Colbert Has a Joke for Rep. Mullin: ‘A Drunk, a Cheating Husband, and an Accused Sexual Predator Walk into a Bar... ‘

COLBERT: “Another looming sign of the Trump Administration is that today, the Senate held confirmation hearings for secretary of defense nominee and male stripper asking if you want to see his yankee doodle, Pete Hegseth. Now, you might remember Hegseth from his rather thin dossier of qualifications to run the most powerful military and single largest workforce in the world. There’s his stint as co-host of ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ and the allegations of excessive drinking after work and at work, otherwise known as ‘always.’ Hegseth’s hearing today was mostly him bobbing and weaving to avoid admitting things we already know about him, like his statement that female service members shouldn’t have combat roles, as well as horrific allegations of sexual assault, and the fact that his own mom wrote him a letter that read, in part, ‘I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man.’ That is devastating. That is the most devastating burn. ‘Oh, you think you can run the military? That’s not what your mom said last night!’ Yeah, Yeah, see —
(Cheering and Applause)
Yeah, seriously, she dropped off this letter. It’s pretty upsetting. That mother’s letter led to a fiery exchange with Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, so the Republican senator Markwayne Mullin jumped in and went after Kaine.”

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MULLIN: “How many senators have shown up drunk to vote at night? (...) And then how many senators do you know have got a divorce for cheating on their wives? Did you ask them to step down? No. But it’s for show. And you want to sit there and say that he is not qualified? Give me a joke.”
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COLBERT: “I got one! A drunk, a cheating husband, and an accused sexual predator walk into a bar, and the bartender says, ‘Table for one, Mr. Hegseth?’
(Cheering and Applause)
Thank you.”