It lastly occurred. Even Stephen Colbert, the late-night comic who’s spent years carrying water for the Biden White Home, has had sufficient.
Throughout a clumsy and brutally trustworthy alternate, Colbert dunked on Biden’s press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (KJP) after she tried to color Joe Biden’s ouster as some grand “betrayal” by his personal celebration.
However Colbert wasn’t shopping for it.
KJP instantly launched into her typical speaking factors about Biden being “participating” and “placing the American individuals first,” however Colbert hit again with a dose of actuality.
That’s when issues went downhill for KJP quick. As she blamed critics for an “ugly assault” on Biden, Colbert minimize her off.
Transcript through Vigilant Fox:
COLBERT: “I noticed a man who I had not seen backstage… It appeared like a dramatically totally different individual. And at 81 years previous, that’s not solely surprising. You may think about why individuals obtained so apprehensive.”
KJP: “Nobody is saying that he didn’t age. I’m speaking about did he have… the psychological acuity, was he capable of govern? And the person that I noticed practically day by day was somebody who was participating, understood coverage, and was at all times placing the American individuals first.”
COLBERT: “I don’t assume anyone questioned his coronary heart or his insurance policies. However it takes greater than that to be the President of america. And in a second of nice strain on stage, we noticed somebody shock us and fear us, and nothing may assuage that fear. So I don’t assume it was essentially a betrayal of Joe Biden as different individuals saying, ‘We don’t assume we have been proven the Joe Biden that you simply noticed.’”
KJP: “I noticed day by day a extremely ugly assault on somebody who had 50-plus years of expertise and who, once more, objectively had executed a superb job as President of america. And it was heartbreaking to see that kind of habits.”
COLBERT: “What occurred was the talk efficiency. All the things is downstream of that.”
KJP: “And nobody is saying that the talk efficiency wasn’t surprising, wasn’t a disappointment. Nobody is saying that.”
COLBERT: “Disappointment is such a lightweight time period.”
KJP: “I take advantage of your phrase.”
COLBERT (mocking): “It was harrowing. Look, pay attention, we’re by no means going to agree on this.”
KJP: “We’re not.”
COLBERT: “Apart from the truth that I’m glad that you simply got here right here tonight and I’m telling you to wrap over there. Would you prefer to say another factor earlier than we go?”
WATCH:
Stephen Colbert DUNKS on KJP with a brutal actuality examine on her declare that Biden’s ousting was a “betrayal.”
It’s not day by day you see Colbert go after his personal facet.
By the tip, he grew so uninterested in KJP’s spin, he began speaking all the way down to her like a baby.
COLBERT: “I noticed a man… pic.twitter.com/QZRygQpVzL
— Vigilant Fox (@VigilantFox) October 21, 2025
