Colbert slams Trump for failing 'easiest test': Not condemning the KKK

"When someone asks you, 'will you disavow the Ku Klux Klan?', just say yes!"
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Colbert slams Trump for failing 'easiest test': Not condemning the KKK
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A day after John Oliver lit up the Internet with his glorious takedown of Donald Drumpf, other late night hosts are following suit. First up: Stephen Colbert, who tore into Trump for refusing to condemn David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan -- and later blaming his answer on a faulty earpiece.

"I recently gave some advice to Hillary Clinton after she could not give a straight answer about whether she had ever lied to the American people," Colbert said. "I said that that was the easiest question to answer in politics. I would like to apologize; I was wrong.

"This is the easiest question to answer in American politics. When someone asks you, 'will you disavow the Ku Klux Klan?', just say yes!"

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Hillary Busis

Hillary Busis was Mashable's Deputy Entertainment Editor. Her coverage focused on the film and television industry. A graduate of Columbia, Hillary previously worked as a digital news editor at Entertainment Weekly, where she also cohosted a weekly show on EW's Sirius XM Radio channel. Her work has been featured in Vulture, Slate and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications, and she's also appeared as a guest on the 'Today' show and HuffPost Live.


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