Stephen Colbert Gives Sen. Josh Hawley A Scathing New Nickname

Stephen Colbert has a brand new nickname for Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.): Fascist Gump.

Hawley has attracted widespread ridicule for the reason that Jan. 6 committee revealed a video at Thursday’s listening to exhibiting him operating from the U.S. Capitol in the course of the 2021 riot, not lengthy after giving a closed-fist salute to insurrectionists exterior.

“This weekend, on the right-wing Turning Level USA Summit, we heard from Missouri senator and star of the brand new movie ‘Fascist Gump’ Josh Hawley,” Colbert mentioned Monday on “The Late Present.”

Throughout his speech on the Florida convention, Hawley boasted that he objected to President Joe Biden’s Electoral School victory in Pennsylvania. Hawley did so even after the mob of Donald Trump’s supporters laid siege to the Capitol in an effort to overturn the outcomes.

“I simply need to say to all of these liberals on the market and the liberal media, simply in case you haven’t gotten the message but: I don’t remorse it. And I’m not backing down. I’m not going to apologize. I’m not going to cower. I’m not going to run from you,” Hawley informed the group.

“Yeah. He’s by no means going to run from his enemies,” Colbert mentioned. “In truth, right here he’s on January 6 bravely moonwalking into hazard.”

Watch the roast beneath on “The Late Present”:

This text initially appeared on HuffPost and has been up to date.

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