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>> LATE NIGHT HOST STEPHEN
COLBERT ACCUSED GOP CANDIDATE
TUDOR DIXON OF LYING ABOUT A
DEMOCRAT VOTER THAT SWITCHED
SIDES.
TURNS OUT HE'S GOT IT ALL WRONG.
HE MOCKED A STORY TOLD IN A
DEBATE LAST WEEK.
>> THIS IS NOT THE ONLY ONE
WORRIED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, SO IS
THIS GUY SHE TOTALLY MADE UP.
>> HAD A GENTLEMAN COME UP TO ME
A FEW NIGHTS AGO, SAID I FOUND
CONTENT IN MY SCHOOL LIBRARY
DESCRIBING HOW TO HAVE SEX TO MY
SON.
I WENT TO THE DEMOCRATS AND I
SAID I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS IN
THERE.
>> OKAY.
FINE.
THAT HAPPENED.
>> BUT THE MAN DOES EXIST.
AND DIXON'S STORY WAS, IN FACT,
REAL.
>> PARENTS, CONCERNED PARENTS --
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A
MOTHER.
I AM ALONG WITH HUNDREDS, MAYBE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
READY FOR THE RED TSUNAMI.
>> I AM REAL, HE SAID.
THAT'S THE 41-YEAR-OLD MUSLIM
AMERICAN FROM DEARBORN,
MICHIGAN.
BUT DISMISSED BY STEPHEN
COLBERT, BY SOMEONE WITH A HUGE
MICROPHONE AND PLATFORM BECAUSE
HE FELT IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
THE AUDIENCE FELT IT WAS
COMICAL, BUT IT IS NOT.
IT IS REAL AND THAT IS REAL
LIFE.
>> HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT HIS
KIDS, HE SAID IN MULTIPLE
STORIES ABOUT THIS I DIDN'T
REALLY EXPECT TO BE VOTING
REPUBLICAN BUT HERE WE ARE
BECAUSE OF A SCHOOL ISSUE.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF ELITE
SNEERING AT PARENTS AND THEIR
WORRIES ABOUT THEIR OWN KIDS AND
THEIR EDUCATION.
I THOUGHT TUDOR DIXON WHO IS THE
REPUBLICAN WHO TOLD THE ACCURATE
STORY AND WAS LAMPOONED FOR IT
HAD GOOD RESPONSE FOR WHY IT
HAPPENED AND WHY COLBERT WAS
WRONG.
THAT'S WHERE THE DEMOCRATS ARE
NOW.
YOU DON'T EXIST.
YOUR STORIES AREN'T IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK THAT'S TAPPING INTO
SOMETHING THAT'S REAL.
WE SAW IT IN VIRGINIA AND NEW
JERSEY A YEAR AGO AND I SUSPECT
WE'LL SEE IT AGAIN IN FIVE DAYS.
>> GOSH, SHE'S RIGHT.
WE TALK ABOUT IT IN HORRIFYING
CONTEXT OF CRIME VICTIMS.
AS THINGS BEING DISMISSED.
JUST GOOGLE IT, HOW HARD IS IT
TO EXERCISE SOME DILIGENCE TO
SEE IF IT'S TRUE BEFORE YOU MOCK
IT IN FRONT OF YOUR HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS OF THE
AUDIENCE.
>> THIS FALLS ON COA LBERT
AS WELL.
HIS TEAM IS WRITING A LOT OF
THAT MATERIAL OR EDITING A LOT
OF THAT MATERIAL AND NOBODY
THOUGHT TO GOOGLE IT, NOBODY
THOUGHT TO SEE, LET'S DOUBLE
CHECK.
BECAUSE THESE MISTAKES HAPPENED
BEFORE.
I HAVE LOOKED AT TIMES WHEN
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS TALKED ABOUT
SOMETHING AND WE'LL SAY WOW, HE
KNEW THIS TRAIN CONDUCTOR?
NO, HE DIDN'T.
