Stephen Colbert appeared to accidentally reference former President Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign slogan “Yes, We Can” while trying to mock President Donald Trump during Monday’s episode of CBS’s CBS News. the late show.
“After months of being terrorized by Trump’s immigration thugs, over 200,000 people stood up to authorities in St. Paul, Minneapolis,” Colbert said, bringing up the chaotic anti-Trump “No Kings” protests that took place in several cities on Saturday.
The left-wing host then displayed several images of the protesters’ signs as well as their inflatable costumes, before he took particular interest in one display, which bizarrely featured a giant inflatable balloon depicting Trump pouring flames over the US Constitution.
Colbert said, “One day, his grandchildren will ask him how he resisted the rise of American fascism.”
“And they can proudly say, ‘Well, Tyler, your grandmother and I worked around the clock with a team of fellow patriots to answer democracy’s eternal question: Can we make an anger balloon that looks like it’s spewing fire?'” he quipped.
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The late-night host then said, “Yes, you can,” receiving a rapid response of cheers and applause from her studio audience.
After that, it seemed for a brief moment to forget which president’s slogan was “Yes, we can,” Colbert said, “one of the reasons so many people scream, ‘Yes, we can!'”
Colbert then added “Yes, we can!” Led. chant, in which his audience members and the band enthusiastically joined in and repeatedly shouted the slogan – made famous by Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign.
After a brief laugh, the leftist TV host signaled his audience to calm down before joking, “I think that’s what Obama meant, right?”
At that time, Colbert turned to his planned speech, saying, “One of the reasons so many people came to No Kings this weekend is because we’re still at war with Iran, I think.”
As Breitbart News reported, the final episode of Late Show with Stephen Colbert This revelation came after CBS revealed last July that Colbert’s show would not be renewed for a second season, citing a “financial decision.”
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