Stephen Colbert’s Hungry For Power Games paid tribute to the latest fallen presidential candidate, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, on Tuesday night’s episode of “The Late Show.”
Colbert’s recurring segment is based on the wildly successful Hunger Games franchise, which features tributes fighting to the death in an arena.
“His fall was not unexpected. He failed to win a single state on Super Tuesday or on average Wednesday,” Colbert said.
But Colbert had some advice to offer the failed candidate.
“Doctor, with your eyes closed, you cannot see anything forward,” Colbert said.
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Ben Carson?
That seems like ages ago this morning.
This has been a beautiful ongoing bit. So much fodder (Jindal’s was classic), so much Schadenfreude. A part of me actually wouldn’t mind seeing what a Republican President would face with Stephen… but that part was deemed an operable cancer and removed. Dave, we miss ya, but we’re lovin’ your successor!
Colbert is a treasure: