Jean Smart | The DOGE Days Are Over

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Sen. Joni Ernst horrified constituents with a heartless comment about people who will lose Medicaid coverage under the GOP’s budget bill, Elon Musk denied reports that he is a heavy user of ketamine and psychedelics, and President Trump reposted a wild conspiracy theory about his predecessor. Six-time Emmy winner and “Hacks” star Jean Smart has three famous faces in mind for cameos on the show’s next season. Until then, catch her on Broadway starring in “Call Me Izzy” at Studio 54. 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

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0:34.5	Have a seat, my friends. Welcome one and all to The Late Show. I am your host Stephen Colbert.
0:40.3	First of all, happy Pride Month, everybody.
0:46.3	At the Late Show, happy pride, everybody. Here at the Late Show, we value every human being no matter who they love,
0:53.3	as long as they are Nielsen families who buy our sponsors products.
0:58.1	Quick reminder, for the month of June, the Charmin Bears will be pooping rainbows.
1:03.2	Enjoy the go. One person, one person without a lot to be proud of today is Iowa Senator and mother-in-law noticing you don't cut sandwiches the way her son
1:12.7	likes.
1:14.5	Joni Ernst. Senator Ernst held a town hall on Friday, on Friday, where she attempted to sell
1:22.1	Trump's big beautiful bill, which happens to include big brazen cuts to Medicaid, and the audience weren't buying
1:29.0	it.
1:29.3	When you were arguing about illegals that are receiving Medicaid benefits, $1.4 million,
1:37.3	they're not, they are not eligible, so they will be coming off.
1:50.0	So people are not, well, we all are going to die.
2:03.6	Wow. Uh-huh. Wow. That's your answer, Senator. Why have any laws at all? Why have any regulation? Just update those bathroom signs to say, employees could wash hands, but death comes for us all.
2:06.6	Also, also, Senator, are we all going to die?
2:13.6	Because if so, someone should tell the United States Senate.
2:29.5	This exchange, this here exchange probably would have blown over eventually, but people started criticizing Joni Ernst, and she couldn't not respond to that.
2:33.6	So she doubled down with this apology?
2:35.1	Hello, everyone.
2:39.6	I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize for a statement that I made yesterday at my town hall.
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