Even when the FBI started making radical arrests of the seditionists who attacked the United States Capitol last week, Stephen Colbert asked: “Do you know who is not taking extreme right-wing terrorism seriously? The president.”
During your Late Show Monologue Tuesday night, the host focused on a new report that President Trump blamed the “antifa people” on a liaison with minority leader in the House, Kevin McCarthy, this week.
“What the hell are you talking about ?!” Colbert exclaimed. “You invited those troublemakers to your Washington rally. They were wearing their shirts, their hats, waving their flag! And they applauded when you told them to march on the Capitol. From now on, neurologists will show pictures like this to stroke victims and say, ‘Can you tell me who these supporters are from?’ And if they don’t say, ‘They’re MAGA people’, you know it’s time to get your car keys out. “
The “antifa excuse” was “so ridiculous,” said the host, that “even Kevin McCarthy’s normally spine-free zone” opposed the president. “Finding out so late in the game that Kevin McCarthy has the ability to name reality in the face of the president’s lies is like discovering that Tom Hanks is Castaway had a boat all the time! “
As for what comes next, Colbert didn’t have much hope that enough Republicans would be willing to vote for Trump’s removal from office in his final week. “Republican lawmakers desperately need supporters of the president to like them,” he said. “I mean, your hands are tied – almost literally.”
And in response to the Republicans who now call for “unity” after supporting the effort to overturn election results, he has not stopped himself. “OK, let’s unite in punishing all the insurrectionists and their political leaders who legitimized their homicidal fantasies,” he said. “There can be no cure until the disease is identified and removed and you can do it now! The tumor has lost its Twitter feed! “
Now that Democrats are taking action to “prevent this from happening again by getting rid of the guy who caused it,” Colbert asked Republicans, “What are you willing to do to help? Because, so far, you haven’t done anything! “
“They were simply certifying a free and fair election – an election that you knew was free and fair – but you lied about it anyway,” he continued. “Because you wanted the campaign money and the eyes and were afraid to drive your boss and your MAGA monster crazy!”
“Your lies legitimized the fantasies of a violent and undemocratic mob that almost caused you and your colleagues to be killed and a policeman murdered!” Colbert declared. “Now do you want to use your empty calls per unit to sweep everything under the rug? Well, good luck with that, brother, because the troublemakers also pooped on their carpets.
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