NBC Late Evening host Seth Meyers proved on his Thursday present that he has no thought what cancel tradition really is as he accused Republicans of partaking in it as they move varied schooling legal guidelines and kick Rep. Ilhan Omar off the Home Overseas Affairs Committee.

Beginning with schooling coverage, Meyers claimed that, “Trump and DeSantis, they’re simply competing to see who can win the right-wing tradition wars. That is why DeSantis has constructed his whole agenda round tradition conflict nonsense. Actually, this week a viral video discovered at the very least one college library in Florida that was mainly empty due to DeSantis’s dumb guidelines in opposition to supposedly woke material in faculties.”

After enjoying a clip from an area information report, Meyers returned, “And I do hope — I do hope each pundit who declare the left is accountable for cancel tradition is shedding their minds in any respect the books coming off college cabinets. As a result of this is not theoretical, it is actual. Lecturers, librarians, college districts, they are saying they do not know what’s allowed and what’s not below DeSantis’ censorship legal guidelines.”

Did Meyers watch his personal video? Within the video, the reporter says the cabinets are empty as a result of the books had been taken by “taken by a substitute trainer.” The books will return and once they do, individuals like this substitute trainer and Meyers is not going to come again and say they overreacted. 

After enjoying clips of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaking about Important Race Concept, Meyers transitioned to a brand new matter, “In order that’s who the GOP thinks ought to be capable to serve on committees. In the meantime, right now they voted to kick Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a refugee and one in all the one two Muslim ladies within the Home, off the Overseas Affairs Committee for the easy motive that they do not like her or her viewpoint.”

In addition they voted to kick two white guys off the Intelligence Committee, however the narrative should survive. To attempt to make his level, Meyers added, “And by the best way, that is not simply me saying that. Even Matt Gaetz, one of many Trumpiest members of GOP, a man who tried to overturn the 2020 election and lied in regards to the January sixth riot admitted as a lot this week.”

After enjoying a clip of Gaetz, Meyers continued, “You understand how [bleep]ed up one thing needs to be for me to agree with Matt Gaetz? The one different factor we see eye to eye on are the advantages of massive foreheads.”

There was additionally the truth that Democrats created this precedent and that such a norm-shattering transfer must have penalties.  

Wrapping up his diatribe, Meyers claimed, “Republicans are censoring books in faculties, eradicating individuals from committees whose opinions they do not like, and but they’re the ones whining about cancel tradition. The proper is totally in favor of censorship when it fits them. There’s solely at some point a 12 months when Republicans can say they’re defenders of free speech, and that is –”

The sentence was concluded with a video of Trump saying “April Idiot’s Day,” however a state having curriculum requirements shouldn’t be cancel tradition, particularly when these requirements are topic to partisan hysteria. As for Omar, merely making use of the identical normal to Omar that Democrats utilized to Greene shouldn’t be “cancel tradition.”

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Here’s a transcript for the February 3 present:

NBC Late Evening with Seth Meyers

2/3/2022

12:48 AM ET

SETH MEYERS: Trump and DeSantis, they’re simply competing to see who can win the right-wing tradition wars. That is why DeSantis has constructed his whole agenda round tradition conflict nonsense. Actually, this week a viral video discovered at the very least one college library in Florida that was mainly empty due to DeSantis’s dumb guidelines in opposition to supposedly woke material in faculties 

FEMALE REPORTER: It is a video that is been seen greater than 5 million occasions. Empty library cabinets at Mandarin Center Faculty, taken by a substitute trainer who says he is puzzled because the college critiques the content material of its books following pointers from the state. Colleges at the moment are required to evaluate their libraries and academics’ classroom ebook collections to be sure that they do not violate sure material outlined by the state of Florida.

MEYERS: I’ve by no means heard of a library that was merely out of books. That seems like an excuse your children would use for those who despatched them to the library to do their homework, they usually skipped it to smoke weed at a strip mall and whenever you confronted them, they’d most likely simply stand like Ron DeSantis “Kevin, the place are all of your books? “Oh, they had been, uh, out.”  “The library, the library was all out of books? “Yeah.” “Okay. I will take off.”

And I do hope — I do hope each pundit who declare the left is accountable for cancel tradition is shedding their minds in any respect the books coming off college cabinets. As a result of this is not theoretical, it is actual. Lecturers, librarians, college districts, they are saying they do not know what’s allowed and what’s not below DeSantis’ censorship legal guidelines. 

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MEYERS: In order that’s who the GOP thinks ought to be capable to serve on committees. 

In the meantime, right now they voted to kick Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a refugee and one in all the one two Muslim ladies within the Home, off the Overseas Affairs Committee for the easy motive that they do not like her or her viewpoint. 

And by the best way, that is not simply me saying that. Even Matt Gaetz, one of many Trumpiest members of GOP, a man who tried to overturn the 2020 election and lied in regards to the January sixth riot admitted as a lot this week. 

MATT GAETZ: The rationale I feel loads of Republicans wish to kick Ilhan Omar provide the Overseas Affairs Committees is as a result of they do not like what she has to say. 

MEYERS: You understand how [bleep]ed up one thing needs to be for me to agree with Matt Gaetz? The one different factor we see eye to eye on are the advantages of massive foreheads. We see eye to eye, brow to brow.

Even after admitting what was actually happening right here, Gaetz nonetheless voted along with his fellow Republicans right now to take away Omar, he did not even have the braveness to vote no on the decision despite the fact that he apparently had the braveness to put on this go well with. I imply take a look at that. It appears like a foul man from a futuristic online game referred to as Disco Crime 3,000. 

Republicans are censoring books in faculties, eradicating individuals from committees whose opinions they do not like, and but they’re the ones whining about cancel tradition. The proper is totally in favor of censorship when it fits them. There’s solely at some point a 12 months when Republicans can say they’re defenders of free speech, and that is –

DONALD TRUMP: April Idiot’s Day.