Stephen Colbert went live on Wednesday night after President Joe Biden took office and the feeling of deep relief in the room was palpable.
“Well, you did,” he told her Late Show spectators. “Did you survive the last four years and your reward? A brilliant president, new and old. ”After admitting that he“ cried a lot ”throughout the day, Colbert said,“ It was extremely emotional and not quite what I expected. Because I have to tell you, I have no joy. There is no end zone dance in me. What I feel is a huge relief. “
“Today felt like a return to normalcy, even though much of the day was abnormal,” the host said. But at least, he explained, we now recognize the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic. “And the weirdest feeling is when something is clearly abnormal and someone is trying to tell you it’s not,” Colbert added. “What we saw today was the opposite of gas lighting. Today we have been approached by reality and I am here to achieve it. “
As for the big entry of the new first couple, the host joked, “Isn’t it lovely? A presidential couple holding hands in a way that doesn’t seem obligatory by contract.” Contrasts with Trump continued while Colbert said, “It is very strange to hear someone say that we are a great nation without knowing which of us are radical socialist anti-phases trying to destroy our heritage with low-flow bathtubs.”
And later, “It was very good to have a president with a soul again. The former sold his to the devil and did not even take Georgia out of the deal.
Finally, Colbert praised the “beautiful and moving words” of poet Amanda Gorman, who said that “being American is more than a pride we inherit, it’s the past we enter and how we repair it.”
“Yeah, how do you fix the past?” Colbert asked. “Have we tried to disconnect the past and reconnect it? Because that works for everything else.”
“But still we solve this country, it is not the job of the new administration,” he continued. “It depends on all of us, as always, in any way we can. And President Biden, Vice President Harris, have our prayers, our best wishes and all our trust. “
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