Jimmy Kimmel gets California pedestrians to lie about voting in the Iowa caucuses

Jimmy Kimmel gets people to falsely claim they voted in the Iowa caucuses — (Image credit: Jimmy Kimmel Live)

The big story on Monday was the Iowa caucuses, the first vote of the 2016 presidential campaign. Caucuses are one of those big political words we pretend we understand but don't, said Jimmy Kimmel on Monday's Kimmel Live. To prove that people don't know what they're talking about with the Iowa caucuses, "we sent a camera crew out to Hollywood Boulevard to ask people if they got out to vote in it — which, of course, they did not," Kimmel said. "Most people have to be in Iowa to vote in the Iowa caucuses." As always in Kimmel's "Lie Witness News" segments, the amazing part is seeing people brashly create elaborate stories to bolster their fabulations. Watch a handful of civic-minded liars do their thing in the video 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.