Stephen Colbert Thanks The Nazis For Making Congress Actually Work (VIDEO)

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No stranger to controversy, Stephen Colbert dared to put in a brief good word for Nazis on Wednesday’s episode of “The Colbert Report.”

Colbert was heartened by the burst of bipartisanship surrounding “The No Social Security For Nazis Act,” a bill unanimously passed by the House on Wednesday that closed a loophole allowing Nazis living in the United States to collect Social Security.

“It is the most popular bill to come out of Congress since, ‘No Pre-K for the KKK,'” Colbert said.

“Folks,” he continued, “it’s inspiring to see both parties join hands to declare with one voice: Nazis are bad.”

The host then delivered a personal thank you to Nazis for getting Congress to agree on something. He warned his enemies not to take the clip out of context.

Watch the clip, courtesy of Comedy Central:

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  1. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    See!
    I knew some good would finally come of The Third Reich.
    (Somewhere, Mike Godwin is facepalming.)

    jw1

  2. Is this a little late in coming? I mean, how many Nazis could be left that were receiving SS benefits? 3?

    Update: Looks like the do-nothing congress might have saved us tax payers almost $1M dollars!

    As of 1999, 28 suspected Nazi war criminals kicked out of the United States received $1.5 million in Social Security benefits, reported The Associated Press.

    Wow…budget crisis solved! And it only took congress over 60 years to figure out this was a bad thing!

  3. The other good thing to come out of that was my mother…in one piece.

  4. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    After all the great work with the CIA, CBS and NASA, it’s time goose-step met lock-step…

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