This week, Late Show host Stephen Colbert addressed some of the most recent primary news concerning both the Republican and Democratic candidates.
He started with Donald Trump. Mysteriously, Trump doesn’t seem to be doing well among Latino and Muslim voters. Some believe this could be due to the fact that he called Mexicans rapists and accused thousands of American Muslims of celebrating 9/11. On the upside, he seems to have tapped into a hidden reservoir of White anger and hatred beneath the Republican party. Many candidates discretely take a sip from the fountain of their constituent’s racist xenophobia. However, from the outset of the GOP primary, Trump built a gold plated oil rig then started to drill and pump it into his campaign.
Colbert touched on Trump’s comments where he seriously suggested that we ban all Muslims. But he did his best to resist the urge to focus on Trump, understanding that Trump’s entire campaign depends on the media’s reaction propagating his ignorant messages.
Instead, Colbert focused on the less talked about candidates like Hillary Clinton. Colbert noted that she has been M.I.A (missing in action) for a few weeks and that it could have something to do with the poll number illustrated below.
It’s easy to see why Clinton would want to be as quiet as possible and avoid making any “gaffes.” He also pointed out the Democratic debate schedule suspiciously seems to favor the Democratic front-runner. The next Democratic debate is scheduled on Dec. 19th, the Saturday before Christmas. This time slot is a television dead zone, with virtually no one watching TV.
Not having any Clinton gaffes to talk about disappointed Colbert, who instead turned his focus to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, who currently polls around 2 percent in the Democratic primaries. He couldn’t help comparing O’Malley’s excitement to that of 2 percent milk.
Colbert then took aim at the other candidates in the GOP field, first focusing on Dr. Ben Carson’s speech in front of the Jewish Republican Coalition. During his speech, Carson continued to mispronounce Hamas calling the Lebanese-based terrorist group hummus, which is a popular Mediterranean bean dip. After playing a clip of Carson’s speech, they cut back to Colbert enjoying some hummus and pita chips, he agreed with Carson’s assertion that hummus did indeed rule the Gaza strip.
Finally, after he mentioned Jeb Bush, Colbert promptly fell asleep in his chair.
Here’s the video.
