Democrat Conor Lamb appears to have narrowly beat Republican Rick Saccone in Tuesday's special congressional election in Pennsylvania, and some people are blaming President Trump, Seth Meyers said on Wednesday's Late Night. "Early this evening, The New York Times called the race for Lamb, which is a shocking result in a district Trump won in 2016 by 20 points. In fact, Trump went to the district on Saturday to campaign for the Republican, Saccone" — and he "mentioned everyone else" but Saccone. "Trump is the worst wingman," Meyers laughed. "He's the kind of guy who says to a girl at the bar, 'My buddy thinks you're hot. He's dumb, and I'm awesome.'"
When Trump failed to salvage the race, Republicans sent in "a second, less-charismatic Donald Trump," Don Jr., who seemed really intent on eating ice cream as Saccone talked, Meyers said, before moving on to take his closer look at Trump's proposed "Space Force" ("Did Trump stop off at a weed dispensary while he was in California?"), Trump's curious TV-title talk when discussing his border wall prototypes, and Wednesday's student-led walkout over gun violence.
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