AND HIS FAMILY, THE ONE STORY HE
TELLS WITH THE PERSON ON HIS WAY
TO SCRANTON ON THE YEAR USED TO
TALK TO, WE WERE GOOD FRIENDS.
THE FAMILY OF THE GENTLEMAN WHO
WAS DECEASED BY THE TIME BIDEN'S
STORY WOULD HAVE BEGUN HAD IT
BEEN TRUE, EVERY TIME HE BRINGS
IT UP IT IS PAINFUL FOR THEM.
THEY'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT.
SO PEOPLE CAN GET THINGS WRONG,
THEY CAN BE FACT CHECKED.
COLBER
COLBERT, WILL HE FIX IT.
HE COULD HAVE HIM ON.
I COULD WRITE THAT SEGMENT.
THAT WOULD THEN REQUIRE THAT MAN
TO SAY WHY HE IS VOTING THE WAY
HE IS, I DON'T KNOW IF HIS
AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE THAT.
>> THAT'S THE POINT, TOO.
THE AMPLIFICATION IS SO MUCH
MORE DILUTED WITH APOLOGY, FACT
CHECKING CORRECTION, THAN IT IS
WITH THE LIE TO BEGIN WITH.
>> LIFELONG DEMOCRAT, FATHER OF
FIVE, IMMIGRATED FROM YEMEN.
HAS TO SAY I AM REAL.
LET ME LET COLBERT KNOW IT IS
NOT JUST HIM WHO IS REAL,
THERE'S AN ENTIRE MOVEMENT
THAT'S REAL.
HE MUST NOT BE PAYING ATTENTION.
WE CALL IT THE FORGOTTEN MAN AND
WOMEN.
FLYOVER COUNTRY, MICHIGAN,
WISCONSIN, RED IN 2016.
THEY'RE REAL, EXERTED THEIR
VOICE, NOT JUST A PERSON, WE SAW
IT IN LOUDON COUNTY, SAW IT IN
NEW JERSEY AND FLORIDA, WHEN
DeSANTIS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
SAVE A FEW WON ELECTIONS.
IT IS NOT A PERSON, IT IS A
MOVEMENT.
THEY'RE VERY REAL.
YOU WILL HEAR THEM LOUD AND
CLEAR TUESDAY.
>> WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE HUBRIS
OF THE LEFT, THE ELITE, THE
CONDESCENSION OF THE PROGRESSIVE
LEFT THAT SOMEHOW EMBOLDENS THEM
TO DISMISS A MAN, A STORY.
WHAT A JOKE.
AND THAT IS SO LIBERATED SO
OFTEN EVERY DAY UNTIL NOVEMBER
8th WHEN IT IS A RUDE AWAKENING
OF THE MOVEMENT THAT'S VERY
REAL.
>> IT IS IGNORANT, NOT SAYING
THAT, THE QUOTE FROM MR. KALIL
WHO CAME OUT AND IS REAL SAID
IT, CALLED IT OUT.
IT IS IGNORANT, IT IS SLOPPY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT AND
THESE STAGES HAVE A BIG
RESPONSIBILITY.
WHEN I'M SITTING HERE WITH YOU
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE'S
ALL THIS PAPER YOU SEE AROUND
US.
THAT'S CALLED HOMEWORK, CALLED
DUE DILIGENCE.
IT TAKES TIME TO BE ACCURATE.
BUT I GUESS WHEN YOU DON'T AGREE
WITH A STORY, THE DILIGENCE OF
ACCURACY AND HOMEWORK GETS TONED
DOWN OR LOWERS THE STANDARD AND
SHOULDN'T BE, THAT'S
IRRESPONSIBLE WITH MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE PROBABLY
WATCHING YOU AND THE WAY YOU ARE
SHAPING CULTURE WITH WHAT WE SAY
FROM THESE.
>> THEY WOULD SAY WE'RE JUST A
COMEDY SHOW, BUT THE GUESTS WERE
ELIZABETH WARREN AND FORMER
ENERGY SECRETARY, THAT'S A
BARREL OF LAUGHS.
NO WONDER.