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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

James Comey | Tough Bill To Swallow

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

News, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Speaker Mike Johnson is ramming the GOP’s cruel budget bill through the House despite disagreements over how deeply to cut Medicaid, President Trump initially wanted to lease Qatar’s “palace in the sky” jumbo jet, and Stephen offers to help settle the president’s lawsuit against CBS and Paramount. Author and former FBI Director James Comey explains why his former job comes with a ten year term and why he wishes Director Wray had stood up to President Trump instead of resigning early under pressure. Check out his crime novel, “FDR Drive,” available now. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome, welcome, welcome, my friends and neighbors,

0:08.0

Mr. and Mrs. America, to the Late Show, I'm your host, Stephen Colbert.

0:12.0

Folks, every so often, I'm firm, but I'm fair, and every so often,

0:18.0

I just gotta take a look at myself in the mirror, just take myself to task for being too focused on all the bad stuff that Donald Trump does.

0:25.2

Because when I do that, sometimes I miss out on all the important things in life, like all

0:29.3

the terrible stuff they're doing in Congress.

0:33.1

Right now, Trump's little Republican buddies are on Capitol Hill trying to come, you know, trying to figure out something else,

0:40.3

but they're, a bill, but they're coming close to Fistakuffs

0:43.3

over his heartless tax cut and boondoggle,

0:46.3

which he's been calling his big, beautiful bill.

0:52.3

It really sounds less like legislation

0:54.5

and more like the husky guy

0:56.5

at a male strip club.

0:58.7

Okay, ladies, coming up on the main stage

1:01.1

is Big Beautiful Bill.

1:04.0

You know him, you love him,

1:05.8

the dad bought Adonis.

1:07.5

He's going to eat a whole pot pie

1:09.0

with his bare hands.

1:11.6

Grab onto those handles, ladies, before he runs off to Home Depot.

1:16.6

The, uh, bubba bill has some real bad goodies in it.

1:20.6

It not only adds over $3 trillion in debt, it cuts so much Medicaid that 7.6 million Americans would lose their health insurance.

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