{"id":2304368,"date":"2026-02-28T02:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T02:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2304368"},"modified":"2026-02-28T02:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T02:33:07","slug":"seth-meyers-stunned-into-silence-by-gop-senators-spin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/seth-meyers-stunned-into-silence-by-gop-senators-spin\/","title":{"rendered":"Seth Meyers Stunned Into Silence By GOP Senator&#8217;s Spin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. Markwayne Mullin\u2019s (R-Okla.) defense of America\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/trump-iran-military-buildup-middle-east_n_699afc56e4b05375e27f106e\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"massive military buildup\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69a167dae4b0788617058f29\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"699afc56e4b05375e27f106e\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\">massive military buildup<\/a> involving Iran left \u201cLate Night\u201d host Seth Meyers stunned into several seconds of silence Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Meyers questioned the renewed saber-rattling from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> and his allies, noting that the president had previously boasted that a prior operation had completely and utterly \u201cobliterated\u201d Iran\u2019s nuclear capabilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/cnn\">celebrity.land<\/a>\u2019s Kaitlan Collins, Mullin argued the current buildup was necessary because Iran is attempting to rebuild. He illustrated his point with an analogy about someone having the bones in their legs obliterated in a car accident and later still being able to walk again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Meyers appeared momentarily speechless before quipping: \u201cNothing is a bigger bummer when someone throws a \u2018you know\u2019 into a sentence when you have no idea what they are talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Markwayne Mullin\u2019s (R-Okla.) defense of America\u2019s massive military buildup involving Iran left \u201cLate Night\u201d host Seth Meyers stunned into several seconds of silence Thursday. Meyers questioned the renewed saber-rattling from Donald Trump and his allies, noting that the president had previously boasted that a prior operation had completely and utterly \u201cobliterated\u201d Iran\u2019s nuclear capabilities. 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