Exactly two months ago, after President Donald Trump responded to his election loss by declaring victory, Stephen Colbert shed tears during his monologue as he told viewers, “We all knew he would. What I didn’t know was that it would hurt a lot. “
I hadn’t seen anything yet. But this time, Colbert wasn’t sad, he was furious.
He Late Show The host relaunched the jokes Wednesday night, going live on CBS to share his horrific response to the act of violent insurrection before the day fueled by the president’s electoral lies.
“I’m really looking forward to doing the show we’re about to do,” Colbert began. “And I don’t really want to do the show either. Because the gentleman has pity, there are some dark topics we talk about sometimes on the show, but I’ve rarely been as upset as tonight. ”
Speaking directly to Republican members of Congress who support Trump, the host asked, “Is that enough? After five years in line with this president’s fascist rhetoric, I guess his followers do they want to burn the Reichstag? ”
“Who could have seen this coming?” Colbert asked. “Everyone! Even mannequins like me. This is the most shocking, most tragic and least surprising thing I have ever seen. For years, people have told you cowards that if you let the president lie about our democracy over and over again, and then join him in that lie and say he’s right when you know he doesn’t that is, there will be a terrible price to pay. But you never thought you would have to pay for it too. ”
From there, he pointed out Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), who was trapped in the camera “raising his stupid fist at the crowd in front of the Capitol.” On the front line of the night that could be considered a joke, Colbert said, “It’s like Black Power but it’s the opposite. There really should be a name. And, of course, he has to keep his fist closed, because if you open it you would see all the blood on his hands ”.
Then the host took over Fox News. “Do you think maybe years related to conspiracy theories had anything to do with this?” Colbert asked, mocking the network for claiming that his “news” and “opinions” are different. Like the “lubricated catheters” that come during commercial breaks, he said, “You know where you can put your excuses and you can skip lubrication.”
Colbert’s monologue, even longer than usual, continued for another ten minutes, as he tore President Trump to claim to support “law and order” while encouraging his minions to move violently forward. the US Capitol building. “If that is stated, if he said that, he would be arrested for inciting a riot,” he said. “But of course you can’t arrest the president … for another 15 days.”
“Now I’ve said before, violence is the last refuge of the incompetent,” Colbert later said. “And if the last four years have taught us anything, it’s that there are a lot of incompetent people in our leadership.”
Looking ahead to 2022, “when all these Republicans who, without making a mistake, are responsible for what happened today and run for re-election,” he said, “let’s remind them of who they stood for today: cynical cowards who believe that voters should not choose who governs this country. We hope that voters will prove them wrong. “
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