Bernie Sanders tries out insult-comic act on Late Night

Bernie Sanders plays "Ya Bernt"
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Seth Meyers has a segment called "Ya Burnt," in which he makes fun of various things, and on Thursday night's Late Show he brought on a special guest, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), to play a special edition of "Ya Bernt." The first group to feel the Bern was the 1 percent. "What do you need all that money for?" he asked. "If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were trying to compensate for something." He added that their low tax rates make "less sense than the plot of Batman v Superman." He went on to make a VH1 Behind the Music joke about Goldman Sachs and a Tintin joke about Meyers' hair. You can watch below. Peter Weber

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Peter Weber, The Week US

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.