Song Of The Summer: Opal Lee Rejoices As Juneteenth Becomes A National Holiday

94 year-old civil rights activist Opal Lee, who spent decades lobbying for recognition of Juneteenth as a national celebration of Black independence, let out a cry of pure joy upon learning that Congress passed legislation declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday. #Colbert #Comedy #Monologue
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[@mistresskeke]

Opal lee, that's my auntie! Amazing she got a shout out by Colbert.

[@googleknowsus8184]

She is precious!!!!

[@sophierobinson2738]

She's amazing! p.s. Can you give her a hug for me? I've run out of aunties to hug. 🙁

[@mistresskeke]

@@sophierobinson2738 sure will!

[@mxmeseeks]

She is amazing! I cried at her sound of absolute excitement! She's so beautiful

[@q.barclay8562]

👍👍👍

[@courtneylougheedm.a.8752]

A lot of us native Texans have felt outnumbered for most out lives- we keep holding out for people to wake up and stop voting for Cruz.

[@alanai1981]

Yeah wassup with that? He has to go!

[@riggiep.7108]

They likely did, but these damn voting machines...

[@pauloandrade925]

As a Portuguese dude im SOOO PROUD THAT OUR MAN CRISTIANO WAS IN THE LATE SHOW! VIVA PORTUGAL 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

[@sharonmickey4566]

The African American community in Texas has always made this a holiday it sick to see the Congressman from Texas not support this...... peace and love.

[@Yasminescookingshow]

Ms. Lee's reaction is about to become the most famous meme in American history. I felt that joy. OMG!!

[@hisbeautifultruth5931]

@Schizo Tazer One day more than you, whoever you are...

[@naryanr]

I never predicted how _directly_ Texans would suffer as a direct result of their representatives' massive corruption. There's something poetic about that.

[@LLO227]

I believe it's called irony my online friend

[@whocares2087.1]

They voted for this, they deserve every bit they get.

[@steveangello6586]

I feel bad for a small group of them. They have to live around a bunch of dumbasses

[@duncanclan6186]

@Tiguar Jagger Thanks for saying this - that last guy who said we get what we deserve doesn’t get it - Khama and bad juju has me hoping when we kick out Abbott he moves into your state

[@DresdenShuffle]

If I were a Texan democrat I’d move states at this point. You can’t turn it blue, better leave cause those on the right are fucking you over.

[@MelodicQuest]

"The GOP's previous attempt to kill Obamacare, killed their recent attempt to kill Obamacare." The system works.

[@laustinspeiss]

Brings a new meaning to two left feet, on the right side foot.

[@Nissi4061]

He's so energized by having a live studio audience. I enjoyed the quieter pandemic shows but it's great to see Colbert so excited.

[@trialanderror7508]

I agree. His "home office" late show format was perfect. He definitely laughed a lot more and let his hair down with it (literally in the beginning lol). Plus his wife being there made it feel like a fun family KZbin show. The live studio audience format is like a 90s sitcom. Most shows don't use them anymore

[@frizzlethecat2084]

@@trialanderror7508 Agreed. I actually think I won't keep watching as regularly as I was before. I wouldn't mind an audience if it sounded less fake. Ugh, I hate fake-cheering. (How I notice? Well, sometimes the laughter starts before the joke is done)

[@Tuilelen]

@@trialanderror7508 ugh agreed. I much preferred the quarantine format. I really, really, REALLY hate studio audiences. So much wasted time on the sound of laughter and the host awkwardly having to wait for them to calm the fuck down.

[@pastorpumped]

I liked the pandemic Steve show more. But he’s still great.

[@c.rutherford]

I bet the studio audience is all wearing masks

[@laalaa99stl]

Obamacare: 3 GOP: 0 😂

[@victorarredondo304]

Remember 2016 when you all cried

[@quasarsavage]

@@victorarredondo304 remember 2020/1 when u all committed crimes on the capitol (and oh yeah cried too :))

[@victorarredondo304]

@@quasarsavage coming from someone from the party that rioted all summer long last year destroying small businesses over a dude who overdosed.

[@howardtheduck5958]

@@victorarredondo304 It seems you like to let Democrats and BLM live rent free in your head. Sad.

[@whocares2087.1]

@@victorarredondo304 Trump said Mexicans are rapists.

