Stephen Colbert ridicules state governors who *just* worked out coronavirus is bad

"WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE JANUARY."
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Stephen Colbert ridicules state governors who *just* worked out coronavirus is bad
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Hey, have you heard about this coronavirus thing? Apparently it's a pretty big deal and also not good? Wild, right?

Stephen Colbert brought us another monologue from home on Thursday, taking aim at Trump's egomaniacal briefings and voter suppression, but also saving some slices of roast for some state governors. From Florida's Ron DeSantis to Georgia's Brian Kemp, who apparently only just heard about asymptomatic transmission, Colbert couldn't quite wrap his head around how behind these very powerful men are on the crisis.

"You're like a guy saying, 'You know I finally started watching this Game of Thrones! Nobody told me there are dragons in it! This is a game changer!'"

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Caitlin Welsh

Caitlin is Mashable's Australian Editor. She has written for The Guardian, Junkee, and any number of plucky little music and culture publications that were run on the smell of an oily rag and have since been flushed off the Internet like a dead goldfish by their new owners. She also worked at Choice, Australia's consumer advocacy non-profit and magazine, and as such has surprisingly strong opinions about whitegoods. She enjoys big dumb action movies, big clever action movies, cult Canadian comedies set in small towns, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Replacements, smoky mezcal, revenge bedtime procrastination, and being left the hell alone when she's reading.


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