Overview

• President Donald Trump reposted an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory claiming that Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced with robotic clones.
• On Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, host Jimmy Kimmel dismissed the theory as “deranged” and “so deeply nuts” while highlighting the absurdity of confusing robots with clones.
• Kimmel challenged Republicans to address Trump’s mental state after they had questioned Biden’s fitness, shaming the party for its inconsistent standards.
• Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, and Jon Stewart also satirized the conspiracy during their late-night monologues, lampooning its illogical premise.
• The late-night backlash frames the conspiracy as a diversion from Trump’s proposal to cut $600 billion in Medicaid funding.