth Meyers recaps the Pence-Kaine VP debate, focusing on the awkward Trump-Pence disconnect

Seth Meyers recaps VP debate
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Tuesday night was the sole vice-presidential debate between Gov. Mike Pence (R) and Sen. Tim Kaine (D), "and while Kaine seemed to channel Donald Trump in the number of times he interrupted, Pence seemed to act like Donald Trump wasn't even his running mate," Seth Meyers said in his Late Show debate recap Wednesday night. Meyers compared Kaine to an overprotective father and Pence to a vindictive vice principal, made cruel jokes about Kaine's harmonica playing, ridiculed Donald Trump's live-tweeting of the debate — though "according to CNN, he wasn't allowed to tweet without his handlers surrounding him," Meyers noted — and mocked Kaine's "terrible zingers."

Pence made sure to test out the microphone before the debate, a point Meyers apparently only brought up so he could show Michelle Obama's burn of Trump's own microphone complaints. "Check out how good Michelle Obama's burn game is right now," Meyers said. "Not only did she not say Trump's name, she burned him with one hand."

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.