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  "id": 12646704,
  "title": "Jimmy Fallon Mocks Republicans for Midterm Results Predictions: ‘Sounds Like the 3 Stages of Appearing on ‘Hot Ones”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/jimmy-fallon-mocks-republicans-for-midterm-results-predictions-sounds",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-07T14:43:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
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    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/tv/jimmy-fallon-midterm-predictions-republicans-sounds-like-hot-ones/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "As recent polls suggest Democrats are likely to perform well in the upcoming midterm elections, NBC's Jimmy Fallon took a lighthearted jab at the Republican party's predictions. During his Tuesday night monologue, Fallon pointed out the dire language being used by Republicans to describe the state of affairs. \"The midterms are less than a month away, and Republicans are saying the election is a five-alarm fire, catastrophic, and the bottom is falling out,\" he observed. Fallon then jokingly compared the Republicans' outlook to the three stages of appearing on \"Hot Ones,\" a popular TV show where contestants endure increasingly spicy challenges. Even some in the Trump administration's media circle seemed to be struggling to maintain a positive narrative. \"Even Fox News was like, 'We're giving it all we got, Captain. We can't spin it anymore!'\" Fallon quipped, adopting a Scottish accent for the joke. The host also made light of President Trump's current approval ratings, which are reportedly \"somewhere between three-minute Hulu ads and getting raisins on Halloween.\" Fallon wrapped up the segment by poking fun at the president's recent call for reporters to be arrested for unfavorable coverage, commenting that reporters are \"not worried. They're like, 'If we can sit through a 2-hour Trump speech, we can handle prison. Yeah, we're good.'\" Watch the full monologue in the video above.",
  "summary": "\"Even Fox News was like, 'We're giving it all we got, Captain. We can't spin it anymore!'\" the NBC host jokes The post Jimmy Fallon Mocks Republicans for Midterm Results Predictions: ‘Sounds Like the 3 Stages of Appearing on ‘Hot Ones” appeared first on TheWrap .",
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        "title": "Jimmy Fallon Mocks Republicans for Midterm Results Predictions: ‘Sounds Like the 3 Stages of Appearing on ‘Hot Ones”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/jimmy-fallon-mocks-republicans-for-midterm-results-predictions-sounds-12654021",
        "published": "2026-10-07T14:43:11.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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