[@thebatmanwholaughs-66]

As a proud Texan and Democrat, it sad to see my once proud State be turned into the Walmart of The U.S by the mouth breathers in office...

[@uthmanbaksh3530]

After being to a Walmart, you are on the money there!

[@virtualhimeji462]

Hay now Walmart usually has heating in the winter and AC in the summer

[@tandt7694]

If Texas is the Walmart of the USA what is Florida?

[@davidlundquist1979]

@@tandt7694 Florida is America's meth dealer AND supplier of illegal pets.

[@dawnmiller2483]

@@tandt7694 the Dollar Store

[@d.w.stratton4078]

I love that Jon Baptiste hit the exact note on the piano that Ms. Opal was hollering. Such a fun and talented dude.

[@jasondonovan8633]

Hello

[@chriskelly6559]

Not only does my "gun" get smaller when it's cold, it won't "shoot"

[@laustinspeiss]

Thankfully, nobody has kicked you in the gun lately.

[@chriskelly6559]

You don't know my wife, her kicks don't miss wide right, they split the uprights. O.U.C.H.

[@camelshit-on-the-walls446]

I am happy for you folks over there. Your next National Holiday should be: *Election Day !*

[@buddydooley8650]

bingo

[@steveangello6586]

To much racist A holes. But your so right it should be a holiday. And also, thanks

[@alex35agm]

No the next National holiday will be the day Trump goes to prison.Call Don the Con day.

[@delila1830]

That would depend on who is being elected.

[@betsyduane3461]

Dems are trying to pass that with the Voting rights bill

[@BenjaminDenverstone]

Where I live in Colorado, it has been in the 100s the last week. I'm also humbled that President Biden signed Juneteenth into law. I believe all Americans should be treated equally.

[@gamepapa1211]

Every Republicans disliked that idea though.

[@steveangello6586]

@@gamepapa1211 yeah and they all suck lol they need the 👢

[@TheArcadeLink]

@@gamepapa1211 Who cares what Republicans and their Politicians like and don't like anymore. They're more of an American Nazi party than anything else. Screw them.

[@IMSiegfried]

@@gamepapa1211 Don't you mean the GQP?

[@dleet86]

@@TheArcadeLink They pledge allegiance to the flag of the Feudal American Republic of Corporate Elite and to the F.A.R.C.E. it stands for.

[@aliciacordero8399]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate VP Harris's obvious joy at getting to announce this, and the reactions to it that were shown? Beautiful and infectious.

[@shameless5444]

I love how some people are acting like this was a huge accomplishment, BUT we don't even have a National Voting Day. Lol

[@aliciacordero8399]

@@shameless5444 after four years of sliding backwards, any progress is good progress. The ideas that "we still desperately need to do X" and "Y is a significant, if singular, step in the right direction" can coexist. So yes, this *is* significant. And yes, we *also* need to make voting day a federal holiday. You can push for one without tearing down the other.

[@shameless5444]

@@aliciacordero8399 These small steps are easy and insignificant, given the real big problems (pandemic, economy, environment, terrorism, nuclear weapons, immigration, crime, education, etc). We shouldn't celebrate moving a pebble when we have many boulders that have been barely scratched. These are false, feel good victories. These problems haven't been seriously worked on or resolved for decades and decades.

[@aliciacordero8399]

@@shameless5444 the pandemic is on the way to being over, nothing really for the federal government to do there besides ask people to get the vaccine again. Crime and education take time and finesse to get right, and crime also requires comprehensive reform, so you won't be seeing those solved 5½ months into a first term. The FBI has been and keeps on rounding up the terrorists who tried to overthrow our government in January. But besides all that, visibility matters. To use your analogy, things that to you seem like an insignificant pebble can, from another perspective, actually be the first chip out of those big boulders. Not to mention we just dealt with four years of purposefully ignoring even the pebbles; it's not wrong to see one being addressed after that and feel hopeful that it's a sign of things to come.

[@penguinista]

About New Orleans: Stephen: "Nobody's saying 'don't party'." Jon Batiste: "Nobody has the courage!"

[@ebethlouise2201]

That cracked me up

[@austintiedyeco4803]

As a Texan I’m pissed that the gov is putting money toward a stupid wall when the power grid can’t handle heat or cold.

[@steveangello6586]

I feel so bad for you all

[@StatGoddess]

As another Texas, I agree..this is stupid and idiotic use of resources. Fix the power grid!

