-Earlier this week,
several prominent Republicans, including Ohio Senator and
vice presidential nominee J. D. Vance,
promoted a false claim that Haitian immigrants in Ohio are kidnapping
and eating family pets. Here to respond is one of
my writers, Jeff Wright. -Thank you, Seth. Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ] Now, when I first heard
this vicious rumor, it really hit home for me. -Oh, right,
because your mom is Haitian. -No, because I'm from Florida. And trust me, if people are stealing
and eating pets, it wouldn't be in Ohio. It would be in Florida, okay? In Florida,
a man ate someone's face. If we'd eat a face,
we'd eat a pet. -But your mom is Haitian, right? -Yeah, and she would never do
anything to harm someone's pet. The only time
she ever kidnapped a pet was when I told her
I didn't want to be a doctor, so she took away my dog. Well, look at me now, Mom. I'm on "Late Night
with Seth Meyers." Can I please have Zeus back? -You okay, Jeff?
-Yep. Seth, these weird pet rumors
about Haitians all started in a Facebook group. Come on now. You know you can't trust
what you read on Facebook. On Facebook,
I list myself as graduate -- as a graduate of the University
of Miami Medical School. -And where did you
actually go to college? -I didn't go to college, Seth. That's why my mom
still has Zeus. -How many years ago
did she take Zeus? -Like -- Like 20. -And you think
Zeus is still alive? -I don't know,
I'm not a doctor, Seth. -Jeff, why do you think
J. D. Vance and other Republicans
would choose to spread these vicious lies? -Because it's
the easiest thing to do -- pick on immigrants. But this time,
he picked on the wrong country. See, Haitians have already been
through earthquakes, poverty, dictatorships. We ain't got nothing left
to lose. We'll come right back at you. You know how Michelle Obama says
when they go low, we'll go high? Well, as a Haitian,
when you go low, we gonna
throw a sandal at your head. And to be honest,
you do not want to spread rumors about people
who know Voodoo. -Jeff, isn't that just another
vicious stereotype? -I don't know, Seth.
Is it? [ Speaks indistinctly ]
[ Thunder crashes ] But in all seriousness, this kind of dangerous rhetoric
from Republicans is becoming normalized,
and this is the kind of stuff that can get people killed. At the end of the day, political campaigns should
be bringing people together through coming up with solutions
to improve their lives, not by race baiting. Race baiting is just lazy.
And I would say Republicans are lazy,
but I don't want to do that. -Because you don't want to
attack them with stereotypes? -No, because I have
a more efficient way. [ Thunder crashes ] -Jeff Wright, everybody. We'll be right back
with more "Late Night."