Late-night host Stephen Colbert on Monday night resurrected his faux-conservative character to cover Donald TrumpDonald Trump’Colbert Report’ character returns to cover Trump’s convention GOP sen at convention: I’m not ruling out voting for Clinton We stand on opposite sides of the aisle, but together against Donald Trump MORE becoming the GOP presidential nominee.
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From his wooded outpost, Stewart hadn’t been following politics – so the duo’s reunion skit followed Colbert’s hilarious efforts to break the news to the former Comedy Central host.
The Late Show’s Stephen Colbert, made famous on The Daily Show and his spinoff The Colbert Report, is no stranger to political satire.
Stewart was pretty patently not interested in politics anymore – until he heard that Trump is large and in charge this year. Because he wanted to open officially Hungry for Power Games, something he has been documenting meticulously on his Late Show for several months now (always in the Flickerman getup).
Over on CBS, Stephen Colbert was live at 11:35 p.m.: “We’re live all week during Trump’s convention, because I want to be the very first one to announce the moment America becomes great again”.
“This week, you and me, we will witness history as the RNC crowns their orange manatee”, Colbert sang, decked out in a patriotic vest and chock-full of hilarious and freakish lyrics.
He declared that Trump has made an alliance with Mike Pence, the Governor of IN before announcing officially that the Hungry Games had begun before a security guard dragged him away from the podium.
“Look, I know I’m not supposed to be here, but let’s be honest, neither is Donald Trump”, Colbert managed to sneak in before he was escorted off stage.
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Colbert is recording regular show live from his NY studio through Thursday this week in order to comment on the late-night speakers at the GOP convention.
