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One yr to the day after he “tore up the script” to ship an impassioned excoriation of Donald Trump and the Republican Occasion on a reside episode of The Late Present, Stephen Colbert revealed that he nearly went commercial-free that evening after “each advertiser” pulled out of the published.
“On the final minute, we bought new sponsors,” he added Thursday evening. “So I’d wish to salute the true heroes of January sixth, 2021: CBS advert gross sales.”
From there, the host went on to heap reward on President Joe Biden for the “really highly effective speech” he gave marking the anniversary, throughout which he repeatedly criticized his predecessor with out ever uttering his title. “Hell sure, inform it like it's, Joe!” Colbert exclaimed. “That's the Joe Biden I bear in mind! That's the Joe Biden we stole this election for—I imply voted for!”
After all, Biden’s resolution to omit Trump’s title didn't cease the previous president from publicly complaining that he “used my title in the present day to attempt to additional divide America.”
“No he didn’t,” Colbert shot again. “He didn’t use your title as soon as, you nimrod.”
“Now, there have been some notable absences from the ceremonies in the present day,” he added later. “Throughout a transferring second of silence for officers who misplaced their lives, there have been solely two Republicans on the Home ground. The opposite Republican legislators selected to re-enact January sixth by hiding in worry.”
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