Stephen Colbert said the speeches on the House floor have taken quite a turn since Republicans took control.
One example: comments this week by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), one of the party’s extremists and a conspiracy theorist, who offered a wild response to a call for better gun control laws.
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“Alcohol, tobacco and firearms,” she declared. “In Western Colorado, we call that a fun weekend.”
Colbert stepped in with a lesson.
“Don’t get so full of yourself, Western Colorado,” he said. “In Florida, they call that the food pyramid.”
See more in his Thursday night “Late Show” monologue:
