Stephen Colbert slams Trump's new favorite term 'presidential harassment'

"It's like sexual harassment, only the Republicans take it seriously."
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Stephen Colbert slams Trump's new favorite term 'presidential harassment'
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Donald Trump has ramped up his use of a new, favorite term and Stephen Colbert wasted no time calling bullshit.

The Late Show host noted Trump's use of the catchphrase "presidential harassment" to describe investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

"Presidential harassment: It's like sexual harassment, only the Republicans take it seriously," Colbert said around the five-minute mark of Thursday's monologue.

Colbert also noted Trump's recent tweet reiterating the term, in which the president wrote, "The Republicans never did this to President Obama."

"Have you been huffing the Aqua Net?" said Colbert. "We were all alive then, none of us were in a coma. All they did was investigate him — the IRS, the ATF, the ACA, Solyndra, Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi. They didn't subpoena his taxes, can you guess why? Hint: He released them."

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.


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