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Stephen Colbert Reacts to Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard’s Cabinet Appointments: This Wasn’t the ‘Outrageous, Stupefying Story That I Thought I’d Be Leading’ With Tonight


Stephen Colbert spent the majority of his opening monologue Wednesday night talking about President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet choices so far.

Stephen Colbert spent the majority of his opening monologue on Wednesday night’s “Late Show” talking about President-elect Donald Trump ‘s Cabinet choices so far, including Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida as attorney general and Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence. “Almost eight years ago, we all saw [Trump] saunter down those Capitol steps, put his hand on a Bible, lie to the chief justice about defending the Constitution and then give an extremely accurate speech about the coming American carnage. He continued, “Matt Gaetz, nominated for the top law enforcement office of the United States, is currently under investigation by a House Ethics panel that issued a subpoena for him in a sex and drug probe.

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