CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will not survive to see the conclusion of the 2028 Democratic Primary, but that isn’t stopping Colbert from using his remaining few months to help kick-start the process. On Tuesday, Colbert welcomed California Gov. Gavin Newsom, whom he praised for “being interesting,” for three segments and joined in fearmongering that there might not even be a free and fair 2028 election.
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After a commercial, Colbert wanted to elaborate, “you raise a bigger question about, like, who will win in the midterms to the idea that perhaps we won't have free and fair and open elections in 2026—”
As Newsom interrupted to claim, “We will have Putin-type elections,” Colbert continued, “How would you imagine, where do you see the, sort of, the bread crumbs to that right now? It’s the ultimate fear: is that you no longer—you no longer have your democracy to be able to make change peacefully.”
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