To say it's been a tough couple of weeks is something of an understatement. But, Michael Moore says he wouldn't have appeared on Colbert if he "didn't have hope." He talked about the "deep despair" millions of Americans are feeling and what needs to be done.
Filmmaker Michael Moore — who's currently editing his upcoming documentary Fahrenheit 11/9 about Donald Trump — talked about his desire to see people rising up to resist the Trump administration.
"We don't have to be violent, we have to remain non-violent," he said. "If the worst is gonna happen to anyone in the Trump administration is that they don't get to have a chicken dinner in Virginia, I mean, I don't know."
Moore said that civility would be acceptable were this simply a case of "political differences." But, he says, that's not what we're facing. "We're not talking about political differences, we're talking about thousands of children being kidnapped from their parents and put in jails."
Moore asked Colbert a personal question: "When you read the paper everyday or you watch the news, do you ever cry? Do you ever tear up?" A question that many, many people would likely answer "yes" to.
Moore talked about the 2,000 children currently separated from their parents at the U.S. border in Texas. "When I see those children down in Brownsville, I don't view them as somebody else's children. I see them as my children, those are my children," Moore said.
Moore then posed a question to the audience: "What would you do if your child was snatched from you? When are people going to get off the couch and when are we gonna rise up?"
