On “The Late Show” Tuesday night, Stephen Colbert opened his monologue with the topic of the day — Donald Trump’s rambling rally for Ted Cruz in which he said a lot of things that troubled a lot of people.
“He was in Houston to support senator Ted Cruz. So of course, he talked about himself,” Colbert said.
Then, in standard fashion, “The Late Show” played a series of Trump clips from the rally, with Colbert providing commentary.
Trump: “You know, they have a word, it sort of became old fashioned. It’s called a nationalist. And I say, really, we’re not supposed to use that word. You know what I am? I’m a nationalist, okay? I’m a nationalist. Nationalist.”
“You know why you’re not supposed to use that word?” Colbert chimed in. “Because it’s the second half of ‘white nationalist.’ Chopping off the first word doesn’t change what it means in our minds. ‘Oh, look, look, I’m in a Klux Klan. I have no idea which one. Don’t judge me. There’s all kinds of Klux Klans. Blue Klux Klan. Who knows?’ Trump went on.”
Trump: “You know what a globalist is, right? You know what a globalist is. A globalist is a person that wants the globe to do well. Frankly, not caring about our country so much. And you know what? We can’t have that.”
“He does realize America is on the globe, right?” Colbert wondered. ” ‘Look, who cares, look, I’m going to shoot you straight. Who cares about global warming? Wake me up when it’s America warming.’ ”
And, of course, Colbert had to say some stuff about Trump’s continued whining about the refugee caravan in Central America that has had conservatives in a tizzy lately.
“Of course, Trump used last night’s rally to bring up his favorite pre-midterms talking point: a group of Central American migrants fleeing north to safety — a.k.a. ‘the caravan.’ Last night, Trump, ever the uberfan, has made up caravan’s origin story fan fiction,” Colbert said.
Trump: “What’s happening right now is a large group of people. They call it a caravan. You know how the caravan started? Does everybody know what this means, huh?”
“No. I don’t know what this means,” Colbert said, referring to the odd hand motion Trump made during this part of the speech. “Are you feeding chickens? Are you dealing blackjack? Oh, I know. You’re spreading bulls—.”
You can watch this portion of Colbert’s monologue from Tuesday’s episode of “The Late Show” in the video embedded at the top of this post.
11 Accounts of Overt Racism From 'Day 1 in Trump's America' (Photos)
A Twitter moment titled "Day 1 in Trump's America" slates itself as a collection of tweets about "racist episodes POC [people of color] are facing now that Trump is our President-elect." Here are some of those stories.
These are unfiltered stories people shared, not confirmed by law enforcement or TheWrap. (One false report on Wednesday hurt everyone by giving ammunition to people inclined to deny all accounts of racist attacks.)
Content warning: These are not fun stories, and some contain racial slurs.
"I have a scarf on. Passed by someone on the platform today and he says, 'Your time's up, girlie.'" - Mehreen Kasana
Twitter
"Today, I was harassed by an older white man who presumed I was Mexican. 'I can't wait until Trump asks us to rape your people and send you back over the biggest damn wall we're going to build. Go back to hell, wet back.' After saying all of that, he threw the water in his cup in my face, gave me the middle finger, and ran off. It took every fiber of my being to hold my tongue and not chase him down. I'm in tears right now. I've never been terrified of being a woman and a minority until today." - Rhio Oracion
Facebook
"I WAS finally coming to grips with the stupidity of America. But then some off the wall stuff happened that pissed me right back off. So I am downtown and a group of white dudes are looking at a woman wearing a dress standing alone minding her business. We all get on the subway. When she walks past the group, one of the men yells grab her by the pussy. One of the dudes literally then tried to touch the woman inappropriately. The woman yelled and the guys laughed. A group of people and I literally threw the 3 dudes off the subway at the Wood Street. America is really thinking this shit is a joke." - Antwan Legacy Carter
Facebook
"Black lives don't matter and neither does your votes," was seen spray painted in Durham, NC.
Twitter
Chris Weatherd found his car vandalized with racial epithets. See the full video here.
Twitter
A woman walked into her dorm room to find that her roommate had built a makeshift "wall" to separate their two sides. There was a note that read "Hey Maria, Trump won so... here's a little preview of what's to come."
Twitter
"Can't wait until your 'marriage' is overturned by a real president. Gay families = burn in hell. Trump 2016," photo tweeted by Shaun King.
Twitter
"Went for a run this morning at 7a. I've been trying to figure out how I feel. CHILDREN high school age screamed at me and told me to go back to AFRICA. CHILDREN people! I'm not throwing a temper tantrum you don't know how it feels to be me if you don't GET how enraged and sad I am right now," tweeted by the woman's friend.
Twitter
A woman recounts her story of being harassed at a gas station by four white men. One walked over to her and asked: "How scared are you, you black b----? I should just kill you right now, you're a waste of air," and another guy flashed his firearm at her.
A man was followed into a 7-11 by a group of white men asking if he spoke English. They told him "chinks should get out of the country," harassed the 7-Eleven clerk and yelled "white power" on their way out.
"My first racist encounter after our new joke of a president, as I am at Walmart today a woman came up to me and pulled my hijab of [sic] and said 'this is not allowed anymore, so go hang yourself with it around your neck not on your head.' I am traumatized." - Maha Abdul Gawad
Facebook
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One woman said she had her hijab pulled off and a black man posted a picture of his car covered with racial slurs
A Twitter moment titled "Day 1 in Trump's America" slates itself as a collection of tweets about "racist episodes POC [people of color] are facing now that Trump is our President-elect." Here are some of those stories.
These are unfiltered stories people shared, not confirmed by law enforcement or TheWrap. (One false report on Wednesday hurt everyone by giving ammunition to people inclined to deny all accounts of racist attacks.)
Content warning: These are not fun stories, and some contain racial slurs.