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CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night suggested that
ICE officers and Border Patrol agents were worse than Nazis.

During his monologue on “The Late Show,” Colbert showed a clip of Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, who was discussing Alex Pretti, the
leftist protester who was shot and killed by federal agents, with CNN’s
Dana Bash.

“Dana, let’s look at why he was there in the first place,” Bovino said.
“Was he simply walking by and just happened to walk into a law
enforcement situation and try to direct traffic and stand in the middle
of the road and then assault, delay and obstruct law enforcement? Or was
he there for a reason? Did he fall victim to that violent and heated
rhetoric by a [Minneapolis] Mayor [Jacob] Frey, a [Minnesota] Governor
[Tim] Walz? Look, Dana, they’re trying to portray Border Patrol agents
and ICE agents as Gestapo, Nazi and many other words. Did this
individual fall victim, as many others have, to that type of heated
rhetoric?”

“Do not compare ICE or Border Patrol agents to the Nazis,” Colbert
intoned. “That’s an unfair comparison. The Nazis were willing to show
their faces.”

Stephen Colbert: “Do not compare ICE or Border Patrol agents
to the Nazis. That’s an unfair comparison. The Nazis were
willing to show their faces.”pic.twitter.com/JzMbqTO3C9

— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) January 29, 2026

The outgoing host, who recently revealed his last episode will air on
May 21, does have a habit of making offensive statements when it comes
to conservatives; in November 2022, he mocked Republicans as “fascists”
and Ku Klux Klan members a day after predictions of a red wave failed to materialize in the midterm elections.

Colbert, who in May 2022 said the GOP was “choosing its direction for
2022: original recipe nutballs or extra crispy cuckoo cojones,” was
giddy when Democrats performed better than expected. “As a performer,
there are three things you don’t want to follow: animals, children, or a fascist takeover of your country,” Colbert taunted. “These results is
(sic) a crisp nut-punch to Republican optimism leading up to this
election.”

Colbert continued, citing headlines he’d apparently seen on the
internet.

“’The vaunted red wave never hit the shore in mid-term elections,’” he
said. “‘That’s not a red wave,’ and ‘The red wave was more like a pink splash.’”

“Yes, a pink splash,” Colbert said. “It was a salmon drizzle, a rosy
wash. It’s like what happens when you accidentally wash your Klan robes
with your MAGA hat. It’s just a little pink wash.”

Colbert has demonstrated his contempt for conservatives many times in
the past. In March 2022, in the face of soaring gas prices devastating American consumers, Colbert mocked struggling average Joes and said it
was part of the price of backing Ukraine in its war with Russia.

“Today, the average gas price in America hit an all-time record high of
over $4 a gallon,” he said. “OK, that stings, but a clean conscience is
worth a buck or two. It’s important. I’m willing to pay $4/gallon. Hell,
I’ll pay $15 a gallon because I drive a Tesla.”

Back in May 2019, the cold open for his show opened by mocking farmers, intimating that if their finances were hurt by President Trump’s tariffs targeting China, they would lose their wives to convicts, start
stripping for a living, become alcoholics, and turn to growing
marijuana.

The show began by playing a clip from a CNN report that claimed
President Trump’s “trade war [is] having a major impact on American
farmers after talks with China have halted. Some farmers seem to be
losing hope.” That was followed by a clip of a farmer who said he had
voted for Trump in 2016 but would not do so again.

The show then aired a cartoon titled “The Farmer in the Dell,” based on
the famous children’s song, but this time with new lyrics, accompanied
by the visuals in the cartoon:

Tariffs posed by Trump
Put the farmers in a dump
Oh no, the derry-o, the farmer’s in a slump.
The farmer lost his wife.
She wants a better life.
She ran off with an ex-convict who rides a b****in’ bike.
The farmer needs a job.
He’s stripping while he sobs.
Hi-ho the stripper pole, they’re laughing at his knob.
The farmer drinks a lot,
His liver starts to rot.
Chuggitiy-chug the winey-o
Time to start growing pot.
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Democrats and the liberal media hate President Trump more than they
love this country.

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