For the first time in a long time, Stephen Colbert opened The Late Show Tuesday night with a solemn message about another mass shooting in the United States.
“Yesterday was another gloomy day for America when a gunman walked into a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, and killed ten people, including a police officer,” he began. “This story is unspeakably tragic and I can not imagine the sadness of these families.” “The only appropriate way to honor these victims is with action,” Colbert added. “But our government is still doing nothing.”
Partly because of the shutdown of COVID-19, it’s been a full year since the country saw a mass shooting in a public place like the two that were committed in Atlanta and Boulder last week. “Apparently the only solution to America’s gun violence is to put everyone under house arrest,” he said.
From there, Colbert turned to the ‘predictable’ responses of ‘gun apologists’ such as the Colorado State Shooting Association, who said in a statement:’ There will be time for the gun laws debate. There will be time for a discussion on how this could have been prevented. But today is not the time. ”
“Why not?!” Colbert shoots back. ‘That’s what they say every time it happens. And that’s what I say about what they say every time they say it every time it happens. ‘
“Another gun fetish that weighs on the tragedy is the representative of Colorado and HR supervisor for John Wick, Lauren Boebert,” the host added, pointing to a tweet from the QAnon-friendly congressman who read in part: “While we are still waiting for important information and details in this case, random public shootings and senseless acts of violence are never OK. ”
“Where does she find the courage?” Ask Colbert. ” Senseless acts of violence are never OK, which of course implies that intentional violence is good. You know, the kind her friends on Parler plan. ”
But he was not done, with Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) arguing on Tuesday that America does not have a gun control problem, but rather an ‘idiot control problem’.
“Oh, we definitely have an idiot control problem,” Colbert replies. “These are people who do not realize that this country has had a gun problem for a long time, John Kennedy. So if idiots like John Kennedy refuse to do anything to the guns of idiots, then it’s time to get rid of idiots like John Kennedy. And that means voting them out! ”
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