“You’d think that once the people gaslighting you on a daily basis have been revealed to be liars, say, in multiple text messages in a $1.6 billion court filing by Dominion Voting Systems, they would pump the brakes,” Colbert said. “But apparently, some people are just addicted to being dicks.”
Now, Carlson is taking it to the next level after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) gave him exclusive access to security footage from the Capitol from Jan. 6.
Carlson has used cherry-picked footage to claim the rioters were no more than tourists and sightseers.
“Sightseers? Sightseers, really?” Colbert said in disbelief. “Grab a rock, honey, we’re going to the Louvre. I want to peacefully smear my crap on the Mona Lisa, see if she keeps smiling after that!”
See more in his Tuesday night monologue:
“Tucker can try to change the narrative all he wants but we all know what we saw that day,” Colbert said.
Colbert’s team also put together a video of Carlson reviving “Jaws” the way he’s tried to change the narrative of Jan. 6: