Kimmel on Pence’s failed 2024 bid: ‘His time was 1956, and he missed it’
Late-night hosts mocked the end of former vice-president Mike Pence’s presidential hopes, as he terminated his four-month-long campaign over the weekend. Speaking to a conference of Jewish Republicans at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas, Pence said: “It’s become clear to me that this is not my time.”
“His time was 1956, and he missed it,” said Jimmy Kimmel on Monday evening. “Mike Pence ending his campaign in Las Vegas could be a sign he’s losing his mind. Next time we see him, he’ll blackout drunk on TMZ yelling ‘the only God I believe in is Criss Angel!’
“It’s a shame that he’ll never be president,” Kimmel deadpanned. “For one, imagine all the wonderful dancing that would’ve been outlawed at his inaugural ball.
“And while the GOP primary may have lost a principled man who commanded almost 4% of the vote,” he added, “the Space Force just gained one hell of an intergalactic moon ranger. For that, I applaud him.”
Meanwhile, Pence’s “former owner”
Donald Trump had plenty to say about him this weekend. The former president posted to Truth Social many angry messages about a number of potential witnesses for his trials late into the night and early in the morning. “At this point, he doesn’t need a gag order so much as he needs a shock collar to contain himself,” said Kimmel.
Stephen Colbert
“Now, I don’t know about you, but I was very surprised … that Mike Pence was running for president,” said Stephen Colbert on the Late Show.
Colbert also mocked Pence’s signoff that 2024 “is not my time”.
“He’s right. Mike Pence’s time is 1692,” Colbert quipped. “His place? Salem. His job? Man who shoves woman into river to see if she’s a witch.”
Pence’s campaign hadn’t been going well for awhile; Politico recently reported that at one campaign stop in the midwest, he couldn’t get a crowd of 15 to a Pizza Ranch. “Which of course raises one obvious question,” said Colbert. “What the hell is a pizza ranch?”
Pence was also polling at about 2%