CBS’s Stephen Colbert had an unconvincing rebuttal on Wednesday to President Trump’s recent Truth Social posts that portrayed Chicago as a crime-ridden and dangerous city. Colbert’s three-part response involved telling Trump “[bleep] you,” repeating some false statistics, and saying Chicago can’t be that bad because The Late Show traveled there in the summer of 2024 and came back alive.
Breaking out his Trump voice, Colbert ranted, “Yesterday, Trump also posted, ‘Chicago is the worst and most dangerous city in the world, by far.’ Worst and most dangerous? Two words: [Bleep] you. You know what? You know what?... Trump slandered on, ‘Chicago is the murder capital of the world!’"
Colbert then sought to do some fact-checking, “Fun fact: No. According to the FBI, 22 major cities have higher rates of murder than Chicago.”
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