For CBS host of the The Late Present Stephen Colbert, Monday’s opening monologue was alternative to play the race card on every part from Clarence Thomas and his friendship with Harlan Crow to Tennessee Republicans for expelling two lawmakers for his or her function in shutting down legislative proceedings.
Reacting to Thomas’s protection that there’s nothing corrupt or improper along with his relationship with Crow as a result of the 2 are pals, Colbert shot again “He is your shut private buddy that every part about, so I suppose it will be actually embarrassing to study that Harlan Crow has a set of Adolf Hitler artifacts and Nazi memorabilia, together with two work by Hitler.”
Whereas gathering artifacts out of your fallen enemies isn’t for everybody, it isn’t unprecedented and information of Crow’s assortment isn’t new. A 2013 report on the matter additionally revealed that Crow has artifacts from SS Athenia, the primary British ship sunk by the Germans in World Struggle II and that his mom was aboard on the time of its sinking. Crow additionally has loads of artifacts that don’t have anything do with Nazis or communism.
Nonetheless, for Colbert there is just one potential rationalization:
Women, take be aware. That may be a purple flag. That may be a purple flag. You by no means wanna have to inform your gal buddies, ‘So I lastly spent the evening at Todd’s. It was good, however he is acquired this actually intense gaming setup. And two work by Hitler. Ought to I textual content him again, or– what do I do?’ Crow additionally has a show of swastika-embossed linens. Yeah, yeah, all of it comes with the monsters of historical past positive eating set. You get the Nazi napkins, the Pol pots and pans, and the Osama bin ladle. And it’s–act now.
Shifting on, Colbert turned to Tennessee, “However for all that, it is not simply the Judicial Department, the legislative has its share of issues, particularly in state legislatures like Tennessee ‘trigger after every week of huge student-led protests in favor of gun management, the Republican-controlled Tennessee Home voted to expel two of the three Democrats who participated in the protest.”
He then invited the viewers to play a recreation, “I’ll present you the three Democrats, and you must guess which two they kicked out. Let’s see, Jimmy, let’s put three tenths of a second on the clock. Go! [Buzzer] That is proper! It is the 2 black guys.”
Being obsessive about racial politics, Colbert refused to see some other potential rationalization, “However the GOP says there’s nothing racist about this, explaining the 2 expelled lawmakers, Representatives Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson, broke the chamber’s guidelines when they led gun reform chants from the Home podium with a megaphone. Whereas Consultant Gloria Johnson wasn’t expelled since she did not communicate into the megaphone. I believe everyone knows that excuse is pure bull…horn.”
Do “we” all know that or does Colbert simply consider that main the disruption of legislative enterprise is okay when Democrats do it?
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Here’s a transcript for the April 10 present:
CBS The Late Present with Stephen Colbert
4/9/2023
11:44 PM ET
STEPHEN COLBERT: So, okay. I am going to chunk. He is your shut private buddy that every part about, so I suppose it will be actually embarrassing to study that Harlan Crow has a set of Adolf Hitler artifacts and Nazi memorabilia, together with two work by Hitler. Women, take be aware. That may be a purple flag. That may be a purple flag. You by no means wanna have to inform your gal buddies, “So I lastly spent the evening at Todd’s. It was good, however he is acquired this actually intense gaming setup. And two work by Hitler. Ought to I textual content him again, or– what do I do?”
Crow additionally has a show of swastika-embossed linens. Yeah, yeah, all of it comes with the monsters of historical past positive eating set. You get the Nazi napkins, the Pol pots and pans, and the Osama bin ladle. And it’s–act now.
However for all that, it is not simply the Judicial Department, the legislative has its share of issues, particularly in state legislatures like Tennessee ‘trigger after every week of huge student-led protests in favor of gun management, the Republican-controlled Tennessee Home voted to expel two of the three Democrats who participated in the protest. All proper, viewers. Let’s play slightly recreation.
No, no, let’s play slightly recreation. I’ll present you the three Democrats, and you must guess which two they kicked out. Let’s see, Jimmy, let’s put three tenths of a second on the clock. Go! [Buzzer] That is proper! It is the 2 black guys.
However the GOP says there’s nothing racist about this, explaining the 2 expelled lawmakers, Representatives Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson, broke the chamber’s guidelines when they led gun reform chants from the Home podium with a megaphone. Whereas Consultant Gloria Johnson wasn’t expelled since she did not communicate into the megaphone. I believe everyone knows that excuse is pure bull…horn.
