Stephen Colbert is continuing to prove himself to be a class act as host of The Late Show — what other explanation could there be for how calm he remains while jabbing at guest and presidential hopeful Ted Cruz‘s weaselly political views?
Antigay rhetoric and broad generalizations might work for Cruz when he’s hitting the campaign trail, but all it takes are a few respectful prods from Colbert’s questioning and Cruz’s ideology falls apart completely.
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When Cruz compares himself to Reagan, the shining star atop the Republican party, Colbert doesn’t let it rest. Reagan raised taxes and believed in an amnesty program for undocumented workers, Colbert reminds him.
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Cruz deflects and tries to shift the focus to some new buzz words — helping Americans to live within their means, and following the Constitution in legislating.
“And no gay marriage,” Colbert adds to the list.
As Cruz launches into the “states should decide” defense, studio audience members can be heard booing and hissing.
“Guys, however you feel, he’s my guest, so please don’t boo him,” Colbert says.
Kudos, Stephen, for simultaneously raising some important questions while maintaining decorum.
We can only imagine how awkward his interview with Donald Trump will get tonight.
Watch below (the gay marriage bit starts around the 3:00 mark:
1EqualityUSA
Our rights are not up for a vote.
Kris McCleery
Good !
Stache99
Yup and if we went by the ballet box for determining who gets civil rights we all know how that would turn out. Of coarse he already knows that and is talking for his bigoted followers.
muscular
I must give him credit for not watering down his beliefs when he is in a liberal city being interviewed by a liberal host in front of a live audience. Other conservatives would have avoided this show.
Tom Mchenry
It was a very revealing moment for him. He really comes across as a charlatan and a phony..He spews the same stuff everytime he finds a microphone. His base eats it up because he has them bamboozled…They made him a Senator.Wow. He and his like continue to bang that same beat-up drum old drum about the Supreme Court having too much power….Interesting to contemplate that he would sell his sorry soul to become a Justice himself one day….Too bad Colbert didn’t take the opporunity to bring up that SCOTUS itself “ruled” to declare GW Bush the winner of the first term Presidential election in 2000..They were called upon to make a decison to untangle the illegal voting mess taking place in Florida…Gore had hime beat by popular vote.So, Crudz, read your history. It is said that he has memorized the entire Constitution and did so in college. Wow. How impressive. We had to memorize it in our Government Class in High School…at the time I didn’t really understand it all but wanted to pass the course, so I did as instructed. A good lesson to remember is that memorization alone doesn’t constitute comprehension….clearly, this is the case with this fool.
Cam
@muscular:
No they wouldn’t have. As for “His Beliefs” Colbert was the one who brought up his bigotry, not Cruz.
Sweetie Pie
The SCOTUS already decided, you little Texan turd
Jim Fortier
He’s a jerk.
Brian JC Kneeland
He should be booed right out of politics!
Mr-DJ
The Constitution doesn’t HAVE to mention Gay marriage, it is covered under equal rights. As stated above – Our Rights (in a free country) should not be ‘decided’ at the ballot box!
Curty
So is he against scotus or just when they give a decision he’s against? I guess he disagrees with integrated schools and interracial marriage too since scotus overturned those bans too. This clown should be disqualified from running in the first place. He was born in Canada!
GayEGO
Teddy Cruzy Woozy needs to step down like Scott Walker did, but he is not that smart.
scotshot
“Five unelected lawyers”. A phrase used to describe SCOTUS a lot lately. Mr Cruz forgets the fact that we the people elect the Representatives, Senators and President who in participate in the Constitutional process of appointing Supreme Court Justices. The SCOTUS is not elected, but they’re seated as the Constitution of the United States spells out.
Does Mr Cruz have a problem with the Constitution?
Does he infer the Hobby Lobby and Citizens United decisions should be put to a vote of the people?
Sansacro
@muscular: Bush was on the show, and other conservatives. Cruz is a carnival barker building his brand. He will NEVER will and his “principles” and so-called “faith” are highly dubious.
Sansacro
@Sansacro: NEVER win.
Sansacro
@scotshot: When the Court supports conservative ideology, they love it.
Johnnyphx
Has anyone asked if Cruzzie plans to give up his dual citizenship if he moves into the White House?
NateOcean
He was born in Keyna, right? Er I mean Canada.
So why is he running for President of the USA?
Desert Boy
So Colbert books a controversial guest like Calgary Cruz, proceeds to to ask him about gay marriage, and when a New York audience reacts, Colbert admonishes the audience? Fuck Colbert.
Streamciter
Gay marriage is the law of the land, it’s time to stop asking people what they think about it, and time to start telling them that it’s here and it doesn’t matter what they think of it, and then immediately going to commercial, not giving them time to respond. It’s none of your business now.
robho3
Ted Cruz is another cra cra – I don’t think we need to worry about him being the candidate.
Dwight
“Win at the ballot box. That’s the way our Constitution was designed.”
Actually, Sen. Cruz, you’re wrong. As citizens we do not hold a referendum on every single issue. Our Constitution was designed with three branches of government, including the Supreme Court, each holding checks and balances over the other. The Supreme Court rules to hopefully protect the minority against the tyranny of the majority.
ScottOnEarth
@muscular: Yes, please let’s give him credit for his unyielding commitment to bigotry, discrimination and exclusion.
Billysees
@1EqualityUSA:
” Our rights are not up for a vote. ”
Of course.
Louis
Good so glad Im so tired of these rotten people and that includes Carly shes just as anti gay as the rest of the male candidates are.
These people are a stain against decency progressiveness and treating people fairly and equally with compassion respect and dignity as Americans.
I wish a Democrat would win these people are pathetic and repugnant as human beings period.
martinbakman
Jobs and economic growth. Wow what a fookin’ visionary!