It's almost stunning how Stephen Colbert managed to include dual loyalty tropes, associating neo nazis with anti-genocide protestors and blatant Islamophobia in a segment where he's trying to accuse Zohran Mamdani of anti-Semitism

As always Zohran answered the questions beautifully and eloquently and never faltered despite Stephen Colbert's best attempts to become worse than the fake reactionary he played for years

I really interpreted that segment differently. $20M has been spent against Zohran in recent weeks. IMO, Colbert gave him a free high-profile opportunity to address the attack ads in his own words. I think Colbert raised the opposing views to allow Zohran to answer them directly.

It's wild how we got so much talent out of the Daily Show and then we have Colbert the Mayo of politics and comedy.

I fucking hate Colbert and all of shitlib late night talk show TV so much

Islamophobia is normalized among mainstream liberals

I think that’s a bit unfair. There’s not really a great way to approach this line of questioning without the opposing frames this is discussed and I’m not sure how thread that needle for a casual audience without endless prefaces

So, a friendly interview at an important time for the race that allows the candidate to address the concerns of many voters without attacking those voters which would turn them off from voting for him is a reactionary attack now?

Dual-loyalty trope exists for a reason Stereotypes are generally true, on average (and it's one of the most replicated findings in social science)

Colbert's a piece of shit.

Setting up a candidate to address concerns (however idiotic they may be) that potential voters have is not the same as accusing them of anything