Stephen Colbert‘s monologue on Monday had a far more serious tone than usual, with the Late Show host discussing ICE’s killing of nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday.
“Masked government agents disarmed an American citizen and then executed him in the streets,” says Colbert, describing what videos of the shooting showed despite what the Trump administration has tried to claim.
Colbert goes on to respond to Trump officials trying to reframe the shooting with contradictory statements, including Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who described the federal agents as “the victims” on CNN.
“Bulls***!” responds Colbert. “Masked secret police shooting innocent people with impunity in the streets are not victims. The only way they could ever even be considered close to victims is that they are, at best, weak-minded individuals full of anger who have been led to the darkness by Donald Trump and are now participating in an evil system that will stick to them like hot black tar for the rest of their lives.”
Elsewhere, Jimmy Kimmel and Jon Stewart both had similar thoughts.
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