Larry Wilmore has a high school bully make the case for Chris Christie 2016

Larry Wilmore invited a bully on to make the case for Chris Christie 2016

(Image credit: The Nightly Show)

last updated 1 July 2015

If you announce your presidential campaign in a high school gymnasium (against the high school's will, especially), you should expect a little ribbing. So on Tuesday's Nightly Show, Larry Wimore poked fun at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's 2016 rollout, starting with a few half-apologetic fat jokes and ending with what turned out to be a half-persuasive case for Christie's campaign, made by an actor pretending to be a high school bully and former classmate of Christie.

"Matt Caffarelli (Bully-American)" started by explaining that "Chris Christie is the bully America has been waiting for." When Wilmore expressed some skepticism, Caffarelli explained: "Look, Larry, America is like a high school, all right? The last three presidents, there was a prom king, then we had the dumb jock, now we got a friggin' nerd running the joint, you know what I mean? It's time for a bully, all right, so the natural order can be restored." You can hear how that works out in foreign and domestic policy below. Peter Weber

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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.