“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert went live once again following the conclusion of Thursday’s primetime hearings from the Jan. 6 committee, and no politician was spared.
The funnyman mostly stuck to one-liner-style reactions to points made by the committee as the members recounted how former president Donald Trump watched Fox News and ignored calls to speak out to condemn the mob violence escalating at the capitol. Senator Josh Hawley, though, who famously pumped his fist in the air as he entered the capitol on the day the 2020 election was eventually certified, got the comedy sound effects treatment.
Around the 9:19 mark in the video above, Colbert ripped the politico for how quickly he left the capitol after his famous gesture to Trump supporters on the way in.