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Colbert Reveals How Trump"s Impeachment Is Already Worse Than Nixon』s @ 2019-11-14T16: 返回 熱門新聞
關鍵詞:Stephen Colbert Trump Impeachment
概念:
ON WEDNESDAY, THE HOUSE WILL BEGIN WITH PUBLIC IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS INTO PRESIDENT TRUMP. STEPHEN COLBERT CELEBRATED 「IMPEACHMENT EVE」 ON TUESDAY NIGHT, DECORATING AN 「IMPEACHMENT TREE」 WITH 「ALL THE TRADITIONAL ORNAMENTS」 INCLUDING TRUMP』S 「PERFECT PHONE CALL」 TRANSCRIPT AS A TREE-TOPPER AND SOME 「QUID PRO SNOW.」
AS TUESDAY WAS THE FINAL NIGHT BEFORE THE START OF TELEVISED IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS ON DONALD TRUMP, STEPHEN COLBERT GRACED THE LATE SHOW WITH AN 「IMPEACHMENT TREE」, TOPPED WITH THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRESIDENT』S 「PERFECT」 PHONE CALL WITH THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, 「QUID PRO SNOW」 ORNAMENTS AND 「LINDSEY GRAHAM』S BALLS」 (「HE』S NOT USING THEM THESE DAYS,」 EXPLAINED COLBERT).
"THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT" MARKED THE NIGHT BEFORE PRESIDENT TRUMP IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS BY TURNING A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS CAROL INTO AN IMPEACHMENT EVE SONG.
THINGS 「DID NOT GO WELL」 FOR THE PRESIDENT IN COLBERT』S ABSENCE. ON MONDAY, AT HIS FIRST CABINET MEETING SINCE THE HOUSE LAUNCHED A FORMAL IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, TRUMP 「INVITED IN THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS AND CALMLY EXPLAINED THAT THERE』S NOTHING FOR HIM TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT … FOR 71 MINUTES」, COLBERT EXPLAINED.
ON THURSDAY』S LATE SHOW, STEPHEN COLBERT DISCUSSED THE DAY』S BIG NEWS OUT OF WASHINGTON: THE HOUSE VOTE TO FORMALIZE THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS AGAINST DONALD TRUMP, WHICH MEANS AMERICA IS 「ONE STEP CLOSER TO GETTING TRUMP OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE」. THE RESOLUTION PASSED 232-196, LED BY COLBERT』S GUEST OF THE EVENING, THE HOUSE SPEAKER, NANCY PELOSI. NO REPUBLICANS SUPPORTED THE MEASURE, LEAVING COLBERT TO WONDER: 「ARE THEY JUST COMPLAINING ABOUT PROCESS WITH THOSE ZERO VOTES? OR ARE THEY REALLY SO LACKING ANY HONOR THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO PUBLICLY STATE THAT BLACKMAILING A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TO INTERFERE IN OUR ELECTION IS OK?」
IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE TUESDAY NIGHT, COLBERT SAID, BECAUSE THAT AFTERNOON, AMERICA』S TOP DIPLOMAT TO UKRAINE, BILL TAYLOR, TESTIFIED TO CONGRESS AS PART OF THE HOUSE』S IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. AT PARTICULAR ISSUE WAS TRUMP』S 25 JULY PHONE CALL WITH THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY – ONE REPORTED TO CONGRESS BY A WHISTLEBLOWER – IN WHICH TRUMP THREATENED TO WITHHOLD MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE IF ZELENSKIY DIDN』T PROMISE TO INVESTIGATE JOE BIDEN, A POLITICAL RIVAL FOR TRUMP IN 2020. TAYLOR』S TESTIMONY WAS 「INCREDIBLY DAMAGING TO THE PRESIDENT」, ACCORDING TO REPORTS, WITH THE OPENING STATEMENT SAID TO HAVE PROMPTED GASPS.
MR. SWALWELL』S SHORT-LIVED PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN (HE DROPPED OUT IN JULY, THREE MONTHS AFTER ANNOUNCING HIS CANDIDACY ON 「THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT」) HAS RAISED HIS PROFILE, AND HE IS A FREQUENT GUEST ON CABLE NEWS SHOWS. A STAUNCH CRITIC OF MR. TRUMP』S FOREIGN AND IMMIGRATION POLICY, MR. SWALWELL, 38, ALSO SERVES ON THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, WHICH MEANS THAT AFTER HEARING EVIDENCE AGAINST MR. TRUMP, HE WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE IN DRAFTING IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES. 「DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO BE IMPEACHED WHETHER IT IS BY THE BALLOT BOX OR CONGRESS,」 MR. SWALWELL SAID THIS YEAR. 「IT WILL JUST BE A MATTER OF WHICH ONE COMES FIRST.」
「[READING A TRUMP TWEET] 『THIS IMPEACHMENT NONSENSE IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THE WITCH-HUNT HOAX, WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE BEFORE I EVEN GOT ELECTED. RUPUBLICANS, GO WITH SUBSTANCE AND CLOSE IT OUT!』 OF COURSE — OF COURSE, TRUMP — TRUMP IS REFERRING [APPLAUSE]. … OF COURSE, TRUMP IS REFERRING TO THE STARS OF THE VH1 HIT, 『RUPUBLICAN』S DRAG RACE.』」 — STEPHEN COLBERT
「WHAT DID THIS REPORTER THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN? SHE』S INTERVIEWING DRUNK FANS. DID SHE EXPECT A COGENT RESPONSE? [AS DRUNK FAN] 『WHILE I』M HAPPY, THIS VICTORY IS SOMEWHAT TARNISHED BY THE CLOUD OF IMPEACHMENT HANGING OVER THIS GREAT NATION. IF WE ACCEPT THE LOWERING OF CONSTITUTIONAL STANDARDS, AMERICA WILL CEASE TO BE A SHINING BEACON OF LIBERTY. NOW, IF YOU』LL EXCUSE ME, I HAVE TO GO PUKE INTO A STORM DRAIN! GO NATS!」 — STEPHEN COLBERT
「DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS? WE FINALLY HAVE SOLID EVIDENCE OF THE CRIME THAT TRUMP AND HIS CHIEF OF STAFF HAVE ALREADY CONFESSED TO COMMITTING ON CAMERA.」 — STEPHEN COLBERT
WHAT DO YOU CALL A GROUP OF REPUBLICANS SO HELL-BENT ON SAVING DONALD TRUMP FROM IMPEACHMENT THAT THEY STORM A CLOSED-DOOR HEARING? LATE NIGHT HAD PLENTY OF IDEAS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 「THE GOP』S HAVING SO MUCH TROUBLE DEFENDING TRUMP』S BEHAVIOR THAT TODAY INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING ANY OF THE CHARGES, HOUSE REPUBLICANS STORMED A CLOSED-DOOR HEARING TO PROTEST DEMOCRATS』 IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY PROCESS,」 STEPHEN COLBERT TOLD HIS AUDIENCE. 「IT』S LIKE WHEN YOU』RE ON THE DEBATE TEAM AND THE OTHER SIDE IS REALLY STRONG IN THE CROSS-EXAMINATION—SO FOR YOUR COUNTERPOINT YOU SET FIRE TO THEIR COACH.」
ON THE LATE SHOW, STEPHEN COLBERT SPOKE OF NEWS THAT PUBLIC IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS WILL OFFICIALLY START ON 13 NOVEMBER: 「NEXT WEDNESDAY: HUMP DAY, WOULDN』T WANT TO BE TRUMP DAY.」
IN A LESS FRAUGHT TIME, A JOURNALIST DISCUSSING THE NEWS OF THE DAY WOULD NOT BE MUCH OF A RATINGS WINNER, BUT 4.6 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED THE 「LATE SHOW」 EPISODE IN WHICH MS. MADDOW AND MR. COLBERT TALKED ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP, UKRAINE AND THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, ACCORDING TO NIELSEN.
ONE MIGHT THINK THAT WITH ALL THE IMPEACHMENT HUBBUB INTENSIFYING, DONALD TRUMP』S WHITE HOUSE WOULD BE TOO PREOCCUPIED TO HOST A BUNCH OF CHILDREN FOR AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF STAGED TRICK-OR-TREATING. BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT EVEN AS THE IMPEACHMENT BATTLE ESCALATES, THIS HUMBLE TRADITION STILL STANDS. AS STEPHEN COLBERT QUIPPED TUESDAY NIGHT ON THE LATE SHOW, 「WHAT A SPOOKY EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE CHILDREN. 『IT』S THAT BIG CREEPY HOUSE AT THE END OF THE BLOCK. THEY SAY THE OLD MAN WHO LIVES THERE WEARS HAIR MADE FROM DEAD PEOPLE. HE LOOKS LIKE HE』S WEARING SOMEBODY ELSE』S SKIN!』」
「YOU CANNOT MAKE MY LIFE UP. REALLY,」 CLINTON JOKED RECENTLY WITH TELEVISION HOST STEPHEN COLBERT ABOUT HER STRANGE TIES TO THE IMPEACHMENT CASES AGAINST THE 37TH, 42ND AND 45TH PRESIDENTS.

 

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