Stephen Colbert cannot believe that Tim Pawlenty did it with Piers Morgan.
On Wednesday night, Colbert was shocked to announce that Pawlenty had let it slip to the CNN host that he was definitively running for President. And though Pawlenty’s team later tried to walk back that statement by saying an official campaign announcement was still forthcoming, Colbert said it was already too late.
“Declaring your candidacy for president is supposed to be special,” Colbert said. “You only get to do it once, so you want to wait for that perfect journalist to share it with, not just give it up to the first guy who asks.”
Colbert went on to make the announcement sound like a sordid affair.
“I mean, Pawlenty just got up there and did it with Piers,” Colbert said. “And he let him videotape it.”
Watch the video below:
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