A new poll showing Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton neck-and-neck in three key swing states should be a wake-up call to Democrats that Trump might win this election, Seth Meyers said on Wednesday's Late Night. But there are a few things to keep in mind, he added, one of which is that "this poll has a lower share of nonwhite voters than in the 2012 election. That's important because demographics are Trump's biggest obstacle in the fall," he explained, "and the theory of his campaign is that he can drive white turnout high enough to overcome changing demographics. But so far, Trump has done everything he can to alienate nonwhite voters, even down to the people he names as delegates to the Republican National Convention."
Meyers was referring specifically to William Johnson, the leader of a white nationalist party who was briefly a Trump delegate from California — a situation the Trump campaign blamed on a clerical error. "I get the sense that 'clerical error' might be the go-to excuse for the Trump administration," Meyers said, cranking up his Trump impression: "I'm sorry to say that, due to a clerical error, we built a wall around New Mexico. Stay strong, Albuquerque! We're gonna get you out of there." But this is only the latest incident involving Trump and white supremacists. "Now in some ways it shouldn't be a surprise that the guy who began his political career by alleging the president was a secret Muslim Kenyan is winning support from white nationalists, but it should give Republicans pause," Meyers said. What say you, Marco Rubio? Watch below. Peter Weber
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