Stephen Colbert voiced his displeasure at Tennessee Gov. Invoice Lee’s announcement that he plans to signal payments that may prohibit “gender-affirming care” for minors and drag exhibits for youngsters on Wednesday’s version of The Late Present on CBS. Colbert was so disgusted by the strikes that he addressed Lee as “you dick.”

Colbert started by asserting the information, “There’s some troubling information from Tennessee, due to Republican Governor and pop’s good friend saying ‘Wow, you actually grew up over the summer season,’ Invoice Lee. Lee introduced he shall be signing Tennessee’s sweeping new anti-LGBTQ payments, which, amongst different issues will ban gender-affirming remedy for transgender youth.”

Expressing his opposition, Colbert continued, “Come on. Transgender or not, I don’t care who you might be, all teenagers battle with determining relationship to their our bodies.”

Colbert is precisely proper, however his conclusion is totally backwards. Youngsters do battle with their relationship with their our bodies which is why it’s extremely irresponsible to encourage boys to suppose they that they’re ladies and vice versa. 

Shifting proper alongside, Colbert additionally reported that, “Tennessee is not simply coming for the younger ones. The governor has mentioned he’d signal a invoice that may prohibit drag exhibits. Sure, he needs to severely restrict drag. Our Founding Fathers didn’t create this nation so males might put on frilly shirts, silk stockings, and powdered wigs!”

The Founding Fathers didn’t put on attire or parade round in entrance of kids in a hyper-sexualized method.

For, Colbert the largest downside was making an attempt to outline “sexualized leisure,” as he argued Lee doesn’t have a great reply, “You recognize who else cannot outline what drag is? Governor Invoice Lee. As a result of the day earlier than he introduced he’d signal the invoice, an image of him emerged wearing drag in highschool. Okay, okay. Okay, okay, admittedly these are some nice gams, however I am sorry, these pearls?”

The picture in query is from a highschool yearbook and exhibits Lee in a cheerleader’s uniform, but when Colbert was making an attempt to painting Lee as a hypocrite, he failed as a result of Lee wasn’t performing in a sexual method in entrance of kids. 

Nonetheless, Colbert had some recommendation for Lee, “Governor, keep in mind what Coco Chanel mentioned about equipment, ‘Earlier than you allow the home, look within the mirror, and cease making an attempt to attain political factors along with your base on the expense of actual human beings, you dick.’” 

Once more, Colbert received it backwards it’s people who find themselves preying on the confusion and innocence of kids who’re interesting to their political base on the expense of actual human beings. That’s one thing somebody who claims to be a religious Catholic ought to have the ability to perceive.

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Here’s a transcript for the March 1 present:

CBS The Late Present with Stephen Colbert

3/1/203

11:44 PM ET

STEPHEN COLBERT: There’s some troubling information from Tennessee, due to Republican Governor and pop’s good friend saying “Wow, you actually grew up over the summer season”, Invoice Lee. Lee introduced he shall be signing Tennessee’s sweeping new anti-LGBTQ payments, which, amongst different issues will ban gender-affirming remedy for transgender youth. Come on. Transgender or not, I don’t care who you might be, all teenagers battle with determining relationship to their our bodies. You suppose Unilever had grown adults in thoughts once they made Axe Physique Spray in golden mango? You recognize their motto. “Mother, I did bathe!” 

Tennessee is not simply coming for the younger ones. The governor has mentioned he’d signal a invoice that may prohibit drag exhibits. Sure, he needs to severely restrict drag. Our Founding Fathers didn’t create this nation so males might put on frilly shirts, silk stockings, and powdered wigs! 

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You recognize who else cannot outline what drag is? Governor Invoice Lee. As a result of the day earlier than he introduced he’d signal the invoice, an image of him emerged wearing drag in highschool. Okay, okay. Okay, okay, admittedly these are some nice gams, however I am sorry, these pearls? Governor, keep in mind what Coco Chanel mentioned about equipment, “Earlier than you allow the home, look within the mirror, and cease making an attempt to attain political factors along with your base on the expense of actual human beings, you dick.”