Stephen Colbert can only say 'little Adam Schitt' if Trump's tweet appears on screen

Very creative.
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Johnny Lieu
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Stephen Colbert can only say 'little Adam Schitt' if Trump's tweet appears on screen
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TV has some weird rules about swearing, even for The Late Show host Stephen Colbert.

After skewering Donald Trump's Fox News interview, in which the president blasted the man who oversaw the hunt for Osama Bin Laden as a "Hillary Clinton fan," Colbert turned his attention to a curious spelling error from the president.

In a separate moment, Trump tweeted his displeasure toward Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff, to which he referred to as "Adam Schitt" in the tweet. This outburst allowed Colbert a rare opportunity to swear on live television, kinda, but only when the president's tweet appears on screen (skip to 7:40).

Very clever, and very amusing.

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Johnny Lieu

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