CBS’s Stephen Colbert is prepared for the 2024 GOP Major and to make use of his present to assist President Biden win re-election. On Tuesday’s version of The Late Present, he didn’t admire former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s announcement video the place she claimed in a video that the American founding isn’t racist. Throughout the identical monologue, he resurrected the false cost that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis needs to ban the phrase “homosexual” in public faculties.

Introducing a clip of Haley’s announcement, Colbert declared, “She went on to toss out some traditional tradition battle crimson meat.”

The temporary snippet confirmed Haley proclaiming, “Some take a look at our previous as proof that America’s founding rules are unhealthy. Some assume our concepts should not simply fallacious, however racist.”

If that’s to be thought of “tradition battle crimson meat” that claims extra about Colbert and liberals than it does Haley and Republicans. Nonetheless, Colbert responded by mocking the thought, “Yeah, she is aware of America’s not racist! She realized that as a bit of lady, in her hometown, that was break up by a railroad monitor proper down the center, to maintain the white individuals on one aspect and the black individuals on the opposite. You realize! Not racist.”

That doesn’t truly deal with what Haley stated. Within the clip, that Colbert confirmed, Haley very clearly was speaking about how sure points of “our previous” don’t discredit “America’s founding rules” not that America, or particularly South Carolina, have a sinless previous.

Later in his monologue, Colbert shifted to a different potential Republican candidate, “Nikki Haley’s not the one candidate that former President Bully is apprehensive about. He’s additionally planning for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis seen right here, zipping his chest hair into his fleece.”

Colbert gained’t even point out Donald Trump’s title or permit the graphics division to totally spell it out, however he’s good for enterprise, “The governor in Florida has actually excessive ballot numbers, which spooks the former president, who apparently now privately refers to DeSantis as ‘Meatball Ron.’ Ooh! I don’t like how a lot I really like that! It is so dumb and correct.” 

Launching right into a satirical rendition of “Uptown Lady” by Billy Joel, “Meatball Ron! He is a strolling, speaking beef baton and he tells you that you just cannot say ‘homosexual’ and that COVID will simply go away. That’s not okay. Meatball Ron.”

Extra laughs shall be had when Colbert realizes straw males arguments don’t stop to be straw males simply because they’re advised within the type of a joke.

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Here’s a transcript for the February 14 present:

CBS The Late Present with Stephen Colbert

2/14/2023

11:41 PM ET

STEPHEN COLBERT: She went on to toss out some traditional tradition battle crimson meat. 

NIKKI HALEY: Some take a look at our previous as proof that America’s founding rules are unhealthy. Some assume our concepts should not simply fallacious, however racist. 

COLBERT: Yeah, she is aware of America’s not racist! She realized that as a bit of lady, in her hometown, that was break up by a railroad monitor proper down the center, to maintain the white individuals on one aspect and the black individuals on the opposite. You realize! Not racist. 

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COLBERT: Nikki Haley’s not the one candidate that former President Bully is apprehensive about. He’s additionally planning for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis seen right here, zipping his chest hair into his fleece. Positive. Positive. Gah! 

The governor in Florida has actually excessive ballot numbers, which spooks the former president, who apparently now privately refers to DeSantis as “Meatball Ron.” Ooh! I don’t like how a lot I really like that! It is so dumb and correct. 

You realize what else is actually nice and unhealthy about it? How simple it’s to sing it to the tune of “Uptown Lady.” Let’s go! 

Meatball Ron! He is a strolling, speaking beef baton and he tells you that you just cannot say “homosexual” and that COVID will simply go away. That’s not okay. Meatball Ron.