Stephen Colbert Rages at Republicans’ ‘Hollow Calls for Unity’ After Capitol Riot

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The “Late Show” host delivered a fiery rant against Republicans who are calling for “unity” after legitimizing the “fantasies of a violent, anti-democratic mob.”

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Published Jan. 13 2021 12:27AM EST

Even as the FBI has begun making sweeping arrests of the seditionists who attacked the U.S. Capitol last week, Stephen Colbert asked, “You know who’s not taking alt-right terrorism seriously at all? The president.”

During his Late Show monologue Tuesday night, the host zeroed in on a new report that President Trump...

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Stephen Colbert Rages at Republicans’ ‘Hollow Calls for Unity’ After Capitol Riot

The “Late Show” host delivered a fiery rant against Republicans who are calling for “unity” after legitimizing the “fantasies of a violent, anti-democratic mob.”

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