![]() “Americans are understandably outraged that the supreme court decided on a whim to shred abortion rights purely because they could,” Meyers started, “and went even further, essentially announcing through Thomas’s concurrence that it would target contraception, marriage equality and privacy next. There should’ve been a toy steering wheel in the passenger seat the whole time.” Seth MeyersĪnd on Late Night, Seth Meyers joined the millions of Americans outraged over the supreme court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade, which left the right to bodily autonomy “incinerated by a corrupt gang of unaccountable, rightwing theocrats who definitely think the Scarlet Letter was a comedy”. “You had four years to Trump-proof that vehicle. “Not to victim-blame, but this is on the Secret Service,” Noah joked. But Trump was like ‘I could walk there, I could walk … or I could steal a car from the Secret Service.’ “This whole thing shows you how lazy Trump is,” Noah added. Because he’s hitting the one person who can’t hit back. “Although you have to admit, though, fighting your own Secret Service agent is kinda genius on Trump’s part. “Trump fighting to take control of the president’s car like he’s the bad guy in an action movie, only he’s the president and this is real life? On the Daily Show, Trevor Noah also reacted to Hutchinson’s testimony that Trump tried to snatch the steering wheel from a Secret Service agent. LiC1ryFY6U- The Daily Show June 29, 2022 Whenever Congress says something is a must-watch, it’s like "Ehhh that's what they said about Morbius." But today’s hearing was truly insane. “But he didn’t get it, so hopefully soon he will not pass Go, not collect $200, and go directly to jail.” Trevor Noah “The president’s own chief of staff wanted a Get Out of Jail Free card,” Colbert explained. Hutchinson also confirmed that Meadows sought a presidential pardon from Trump for his role in the riot. “That is insane,” said Colbert, “although it is going to make a great season premiere of Kleptocrats in Cars Seizing Power.” ![]() ![]() Hutchinson told the committee that following the rally, Trump tried to grab the steering wheel from a Secret Service agent after he refused to drive him to the Capitol. “We’ve heard how the former president wanted to go with the marchers along to the Capitol for the attack – presumably to batter his way into the Senate chamber with a meatball sub,” Colbert continued, “but Hutchinson told us today just how desperate he was to join his mob.” “That’s like hearing, ‘Hello, 911, state your emergency … uh huh … well, all I know is I’m not the one being stabbed, this sounds like a you problem.’ Thirdly, a guest later in the week - Jim Parsons from The Big Bang Theory, and also happens to be gay - didn't seem all that offended by it.“So he was cool with his mob being armed because he knew he wasn’t the one they wanted to attack,” Colbert translated. ![]() Secondly, it's a comedy show and satire is generally covered under free speech laws in the US. More to the point, the word was bleeped out and his mouth was blurred, so it's not as if it made it through or anything. Speaking to Philadelphia's Talk Radio 1210 WPHT, Pai said that the FCC is "going to take the facts that we find and we are going to apply the law as it’s been set out by the Supreme Court and other courts and we’ll take the appropriate action," which is not at all disturbing when you think about it.įor one thing, Colbert's show goes out after the 10PM watershed, so saying cock-holster is fair game. The FCC Chairman, Ajit Pai - who just so happens to be a Republican - said in an interview that he's seen the clip and that the FCC has received "a number" of complaints about the monologue. Well, fast-forward to today and it's been confirmed that the FCC - the US communications regulatory agency - is investigating Stephen Colbert over his comments. A day or two later, Colbert apologised for his choice of words, but naturally didn't apologise for insulting Donald Trump. ![]() The monologue, which went viral, featured Colbert calling Donald Trump's mouth a "cock-holster" for Vladimir Putin and was met with backlash by some as being homophobic. As you may have already heard, Stephen Colbert spent a good ten minutes tearing into Donald Trump - in a very specific way - earlier this week. ![]()
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