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Stephen Colbert Fiercely Defends Campus Protesters From Trump Attack

“Even if you don’t agree with the subject of their protests, as long as they are peaceful, subjects should be allowed to protest,” the “Late Show” host declared.

“Of course, one of the biggest stories right now is the nationwide, pro-Palestinian student protests around college campuses in the United States,” Colbert explained on Tuesday. On Tuesday night, the former president called into Fox News to rave about the NYPD’s no-nonsense response at Columbia and “the way they walked in” and “were not afraid of anything.” And before that, Colbert explained, Trump had had the audacity to liken the so-far peaceful campus movement to the deadly events of Charlottesville, where one woman was killed and 35 individuals were injured.

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