Welcome, one and all, in here, out there, all around the world, all the ships at sea to the late show. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert.

Today was...

Today was episode two of the Hot New Reality Show, the January 6th Committee hearings.

We're all waiting to find out if the former president gets to go to the fantasy suite with Lady Justice.

She's blind, so he's got a shot.

Now, episode...

Check that out.

Episode one was a huge hit because at least 20 million people watched Thursday's hearing, okay?

And we were live, okay?

20 million people, that's the kind of audience usually reserved for Sunday night football.

Yeah, it makes sense because Thursday's hearing featured even more guys with brain damage.

And so far...

So far, my major feeling about these hearings, both Thursday and today, is one of enormous gratitude.

We know a lot of this stuff already, but watching them put it together reminds us that we're not crazy.

You see, for the past 17 months, the former president and his spineless totes have been gaslighting us,

telling us that we did not see what we all saw, a coup.

And it's not like the guy was hiding it ever in the lead-up, the former president said things like this.

Will you commit to making sure that there is a peaceful transfer of power after the election?

Well, we're gonna have to see what happened.

But people are rioting. Do you commit to making sure that there's a peaceful transfer of power?

We wanna have Get rid of the ballots and you'll have a very peaceful transfer.

We'll have a very peaceful, there won't be a transfer, frankly.

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