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Jimmy Fallon on Kevin McCarthy's Tenure As House Speaker: "I've Been to Phish Concerts Longer Than That"

Fallon's October 3 monologue also highlighted a strange sketch Trump shared of himself in court next to Jesus Christ and sang a song in character as the French president.

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There was plenty of news for Jimmy Fallon to unpack in his October 3 monologue opening The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: First up, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's historic ousting after just nine months in the position. 

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"Nine months. Even Aaron Rodgers was like, 'damn, that was fast,'" Fallon joked. "Nine months, I've been to Phish concerts longer than that." Fallon went on to show a highlight reel of Kevin McCarthy's greatest moments as Speaker of the House, which solely consisted of the unpopular politician banging a gavel once. 

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Fallon jokes about Trump's Manhattan fraud trial and Paris's bed bug infestation

In a less pressing yet equally-wild update, Fallon pointed out that following his October 2 appearance in a Manhattan court for his business fraud trial, former President Donald J. Trump shared a picture of Jesus Christ sitting next to him in the courtroom. "When Jesus saw that, he was like, 'ohhh my dad,'" said Fallon.

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Pointing to headlines stating Trump's complained about not having a jury in his trial (despite never having asked for one), Fallon added, "To be fair, Trump can't have a jury of his peers. I mean, where are they gonna get twelve bankrupt former reality show hosts?" 

Fallon then sang a song about Paris's current bed bug infestation, delivered in character as French president Emmanuel Macron. Or, at least, as *a* French president who dons a beret and carries around a baguette and glass of wine. Ooh, la la!

Watch Fallon's entire October 3 Tonight Show monologue above, which also features a game of WePost, the game where the audience picks which update Fallon should post to X, formerly known as Twitter. 

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