Stephen Colbert Knows Why Trump Keeps Admitting His Crimes in Public
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Stephen Colbert Knows Why Trump Keeps Admitting His Crimes in Public
Matt Wilstein, The Daily Beast 12 hours ago
“You know, the Constitution gives the accused the right to remain silent,” Stephen Colbert said in his Late Show monologue on Thursday. “And clearly, Donald Trump has never read the Constitution. Because he will not shut the old hamburger hole.”
Last week, Colbert— and his fellow late-night hosts —expressed disbelief that the Trump administration would release such a self-incriminating summary of the president’s phone call with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. Now, he can’t believe that Trump is just admitting to his alleged crimes out loud.
“Everything he has said for the last 48 hours just makes him guiltier,” the host added, before playing the clip of Trump calling on not just Ukraine, but also China to start investigating Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
“What are you doing?!” Colbert asked. “That is literally what they’re impeaching you for. Don’t say that out loud. That’s like if Jeffrey Dahmer showed up in court wearing an apron that said ‘Kiss the Cook.’”
Colbert then attempted to make sense of “what’s happening here.”
“Trump knows if something’s bad, you don’t admit it in public,” he said. “So, if he admits it in public it must not be bad. He’s trying to normalize it.”
The host compared what Trump is doing to a husband saying, “Honey, I know you think it’s wrong for me to have sex with our neighbor, but if it were, why would I be doing it in the middle of your book club?”
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"Stephen Colbert Knows Why Trump Keeps Admitting His Crimes in Public"
Colbert doesn't have a clue !
For one....Nothing has been put up for a vote on "Impeachment" ! If a real crime so heinous as the Democrats say it is occured....the "Vote to Impeach" would have already been accomplished.
Second.....Trump puts out what he does, so Democrats spend all their time looking into "Fantasy" wrong doings.
Do Democrats know what the latest thing Trump just signed under "Executive order" as they fumble on their Fucking Impeachment "Inquiry" ?
Colbert is a opportunistic liberal who is only out for Colbert and his own ratings! He is about as funny as Al Franken, which is to say not at all...
None of the late shows are worth watching. Carson was the best and actually entertaining. Leno was fairly good but stands out compared to the new crop who are merely radical leftist mouthpieces and not funny or entertaining
Only to other progressive liberals...
I love Stephen Colbert. If he weren't married, I would ask him to be my boyfriend.
I would have his babies even tho I can't have babies any more
I recognize Jon Stewart but who are the other guys?
that means you would just enjoy 'practicing' baby making then,
and hell, who doesn't
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I thought one of them was Steve Carrell but I just couldn't place Stephen Colbert without his glasses
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Dear President Trmp:
The Constitution gives you the right to be silent. Please exercise this right.
Signed,
The Last of Your Supporters
You've supported him ?
Just asking.
Trump has placed Democrats in the position of having to explain why they are trying to impeach Trump. House Democrats are operating under the misapprehension that they are credible; Democrats don't seem to believe they need to explain themselves to the public.
Trump is being direct. Trump has told the public what he has done. Democrats are sniping from the sidelines and are only telling the public they are threatening Trump with closed session investigations. Democrats are hiding their actions from the public and are not explaining themselves to the public.
That latest "Closed Door Session" must not have gone well. Normally, (if that's a thing anymore) the Democrats would have clamored for the media attention, if things went well for them in that "Closed Door session" with Volker !
Turn on the news, they just released some of Volker's opening remarks and statements.
It's certainly not pro Trump or Giuliani.
He's backing Joe Biden version of events and complaining about Giuliani's "interference" in political and diplomatic affairs.
So much for "Closed Door" policies.
Anything "Illegal" noted, or is it just complaints !
Yeah, let me know when know when they around to finally releasing the part where he explains that the "bombshell" texts the Democrats leaked yesterday reflect a guy commenting on a news story, not someone having personal information about the subject. There's a reason Republicans want the full transcript released and Schiiff just leaks out of context information his stooges in the media will use to drive a false narrative.
Typical Schiff.
Seeing as how 'the Putin sympathizers' constantly go off topic on this excellent observation by the esteemed Tessylo, I deem it proper for me to do so also.
And here it is! Want to clear all of this crap up? Clinton testified for 11 hours on one occasion during the Benghazi Hearings.
So------- have Pompeo testify for 5 1/2 hours on this issue, what he knows about it, his dealings with it and why he believes his actions were proper and in the best interest of the nation. This being generous seeing as how he would be 'under oath' for only half the time. Ya think?