Late-night hosts criticised Donald Trump for his “racist fearmongering” ahead of next week’s midterms.

Seth Meyers: ‘He’s been scamming people his entire life’

On Late Night with Seth Meyers, the host discussed the many attempts to elevate the migrant caravan in order to whip up anger from voters.

“Republicans have done so little and what they have done is unpopular that their only strategy for the midterms is to make up a racist scam to scare people,” he said.

He referred to Trump as “a scam artist” while talking about the latest lawsuit alleging that he persuaded struggling people to invest in schemes to make a profit as part of the Trump Institute. “I can’t believe Trump had an institute,” he said. “I just assume he escaped from an institute.”

When talking about the border wall, Meyers said “it doesn’t exist, it’s never going to exist” and called Fox News “a rightwing propaganda outlet that exists entirely for one purpose: to disseminate his lies and whip its audience into a racist frenzy”.

Earlier this week, a former Ice agent spoke on Fox News, falsely claiming that certain diseases would be brought into the country via the migrant caravan. “Smallpox and leprosy?” Meyers said. “Where is this caravan coming from? Medieval England?”

He finished by saying: “Trump’s racist fearmongering over immigration is the latest scam from a guy who’s been scamming people his entire life.”

Stephen Colbert: ‘Bear shocks by crapping in woods’

On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert joked about Trump saying that rocks thrown by migrants would be deemed the same as shots fired from rifles. “What do you think AR-15 stands for?” he said. “A rock 15. And I’m being told that NRA now stands for National Rock Association.”

He continued: “So for the record, paper no longer beats rock.”

Trump has also continued his insistence that birthright citizenship would be coming to an end, claiming that illegal aliens would be coming into the country and having babies within seconds. “Does Trump believe in a five-second rule for babies?” he said.

After Trump’s latest racist comments about immigrants being criminals, CNN ran a headline to say that Trump shocks with latest racist comments. “Racist, OK,” he said. “I don’t know about shocks. I assume their next headline was bear shocks by crapping in woods.”

Trump also said he was the president who has done the most for religion and that people have told him they have prayed more since he was elected. “I know, I haven’t stopped praying since you were elected,” he said. “Dear God, when will this end.”

Trevor Noah: ‘Trump decided to go as racism’

A Trump rally, bundled referendums, felon voting rights AND a racism-tinged governor’s race? Don’t sleep on Florida’s midterm elections. 😶🔥 #TrevorInMiami pic.twitter.com/1gnGO2lRYW — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) November 2, 2018

On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah said that for Halloween, Trump “decided to go as racism”.

On his final day in Florida, Noah said to the crowd: “Whoever is in charge of your voting system is trying to fuck with you.”

It’s in reference to some bizarre choices on ballots next week which have grouped strange amendments together, such as offshore drilling and indoor vaping.

“If you vote no to offshore drilling, you automatically voted no to indoor vaping,” he said. “It makes no sense. It’s like when they have those weird DVD combos at the bargain bin at Walmart and it’ll be like Air Bud combined with Fifty Shades of Grey.”

One of the most important issues for the state is the amendment that could allow convicted felons to vote again after they have been released. “This is an issue that has bipartisan support,” he said. “Democrats like that it’s criminal justice reform. Republicans like it because it would let a lot of former Trump officials vote again.”