In his first Late Show New Year’s monologue, Stephen Colbert bet everything on President Donald Trump’s not-so-perfect call to Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
“Happy New Year! 2020 is over!” Colbert started. “All that evil is finally behind us and we are leaving for a new beginning … with a violent pandemic and a president who is trying to steal the elections. bonus tracks. ”
This quickly led him to that “jaw-dropping” call, urging viewers to “tighten his belt” for what he described as “if Watergate and the Ukraine scandal had a child they made on the Access Hollywood bus”.
After playing the clip in which Trump said he just wants Georgia to “find” 11,780 votes, Colbert replied, “That’s all he wants! He just wants them to find exactly how many votes he needs to win for one. There is nothing suspicious about that! “
“If he wants to steal an election, he really needs to sound less like his grandfather complaining about the phone,” added the host. “’There used to be a button at the bottom, now it uses my face. What did they do with the button? Did you hide with the ballots inside the ballot box? I hope you don’t hide my face! ‘”
Later, during your interview with Stacey Abrams about the Senate qualifiers on Tuesday, Colbert asked what she thought about the fact that her name came up several times during Trump’s call, including Trump’s suggestion that she was “laughing” at Raffensperger.
“I think it’s an exaggeration to say I’m thinking about them,” said Abrams. “I am focusing on winning this election. They are not my problem. “
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