“Now if it sounds to you like Trump is an urgent threat to the Constitution, you’re not alone,” he continued. “Even Trump’s EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt, used to agree with you, as we found out when old audio from a 2016 interview surfaced for the first time yesterday.”
The host then showed the audio, in which Pruitt said Trump would be “abusive to the constitution”.
“Pruitt’s evolution from Trump critic to lackey very much captures the modern GOP in a microcosm,” Meyers said. “As Trump has become more authoritarian, more unhinged, more lawless, the GOP has only gotten more protective of him.”