Colbert leads the late night hosts in gloating over GOP’s failure to hand Dems a midterm shellacking

Late at night, TV hosts were quick to gloat about the GOP’s failure to give Democrats an interim scandal, despite decades of high inflation and the declining popularity of Joe Biden.

Stephen Colbert, of The Late Show, kicked off the jokes Wednesday night, following reports that the GOP’s expected “red wave” never came.

“The red wave was more like a pink splash,” Colbert said as he read a report from Time magazine. ‘Yes, a pink splash! It was a salmon drizzle, a rosy wash.’

“It’s like what happens when you accidentally wash your Klan robes with your MAGA hat. It’s just a little pink wash.”

While Republicans are expected to win the House majority, the margin of victory is narrower than expected, while control for the Senate is still too close to mention.

While the GOP is expected to win the House, they will not win by the large margin predicted. Meanwhile, the battle for the Senate remains tense

Host Jimmy Kimmel also joked late at night about the lack of a “red wave” and the blow to former President Donald Trump, who saw some of the candidates he backed lose.

“Whatever happens, it was less of a red wave and more of a purple nurple. America turned Donald Trump’s chubby little nipples into a balloon animal last night.”

One of the hotly contested races is the Georgian Senate election between Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and challenger Republican Herschel Walker, which is headed for a runoff.

Kimmel took aim at Walker Wednesday night, mocking his bizarre speech during the tight race while Kimmel joked that the Senate hopefuls “remained unfazed and incomprehensible.”

“More importantly, we get another month of Herschel Walker on the Trail campaign, which is clearly a gift from the comic god,” Kimmel said.

While Kimmel poked fun at Trump’s chosen candidates who struggled in the polls, he echoed the analysis of several TV pundits that Trump ended up being the biggest loser of the night.

“Trump is becoming the GOP version of the man who graduated from high school two years ago but is still hanging out at the football games picking up girls in his Toyota Corolla.”

Jimmy Kimmel called Donald Trump the biggest loser of the night, while also poking fun at GOP Senate hopeful Herschel Walker, who is running for a second election in Georgia

Jimmy Fallon of the Tonight Show poked fun at the former president, who joked that Trump didn’t take the results well.

“Trump was made to run upstairs and slam the door of his tanning bed,” the comedian joked. “Ketchup everywhere.”

Fallon also mocked the former president’s alleged outcry over Republicans losing a Senate seat to Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman, who defeated Trump-backed candidate Dr. Mehmed Oz defeated.

Apparently Trump blamed Melania for convincing him to Dr. Oz, saying it wasn’t her “best decision,” Fallon said. ‘Then Melania said, ‘It certainly wasn’t my worst.’

Jimmy Fallon also joined in mocking Trump and Republicans results during midterm exams

The Democrats had a better-than-expected night, holding off a red wave or a “shellacking,” as former President Barack Obama called his first experience of losing midterm races.

The House still hasn’t called for Republicans — with 207 House races so far, while the Democrats kept 183, with some competitive races yet to be called.

To gain a majority in the House, a party needs 218 seats.

The Senate remained Democrat-winning, with outstanding appeals in Nevada and Arizona.

Arizona looked likely to remain in the hands of the party with Democratic incumbent Senator Mark Kelly leading his GOP challenger Blake Masters by about 5 points with about two-thirds of the vote.

In Nevada, Democratic incumbent Senator Catherine Cortez Masto followed her Republican opponent, Adam Laxalt.

Even if the Republicans take over Nevada’s Senate seat, the Democrats can retain a majority if they hold on to Georgia.