Many people were outraged over how Jimmy Fallon treated Donald Trump when he recently appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show [1]; Fallon joked with the GOP nominee, ruffled his hair, and avoided any serious questions. "Did Fallon think being polite to a guest meant ignoring his past year of racist, sexist, Islamophobic rhetoric?" wrote Jezebel [2]. "Did he just not care? The jokes weren't even good."

As part of the backlash against Fallon, internet users began circulating a 2012 video of the former Late Show host David Letterman calling out Trump for being a racist over his comments about President Obama.

Letterman had shit locked down. https://t.co/gErjv8KEA6 [3]

— Gerry Duggan (@GerryDuggan) September 16, 2016 [4]

As the Washington Post pointed out, Letterman wasn't shy about criticizing [5] and questioning Trump, even to his face. "Letterman was never one to back down," wrote the Post. "Fallon could learn a thing or two about proper interviewing by studying the former Late Show host."