On Wednesday night, Stephen Colbert determined to buck his personal Late Show custom and opted out of protecting the third night time of the Republican National Convention. Although the late-night host had provided live post-show commentary for all four nights of the DNC and the first two nights of the RNC, Colbert mentioned in a scathing new monologue that he’d had sufficient.
“Full disclosure: I didn’t watch a lot of the conference tonight. And fullest disclosure: I didn’t watch any of it,” Colbert mentioned. “As a result of proper now in America, we’re dealing with a world pandemic that has killed 180,000 Individuals, closely armed Rambo wannabes are murdering individuals in our streets, the strongest hurricane within the historical past of the Gulf Coast is making landfall as I communicate, and the RNC’s message is: ‘Who’s up for 4 extra years, eh?'” Colbert added, “I do know by not watching the RNC, I did not do my job tonight, and I simply need to say I really feel nice about it.”
The host defined his choice to bypass the third night time of the RNC, which featured Vice President Mike Pence as its keynote speaker, by saying the conference has been too disconnected from actuality to take critically. “Why ought to we take note of what they’re saying if none of what they’re saying tonight is about what’s occurring in America proper now?” Colbert requested. “Why ought to we watch their actuality present if it does not mirror our actuality? Why topic ourselves to their lies that persist with your soul like scorching tar? Lies like, ‘Donald Trump cares whether or not you reside or die.'”
Stephen Colbert Pokes Fun at the RNC’s Low Ratings
As a substitute of speaking concerning the conference, Colbert determined to deal with the most important information of the day, together with the CDC’s controversial guideline adjustments that now not advise individuals to get examined for coronavirus if they’re asymptomatic, even when they have been uncovered to somebody who’s constructive. After noting that the brand new adjustments had been pushed by the White House, Colbert mentioned, “Hey CDC! That is our lives. Both develop a pair and stand as much as this clown, or no less than be trustworthy and alter the Hippocratic Oath to, ‘First do no hurt, until it makes the president look dangerous. In that case, bag ’em and tag ’em.”
Colbert additionally talked concerning the ongoing protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police capturing of Jacob Blake, and the vigilante capturing at a Kenosha protest on Tuesday that left two individuals useless and one wounded. Discussing the information that an Illinois teen has been arrested and charged for the capturing, Colbert mentioned, “This particular person thought they had been a member of the militia, they usually thought there was such a factor as a militia. There is not. There’s cops who can legally carry weapons and arrest you, after which there are yahoos who can get strapped with an AR-15, purchase some camo from an Military surplus retailer, then go position play the concern fantasy that is been fed to them each night time of the final 4 years. And I am going to provide you with one guess which of those conventions these yahoos are watching.”
The host additionally talked concerning the choice of Milwaukee Bucks gamers to lead an NBA strike in protest of Blake’s capturing. “Any person needed to present some management, and the Bucks cease right here,” Colbert mentioned. He credited Contained in the NBA‘s Kenny Smith for his “beautiful show of solidarity” by walking off the set of his show to honor the gamers’ strike.
Colbert concluded his monologue with a plea for viewers to vote in November, saying, “Donald Trump doesn’t care for those who dwell or die, of COVID or of racism, so long as he wins. And till we the individuals change this administration, we are going to proceed to get extra management from the NBA than the RNC.”
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