Like every important host for late night, except Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert was on vacation last week, which meant he missed the climax of the Matt Gaetz sex trafficking scandal. But with the development taking place every day, the Late show host seriously caught Wednesday night. And he did not hold back.
Colbert began with the ‘blanket pardon’ Rep. Gaetz (R-FL) allegedly looked at Donald Trump and joked: ‘Oh, I do not think the blanket wants forgiveness. I think it wants to be burned. It is seen too much. ”
“Gaetz wanted to give a voluntary waiver for illegal activities he ever did, as innocent people do,” the host added. “And he had reason to believe that he would get the forgiveness because of his close relationship with the former president.”
From there, he shared actual excerpts from Gaetz’s recent book in which he boasts that he made calls from Trump while he was “on the throne, on planes and in the club.” Colbert added: “The president called me everywhere: while peeking into the bushes of a high school, while making fake IDs, even while teaching my girlfriend for the SATs.”
The congressman even boasted that Trump called him while he was “in the heart of passion” and he responded. “When I think about Matt Gaetz having sex, I’m in the lap,” Colbert joked.
He noted that Gaetz did not get his pardon because Trump’s lawyers thought it would be a ‘bad precedent’, ‘Colbert asked:’ Do you know how shady you have to be to let the No. 45 lawyers go? , ‘No, it’s a bad look? ” He imagined them adding, ‘If you excuse me now, I just jumped with the camera, licked my head and I’m late for my press conference outside the crematorium dildo shop.’
Finally, the host points to the intense irony of Gaetz delivering an upcoming speech for a conservative women’s group on one of Trump’s golf courses. “You could say it puts the fox in the chicken coop, but Gaetz would rather hang out with the eggs.”
“His speech is part of a gala dinner themed ‘Americana, featuring BBQ, boots and bluegrass,'” Colbert added. “Not to be confused with Gaetz’s usual theme of ‘Molly, Minors and Mandatory Minimums.’ He then concluded with: “The group has received a lot of criticism for Gaetz’s discussion, but they defend the decision and call Gaetz ‘fearless leader in DC’ Yes, Gaetz fears nothing but the parents of whom he sends. ‘
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