Seth Meyers takes a closer look at the GOP's 'increasingly unhinged rhetoric'

With only a few days until the election, Republicans are using "increasingly unhinged rhetoric" to warn about the consequences surrounding a Hillary Clinton presidency, Seth Meyers said on Thursday's Late Night.

In Nevada, for example, Donald Trump was recently introduced by supporter Wayne Allyn Root (with a name like that, Meyers said, "there are only two careers available to you: right-wing radio host or River City Strangler"), who invented a strange story about Clinton reenacting the infamous O.J. Simpson white Bronco chase, with a hint of Driving Miss Daisy and a dash of Thelma and Louise. Then there was former Congressman Joe Walsh attempting to defend his tweet about "grabbing his musket" should Trump lose.

All of this "rabid" rhetoric goes hand in hand with leading Republicans in Washington talking about impeaching Clinton before she even takes office or keeping her from filling any Supreme Court vacancies while president, Meyers said. Trump and the GOP have "destroyed some of our most important norms," he continued, and if they "don't get to wield power, they want to paralyze the government so no one can. You'd think that would be enough to get people to the polls." Watch the video below. Catherine Garcia

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