Stephen Colbert mocks Kavanaugh's dodgy Senate testimony, savages his indignation

Stephen Colbert savages Brett Kavanaugh — (Image credit: Screenshot/YouTube/The Late Show)

After recapping Christine Blasey Ford's testimony Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Stephen Colbert turned to the testimony of the man she accuses of trying to rape her 36 years ago, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. "He came out with a well-coifed head of steam," Colbert said on The Late Show, summarizing his surprisingly partisan opening message: "In conclusion, I'll be a non-biased and impartial judge, just an umpire calling balls and strikes secretly being thrown by George Soros and Hillary Clinton." And when Kavanaugh said he fears for the future, Colbert agreed: "#MeToo."

Colbert lightly mocked Kavanaugh's Clintonian parsing of passing out drunk — "After all, isn't one man's blackout another man's street nap?" — and wasn't buying Kavanaugh's explanation for the terms in his yearbook page, like "boofing," which the judge said meant "flatulence." "Well, the quote in the yearbook was, 'Have you boofed yet?'" he noted. "So if you believe Kavanaugh, he was saying to his friends: 'Hey, you're a teenager, have you gotten around to farting yet? Man, you gotta try it.'"

"Perhaps the Kavanaugh quote that sticks with me is his passionate condemnation of the hearing and its repercussions," warning the Democrats about reaping the whirlwind of the wind they sowed, Colbert said, and he wasn't smiling now. "You really need a better weatherman, because let me tell you, brother, this is the whirlwind, and the wind was sown when Donald Trump had 19 credible allegations of sexual assault against him, bragged about sexual assault on tape, and your Republican buddies up on that committee said, 'Yeah, but we want our guy on the Supreme Court' — and that's you, Brett. That doesn't mean you're guilty, but please, save your indignation that finally, someone is taking one woman's accusation of sexual assault seriously." Watch below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.