Steven Colbert continued his streak Wednesday night of becoming the paramount late night host for Democratic primary candidates to speak with on the campaign trail press tour. Kirsten Gillibrand as well as Kamala Harris were given the royal treatment during their appearances on The Late Show, so it only makes sense the courtesy would be extended to Beto O’Rourke during his appearance on the show Wednesday night.



To begin, Colbert could not resist the temptation to ask about impeachment proceedings against President Trump, snarkily commenting “But if that actually goes forward and he's impeached, you wouldn't have the pleasure of running against him. Aren't you robbing yourself of the joy of running against President Trump there?”



Things then took a more serious note, with Colbert taking the classic liberal shot at President Trump suggesting he is a racist due to his stance on the citizenship question on the Census. “Trump is using the executive privilege over census information. So he will not reveal any communications between I think it's Wilbur Ross and is it the Attorney General as well? About whether the citizenship question was put in there to suppress responses from non-- from non-whites, essentially.”



O’Rourke provided the much desired talking point for the left with his response of “That means less representation and less resources. So we absolutely must get those documents. And then we also must understand that we already have a smoking gun from a Republican strategist who said that he did this to diminish the power of communities of color.”



The intellectual argument for adding a citizenship question to the Census does not cross the minds of Democrats under the guise of the media. The rule of thumb is when in doubt about the facts, refer to the plan as racist.

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