--- title: Mike Pence Gets Spoofed by Late Night for His Oval Office Meeting Silence description: "Elf on the shelf" or "Weekend and Bernie's"? Late night television hosts and meme makers roast Mike Pence Oval Office demeanor. canonical: https://time.com/5477658/mike-pence-oval-office/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-12T15:57:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:22.911Z og:title: Mike Pence Gets Spoofed by Late Night for His Oval Office Meeting Silence og:description: "Elf on the shelf" or "Weekend at Bernie's" og:url: https://time.com/5477658/mike-pence-oval-office/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta273ebfe07042e54/698941558fd2eec65d35d5e5/mikepenceovaloffice.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: President Trump Meets With Nancy Pelosi And Chuck Schumer At White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mike Pence Gets Spoofed by Late Night for His Oval Office Meeting Silence twitter:description: "Elf on the shelf" or "Weekend at Bernie's" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta273ebfe07042e54/698941558fd2eec65d35d5e5/mikepenceovaloffice.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mike Pence Gets Spoofed by Late Night for His Oval Office Meeting Silence > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) President Donald Trump argues about border security with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (R) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as Vice President Mike Pence sits nearby in the Oval Office on December 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Dec 12, 2018 3:57 PM UTC Vice President Mike Pence has become a [meme again](http://time.com/4848951/mike-pence-nasa-do-not-touch/), this time after meeting with President Donald Trump and [Pence](http://time.com/5476903/donald-trump-shutdown-border-wall/) and Democratic leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi in the Oval Office to discuss Trump’s promise of a [wall](http://time.com/5476520/donald-trump-meet-democrats-shutdown/) along the southern border of the U.S. on Tuesday. In the presence of reporters at the televised meeting, the President and the Democratic leaders were at time combative as they argued their viewpoints. As for Vice President Mike Pence’s part, through most of the meeting, he did not take part in some of the spirited discussion as it went on. This was not lost on late night hosts who couldn’t resist the chance to zoom all the way in on Pence on Tuesday night. “The best part of the meeting was Mike Pence — just sitting there quietly — patiently waiting to be President, not saying a word,” Jimmy Kimmel cracked on _Live!_ before debuting a doctored clip that reimagined the meeting as “The Real White House Wives of D.C.” On _The Late Show_, Stephen Colbert imagined Pence’s inner monologue during the meeting with a sketch that kicked off Tuesday’s episode. “I wonder if I sit real still if people will even notice I’m here. I’m a manila envelope taped to a beige wall, no one can see me,” Stephen Colbert cracked. On _Late Night With Seth Meyers_, Meyers had one question. “Also, is Mike Pence doing? I guess when Schumer said ‘shutdown,’ Mike Pence took it literally.” But before late night riffed on the footage, people on Twitter had already had a field day zeroing in on Pence’s demeanor during that day, with users comparing his seemingly motionless position to _Weekend at Bernie’s_ and _Elf on the Shelf_ and all sorts of other imaginary scenarios. > [](https://twitter.com/DeanObeidallah/status/1072555321867014144) > [](https://twitter.com/StevenBeschloss/status/1072556768155365376) > [](https://twitter.com/petridishes/status/1072634561232822278) > [](https://twitter.com/jlisle/status/1072553732053843970) > [](https://twitter.com/frankpallotta/status/1072550582295162882) > [](https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/1072540890324000768) > [](https://twitter.com/rolandscahill/status/1072540379864543238) And some online felt bonded to him. > [](https://twitter.com/RealBrittHughes/status/1072539755877937153) > [](https://twitter.com/oureric/status/1072553412179447808) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5477658/mike-pence-oval-office/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5477658/mike-pence-oval-office/"},"headline":"Mike Pence Gets Spoofed by Late Night for His Oval Office Meeting Silence","datePublished":"2018-12-12T15:57:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:22.911Z","description":"\"Elf on the shelf\" or \"Weekend and Bernie's\"? 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