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Seth Meyers gives Steve Kornacki's repeated "Wow" an extended replay

A Closer Look contrasts Mike Johnson's pre-election confidence with a montage of the NBC analyst reacting to Democratic gains.

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0:00The opening monologue covers Trump's social posts, the Mississippi election projection and Hegseth's Arlington Cemetery visit.
4:50Mike Johnson's repeated dismissals of pre-election polls set up a contrast with the results.
5:47A supercut repeats Steve Kornacki's "Wow" reactions as Democratic victories come in.
8:57News clips report the projection that Scott Colom has defeated Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi.
15:23The closing section examines the failed Hegseth impeachment effort and Democrats who did not vote.

Steve Kornacki keeps finding the same word: "Wow." Seth Meyers strings those reactions together in an extended election-results supercut, letting the repetition supply the joke.

It comes after another montage with a very different refrain. Speaker Mike Johnson repeatedly insists that pre-election polls are wrong. Placed together, the clips turn confidence before the vote and surprise afterward into the organizing contrast of this A Closer Look.

The upload's title, "Trump Posts About His Tax Returns and Republicans Losing in the Midterms," describes the opening monologue, but the longer election segment begins several minutes in. Meyers moves from the broad Democratic gains to the broadcast projection of Scott Colom's Mississippi Senate victory over Cindy Hyde-Smith. Senator John Kennedy's blunt assessment of the Republican defeat supplies another Republican reaction alongside Johnson's earlier assurances.

The segment then turns to Nancy LaCore's South Carolina congressional victory, before ending on Democrats who missed the vote on an effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Meyers' celebration of the election results gives way to criticism of what lawmakers did, or didn't do, afterward.

The upload has reached roughly 1.5 million views. The show has also posted Kornacki's one-word recap as a separate Short, giving the montage its own standalone outing.

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