Stephen Colbert mocks Republicans' 'desperate' new impeachment defense strategy

Desperate times call for... telling the truth, finally?
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Stephen Colbert mocks Republicans' 'desperate' new impeachment defense strategy
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Stephen Colbert summed up another weekend in the Trump era on Monday Night's Late Show, and it still isn't getting any less weird.

Between the president officially leaving New York City (for tax reasons) and Titanic-groping a baseball player at the White House as thanks for donning a MAGA hat, it's been an interesting few days. Then, of course, there's the impeachment latest.

In the face of House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Adam Schiff releasing transcripts of the inquiry testimony, which the GOP had been decrying as "secretive," Colbert explains that some Trump defenders are thinking they might switch to a new tactic: admitting that there may have been a quid pro quo, then just trying to downplay the negative spin.

"That's right: Republicans are so desperate, they're considering telling the truth," Colbert sums up.

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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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