NJ Gov.-Elect Mikie Sherrill (Extended)

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

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

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill discusses in this EXTENDED interview that her state sends $70B more to the federal government than it gets back each year, which gives her potential leverage in dealing with President Trump. She also shares the truly incredible story of how, and where, she delivered her second child and the two words her husband contributed to the tricky situation! 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

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	While all the whos of Whoville were at McDonald's eating, the Grinch from his lair started plotting and scheming.
0:06.3	Gherkin-flavored fries and odd socks will send them crackers.
0:09.5	So try the Grinch's new meal and head down to Macers.
0:15.2	Until 4th of Jan from 11 a.m., price and participation may vary while stocks last grinched for adults.
0:21.2	It's the late show ponotshow with Stephen Colbert.
0:28.6	Hey everybody, welcome back to The Late Show.
0:33.1	Ladies and gentlemen, my next guest is a veteran Navy pilot
0:38.8	and former member of the United States Congress.
0:41.7	She was just elected governor of the great state of New Jersey.
0:44.6	Please welcome Governor-elect Mikey Cheryl.
0:51.2	Well, Governor-elect Cheryl, nice to have you on the show.
0:55.5	Nice to be here.
0:56.7	You are presently between gigs, as we say, in my business.
1:05.3	You resigned from Congress.
1:07.7	How long ago?
1:08.3	About a week and a half ago.
1:09.4	You heard the Marjor Taylor Green was leaving. You're like, I'm out of here. If she's leaving, what's the use of staying anymore? Let's talk about your victory. Okay, it was, I mean, I think you were the frontrunner for most of the race, but not by a ton. You know, the polls were like four, three or four points toward the end, something like that.
1:29.8	Am I right?
1:30.3	Right, right.
1:31.8	And I think that that might have been like a generic ballot.
1:35.2	Sure.
1:35.7	But we were working incredibly hard to build something different.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 18 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CBS, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CBS and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.