Even though the FBI has begun arresting the seditionists who attacked the U.S. Capitol last week, Stephen Colbert asked, ‘Do you know who does not take judicial terrorism seriously at all? The president. “
During his Late show monologue Tuesday night, the host zeroed in on a new report that President Trump blamed this week for the riot on ‘antifa people’ in a call with House minority leader Kevin McCarthy this week.
“What are you talking about?!” Exclaims Colbert. ‘You invited the rioters to your rally in Washington. They wore your shirts, your hats and waved your flag! And they rejoiced when you told them to march to the Capitol. From now on, neurologists will stop taking pictures like this to touch victims and say, “Can you tell me whose supporters it is?” And if they’re not saying ‘these are MAGA people’, you know it’s time to take away their car keys. ‘
The ‘antifa excuse’ was ‘so ridiculous’, the host said, that ‘even the normal backbone-free area of Kevin McCarthy’ was pushed back against the president. ‘To find out late in the game that Kevin McCarthy has the ability to name reality in the light of the president’s lies is like finding out that Tom Hanks in Chased away had a boat the whole time! ‘
As for the following, Colbert did not have much hope that enough Republicans would be willing to vote for Trump’s dismissal from office in his final week. “Republican lawmakers urgently need the president’s supporters to like them,” he said. “I mean, their hands are tied – almost literally.”
And in response to the Republicans now calling for ‘unity’ after supporting the attempt to block the election results, he did not hold back. “OK, let’s unite in punishing all the insurgents and their political leaders who legitimized their murderous fantasies,” he said. ‘There can be no cure until the disease has been identified and removed and you can do it now! The crop has lost its Twitter feed! ”
Now that the Democrats are taking action to ‘prevent this from happening again by getting rid of the man who caused it’, Colbert asked the Republicans, ‘What are you willing to help? Because so far you have done nothing! ”
“They simply certified a free and fair election – an election that you know was free and fair – but you lied about it anyway,” he continued. “Because you wanted the campaign cash and the eyeballs, and you were scared to drive your boss and his MAGA monster crazy!”
“Your lies legalized the fantasies of a violent, anti-democratic mob that nearly killed you and your colleagues and killed a policeman!” Colbert declares. Do you now want to use your hollow calls to unity to sweep it all under the rug? Well, good luck with that, brother, because the rioters pooped on your carpets, too. ”
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