Alex Christy continued playing comedy cop against Stephen Colbert during April:
- Meryl Streep Spreads Voter Suppression Conspiracies With Colbert
- Colbert, Daily Show Try To Claim The Pope While Promoting Abortion
- Colbert, Kerry Misrepresent Facts About History, Iran War
- Colbert Tries to Get Buttigieg to Announce 2028 Bid
- Colbert, Warren Strategize On How To Handcuff Trump On Iran
Christy melted down over Colbert and a guest pointing out that ICE was effectively chased out of Minneapolis in an April 8 post:
CBS’s Stephen Colbert welcomed singer Brandi Carlile to Tuesday’s taping of The Late Show, where the duo looked back on a concert she gave in Minneapolis. According to Carlile, the concert was meant to honor the people there who showed the country how to “defeat something so oppressive.”
Colbert recalled that “in February, you played a show in Minneapolis. Raised $700,000—raised $700,000 for the families affected by ICE, and the show was live-streamed globally.”
He then wondered, “And I’m just curious, with that big platform, what is the message that you wanted to send?”
Christy then defended ICE:
Throughout ICE’s time in Minneapolis, they never actually took over governance from the state or city. There was no “occupation,” but state and local officials do not have the right to declare themselves immune from federal law. Ultimately, Minneapolis proved that there is ultimately no such thing as a sanctuary city, and that is what Colbert and Carlile had a hard time accepting.
Christy didn’t mention that ICE killed two people in Minneapolis who didn’t deserve to di.
The next day, Christy used Colbert to take part in his employer’s pro-Trump narrative on the Iran war — namely, complaining that others weren’t as pro-Trump as his side:
CBS’s Stephen Colbert reacted to the ceasefire with Iran for the first time on Wednesday’s edition of The Late Show and was ready to declare the war a failure. A sarcastic Colbert claimed the only thing the war accomplished was providing President Trump with a distraction from the Epstein files, while his cold open also attempted to throw cold water on the idea that the U.S. accomplished its goals.
Colbert introduced a parody clip of John Lennon by declaring, “Finally, the war was over for a bit. Realizing John Lennon’s dream.”
In the clip, a fake Lennon sang, “All we are saying is peace for two weeks.”
Moving on, Colbert broke out his Trump voice when he added, “Trump announced the deal on social media, calling it a ‘double-sided ceasefire.’ Okay, that is cool, but aren’t all peace deals double-sided? I believe there’s a word for a single-sided ceasefire, and it’s ‘murder.’ ‘I’m done shootin’ you now.’ Trump explained that he agreed to the ceasefire because, quote, ‘We have already met and exceeded all military objectives.’ It’s true. This war reached all of its objectives. It’s been weeks since anyone mentioned the Epstein files.”
Christy then repeated pro-Trump propaganda:
Gen. Dan Caine reported on Wednesday that Operation Epic Fury has, among other things, led to the destruction of 90 percent of Iran’s weapons factories, including every one that used to produce Shaheed drones. He also said that 90 percent of Iran’s regular navy and 50 percent of its IRGC mosquito fleet have been destroyed. Additionally, 450 ballistic missile and 800 one-way attack drone storage facilities are gone. Most importantly, roughly “80 percent of Iran’s nuclear industrial base was hit, further degrading their attempts to attain a nuclear weapon.”
To say distracting from Epstein was Epic Fury’s only accomplishment is simply to ignore reality.
Christy unleashed a fact-check on a Colbert guest in an April 22 post:
CBS’s Stephen Colbert welcomed former Secretary of State John Kerry to Tuesday’s edition of The Late Show to discuss the latest developments with Iran. However, what was intended as an informational segment for the audience turned into a segment that featured Kerry misrepresenting two crucial facts and acting as if he were the comedian.
Kerry was giving the Trump administration some unsolicited advice when he urged them to “take time to be reasonable in ways that will not encourage them to say, ‘Oh, you just, you know, you took a ship over and we, on the other hand, said we are going to open the Strait of Hormuz,’ which, by the way, have never been shut in any conflict that we’ve had or difference we’ve had with Iran.”
First, despite Iran saying the strait was open, it was still demanding vessels pay a toll, so it was not actually open in the way it must be. Second, to say the strait has “never” been shut or disrupted is untrue. The U.S. Navy had to run escort missions in the area during the Iran-Iraq War after several attacks on oil tankers. Iran also mined ships during Trump’s first term.
Nevertheless, Kerry rolled on, “So, today Donald Trump, by ripping up the agreement and pulling out, has actually put us in a worse place than we were previously because the one thing we feared by pulling it out is no agreement; war is probably almost inevitable, and literally, they have made it inevitable by giving Iran no freedom to move in a different direction.”
Colbert was not interested in correcting the record.
in fact, it has not been shown that any potential Trump agreement is any better the Obama agreement he ripped up.