{"id":5275,"date":"2025-10-29T06:57:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/?p=5275"},"modified":"2025-10-29T06:57:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:57:23","slug":"colberts-rebuilding-democracy-tour-comedy-died-so-his-ego-could-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/2025\/10\/29\/colberts-rebuilding-democracy-tour-comedy-died-so-his-ego-could-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Colbert\u2019s \u201cRebuilding Democracy\u201d Tour: Comedy Died So His Ego Could Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Newsbusters: Colbert Suggests It Will Take Years To Rebuild Democracy After Trump<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

CBS\u2019s Stephen Colbert mourned on Tuesday\u2019s edition of The Late Show that it will take several years to rebuild democracy after President Trump leaves office. Colbert\u2019s lamentations came as Trump addressed sailors onboard the USS George Washington in Japan, which led him to also express confusion at the idea that the Navy stands ready to sink enemy ships.<\/p>\n

After a clip of Trump telling the sailors that he might send the National Guard to more cities, Colbert declared, \u201cHe\u2019s telling the military he\u2019s going to use them to invade America, but just a warning to the troops: that country is run by a madman, okay? It will take you years to install a democracy at this point.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The man who once mocked politics has now decided he\u2019s the guardian of \u201cdemocracy.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> Stephen Colbert, from his Manhattan pulpit, now warns that once President Trump leaves office, it will take years<\/em> to \u201crebuild democracy.\u201d Years! Because nothing says \u201cdefender of democracy\u201d like a millionaire late-night host lecturing sailors\u2014indirectly\u2014about how confused they are for serving their own Commander-in-Chief.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s unpack the absurdity. While Trump was addressing sailors aboard the USS George Washington\u2014yes, the actual<\/em> military capital of freedom\u2014Colbert was declaring that America is some shattered republic clawing out from tyranny.<\/strong> <\/span>Apparently, ordering troops to be \u201cready\u201d now offends him. You\u2019d think the Navy\u2019s purpose\u2014readiness to defend the nation\u2014was new information to CBS writers.<\/p>\n

What exactly does he think the Navy does? Sew TikTok merch? Run sensitivity seminars?<\/strong> <\/span>The whole tirade reeks of performative panic: the same brand of politics-as-entertainment that has turned late-night into a therapy session for people allergic to reality.<\/p>\n

Colbert used to dissect hypocrisy; now he models it. His lament over \u201cinstalling democracy\u201d is ironic, considering his own audience cheers on censorship, mock trials in the court of Twitter, and the erasure of political opponents from public life. If democracy needs \u201crebuilding,\u201d maybe it\u2019s because people like Colbert keep trying to burn half the country\u2019s voice down.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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