Because CBS is taking The Late Show off the air in less than a month, Stephen Colbert will not be able to use the show as a platform to entertain Democrats as they seek the 2028 nomination. Therefore, Colbert tried to use Wednesday’s show to compensate when he tried to get former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to announce a 2028 bid.
After Buttigieg said his message to fellow Democrats is not to assume that things will go back to the way they were pre-Trump when Trump leaves office, Colbert had his own vague suggestions for reform. Zeroing in on the Senate, Colbert declared, “I mean, I think one of the things that needs to change is the United States Senate, how it’s run, how people are elected, all that kind of stuff. It’s a highly anti-democratic institution. It’s part of the reason we are in the mess we are right now.”
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