Tuesday night on CBS’s The Late ShowStephen Colbert, a far-left host was involved in the latest smearRon DeSantis, Republican-FL Governor (Falsely Claiming He Was), was afoul of his position “silent” An alleged neo Nazi gathering and editing a clip deceptively to say he was only commenting so far that he attacked Democrats for using the footage against him. In reality, DeSantis slammed the white supremacists as “jackasses.”
Recall, it was this same man that wrote the above. Whoopi GoldbergThe night before.
Colbert closed his monologue to boo’s from the dark-blue audience as he griped: “Speaking of the worst people in public office, Florida Governor…Ron DeSantis.”
Citing the “Nazi rallies in Orlando,” Colbert noted that it was a “terrible” thing before launching into his DeSantis smear:
[T]he easiest thing in the world to condemn, unless you’re Ron DeSantis, who “remain[ed] silent.” It’s been said the only thing necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to say nothing. Ron DeSantis doesn’t say anything is equally bad.
Colbert also added that the governor was “cornered by…reporters wanting to know things like, ‘Hey, gov: So Nazis? Where do you come down on that whole deal?’”
Instead of showing a fuller clip of DeSantis condemning what happened during a Monday Q&A, Colbert played a fragment of his comments and said the only thing DeSantis did was spot “the true enemy: Democrats.” Then, he played this from DeSantis calling out the left’s attempts to tie him to Nazis:
What I’m going to say is these people, these Democrats who are trying to use this as some type of political issue to try to smear me as if I had something to do with it — we’re not playing their game.
Put simply, Colbert proved DeSantis’s point.
The governor Actually saidIt was also that he, along with condemning the events, promised “state law enforcement is going to hold them accountable…and they should,” Jews insist on their existence “tremendous support”Sunshine State
DeSantis also spoke of a 2019 state lawAnti-Semitism is being targeted, Jerusalem Post “mandat[ed] that discrimination against Jewish people be treated the same as acts of racial discrimination in Florida’s public education institutions.”
Also in the response Colbert purposefully left out, he ignored DeSantis emphasizing how anti-Semitism is a scourge inside the left as they’ve chosen to include open anti-Semites in the halls of Congress like Ilhan Omar (MN).
Colbert lamented that Politifact had given him an order to set his pants on fire.
It seems that he thinks being asked about his feelings on Nazis is a gotcha question, rather than the most important softball question. Watch. [CAMERA TURN]Nazis I believe are evil. [TAKES CLASSES OFF] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]How can I find the strength to do it? [CAMERA TURN]Ron DeSantis is not to be trusted. [LAUGHTER]
Colbert also served up two pathetic bits about conservatives wanting to ban Black History Month and a graphic claim about the testicles of tens of millions of Americans (click “expand”):
Unfortunately, 14 states have a weird way of celebrating Black History month with new rules that limit how teachers can teach Black History Month or as the teachers — [BOOS] — or as the teachers will now be forced to call it, Month. One Black educator warned that teachers could “mention that…Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color line but not discuss why Black players were banned.” They could also “mention soul singer Marvin Gaye but not discuss his What’s Going On lyrics.”
(….)
Let’s be clear: It is difficult after years of building a thick, protective callous over my heart and my brain just to protect myself from the hot, black, tar of his narcissistic, evil impulses for me to take this information in for the — the gargantuan and grotesque violation of everything that this country holds dear. However, I believe it is worth taking some time to absorb the truth and let it soak in. At home, you might want to pause your DVR to scream into a bag or punch a hole in the drywall — [LAUGHTER] — because, to be clear, the former President, still the leader of one of the two major parties who has all of the Republicans balls in a little velvet pouch that he wears around his neck like an amulet, wanted troops — U.S. troops to go into your local polling place, grab the machines, throw ’em in a truck, then God knows what? They should be waterboarded until they claim he won. Do not be surprised if he wins, as military coups aren’t conducive to healthy societies.
Speaking of fake news and far-left partisanship, NBC’sLate NightSeth Meyers shared two moments with Amber Ruffin, a Peacock host and one of his writers on Wednesday’s early show.
The two were going back and forth in a set called “Jokes Seth Can’t Say” because he’s a straight, white male, they also claimed Republicans were banning Black History Month and compared climbing Mt. Everest to voting in Texas (click “expand”):
MEYERS: Black History Month is February…
RUFFIN:
AUDIENCE: Oooooo! [LAUGHTER]
RUFFIN: It’s not!
(….)
MEYERS: A group of all-black climbers is headed for Mount Everest
RUFFIN -…which is simply a fancy word for saying that they intend to run for the Texas election. [LAUGHTER]
As with all things, we pose this question even though we already know the answer: Where can we find fact-checkers?
Advertisers such as Subway, Google and Geico made it possible for Meyers to tell blatantly false and open lies. Follow the links to see their contact information at the MRC’s Conservatives Fight Back page.
To see the relevant CBS transcript from February 2, click “expand.”
CBS’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert
February 2, 2022
Eastern, 11:38STEPHEN COLBERT: Unfortunately, 14 states have a weird way of celebrating Black History month with new rules that limit how teachers can teach Black History Month or as the teachers — [BOOS] — or as the teachers will now be forced to call it, Month. One Black educator warned that teachers could “mention that…Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color line but not discuss why Black players were banned.” They could also “mention soul singer Marvin Gaye but not discuss his What’s Going On lyrics.”
(….)
Eastern at 11:40
COLBERT: Let’s be clear: It is difficult after years of building a thick, protective callous over my heart and my brain just to protect myself from the hot, black, tar of his narcissistic, evil impulses for me to take this information in for the — the gargantuan and grotesque violation of everything that this country holds dear. However, I believe it is worth taking some time to absorb the truth and let it soak in. At home, you might want to pause your DVR to scream into a bag or punch a hole in the drywall — [LAUGHTER] — because, to be clear, the former President, still the leader of one of the two major parties who has all of the Republicans balls in a little velvet pouch that he wears around his neck like an amulet, wanted troops — U.S. troops to go into your local polling place, grab the machines, throw ’em in a truck, then God knows what? They should be waterboarded until they claim he won. Do not be surprised if he wins, as military coups aren’t conducive to healthy societies.
(….)
Eastern, 11:45
COLBERT: Speaking of the worst people in public office, Florida Governor and man describing what Adele’s music means to him — [BOOS] — Ron DeSantis. Over the weekend, horrifically, there were a couple of “Nazi rallies in Orlando.” I assume they were trying to annex the Sudetenland pavilion at Epcot. Now, this is terrible, and the easiest thing in the world to condemn, unless you’re Ron DeSantis, who “remain[ed] silent.” It’s been said the only thing necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to say nothing. Ron DeSantis doesn’t say anything is equally bad. [LAUGHTER] Then DeSantis got cornered by some no-good reporters wanting to know things like, “Hey, gov: So Nazis? Where do you come down on that whole deal?” But DeSantis identified the true enemy: Democrats.
GOVERNOR ROY RON DESANTIS, R-FL [on 02/01/22]: What I’m going to say is these people, these Democrats who are trying to use this as some type of political issue to try to smear me as if I had something to do with it — we’re not playing their game.
COLBERT Watch. [CAMERA TURN]Nazis I believe are evil. [TAKES CLASSES OFF] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]How can I find the strength to do it? [CAMERA TURN]Ron DeSantis is not to be trusted. [LAUGHTER]
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