The right wingers are still pushing the silly story that the Colbert production team staged an “insurrection” by filming in the Capitol. They are just trolling, of course. But it’s exceedingly stupid.
Colbert responded:
Stephen Colbert opened his monologue on Monday’s broadcast by addressing the recent news of a field production team for his late-night program being detained at the Capitol while filming a comedy segment involving the acerbic puppet Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. With all the actual right-wing puppets in Congress, one would think Triumph would be welcomed with open arms.
“Triumph offered to go down to D.C. to interview some Congress people to highlight some January 6 hearings,” Colbert continued. “I said, ‘Sure, if you can get anyone to agree to talk to you. Because, and please don’t take this as an insult, you’re a puppet.”
Here is his monologue:
We are living in dangerous — and stupid — times.