Stephen Colbert needled President Donald Trump after he refused to say whether or not he would stop the crowd at his next rally from chanting Send her back on The Late Show Thursday.
Thursday night, Trump gave a speech in Cincinnati, Ohio For once chili on spaghetti was not the most disgusting thing in town, Colbert cracked which marked his first since his audience started chanting Send her back about Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar. As CBS reported Friday morning, the chant did not pop up at the Cincinnati event, though it wasnt necessarily Trump who dissuaded his audience from going there.
Ahead of the rally, reporters asked Trump multiple times whether he would stop the chant if it broke out, and the president repeatedly deflected, talking instead about crowd size and how much his supporters love him. Breaking out his Trump impression, Colbert cracked, They love me, they really love me or, they really hate Mexicans. You know, potato, burrito.
Elsewhere in his monologue, Colbert parsed the aftermath of the last two Democratic primary debates, highlighting Joe Bidens apparently good enough performance, Ohio Representative Tim Ryans goofy You Dont Have to Yell slogan (Congressman Ryan, Colbert joked, you dont have to run) and New Jersey Senator Cory Bookers upcoming fundraiser with Jon Bon Jovi.
Makes sense, after all Bookers campaign is, Living on a prayer!' Colbert said as he broke out his best hair metal falsetto. And Booker really needs that fundraiser because since hes polling below two percent, hes not even halfway there!'