[@whocares2087.1]

That's what you voted for when you picked Republican.

[@noegodinez1777]

Gov. Abbott just wants to have a "win" for his reelection

[@sumofbitch]

Well well well now you don't want a wall but still want Trump?

[@brianmacdougall5261]

How is it that the rest of look like we've aged fourteen years in the last 18 months and Jon Batiste looks six years younger?

[@sophierobinson2738]

He's a happy soul, and has his music.

[@brandonwei2430]

@@sophierobinson2738 and an Oscar

[@katicabogar24]

He is sunshine

[@ayendabaskette3514]

That N.O. juice is the fountain of youth.

[@summerbrewster5555]

Bc Jon is immortal. Dude is an ancient soul in a millennial body.

[@zesty9815]

_“Who's going to pay for the border wall?”_ ★ *“TEXAS!”*

[@brandonsmith9860]

Ask anyone who lives near the border if they dont want a wall

[@xmlthegreat]

It's nice that Obamacare got saved but America really needs single payer Healthcare. I mean if the pandemic didn't convince you what the hell would?

[@tracychristenson177]

@W A The stock holders aren't the problem. The CEOs are. They're the ones getting the constant wage increases and benefits packages.

[@idmann17]

@@tracychristenson177 but who's approving those CEO pay increases?

[@xmlthegreat]

@@idmann17 the board of directors. Who themselves have stock. So stock buybacks and price manipulation is more important than making the company sustainable and customer friendly.

[@crazycutz8072]

@@tracychristenson177 you are wrong. sorry to say - a shareholder is always looking to get more for his/her investment - so the promise of greater dividends every year are the one thing that drives the market to obstruct good healthcare. Cooporations / companies that do "evil" and lack empathy are in abundance - and the shareholders are not punishing them at all.. the list is long. so please dont let the shareholders off the hook just yet

[@canaisyoung3601]

Another one, but this time, it'll take out more lives.

[@gateauxq4604]

‘If we just abstain from voting no one will notice…’ If you gonna be racist at least don't be cowards about it. To everyone else Happy Juneteenth! 👏👏👏

[@cujoe3192]

This kills critical race theory.... a win for conservatives. 👍

[@sophierobinson2738]

Cujoe 31 Spam bot. reporting you for hate speech.

[@livetime5815]

To see 94 year-old civil rights activist Opal Lee let out a cry of joy was a beautiful moment. True Stephen, that is the song of the summer.

[@gamepapa1211]

I wonder if she would celebrate for all of her other activist friends who did not have the good fortune to celebrate it with her today.

[@daleolson8600]

Good shoelaces Good show. P

[@christophermerlot3366]

Someone should set it to blast beats.

[@jackwarren1687]

It’s my new ringtone

[@brianrehak2425]

@@gamepapa1211 h

[@Skarlett00]

I loved the quarantine episodes, the intimacy felt, but there is no denying that Stephen projects a different type of energy with an audience. He blew It out of the park!

[@tomb3782]

He's spending money on a boarder wall but CAN'T spare any cash on power grid improvements...

[@ingridwheeler3180]

Colbert's writers are the best, and his delivery unparalleled. We are so lucky.

[@paulwest7469]

Sooo..u work for him???Geesh....get a room

[@quintdotcom]

Obviously not the best if they think Cinco de Mayo is Mexican Independence Day

[@peppabig4035]

@@quintdotcom they don’t, listen to that part again

[@Emy53]

A lot changed for this entire planet in 15 months. Many of us had life changing events. We should all be grateful and blessed to be here. Life is precious.

[@keanureeve9546]

Hello, how are you doing?

[@dn-bayou]

is it me or is Stephen on fire since the come back? the jokes, the energy, and the whole vibe is fialoed to a 12... I've been watching Stephen for years now and I can confidently say that he's at his best

[@rebeccahenderson7761]

Juneteenth as a National Holiday is finally here. NOW - how about some respect for Native Americans!!!!!!

[@shameless5444]

How about some respect for women? They represent half the U.S. population and have been oppressed much longer than African Americans or Native Americans.

[@mikeday2393]

TRUTH. word

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Gasp!! Those 14 republicans are against African Americans having a holiday based on getting recognized as actual citizens instead of property?? I’m super-surprised they would do that (he said sarcastically)!

[@ValerieJNorse]

The thing that threw me was that EVERY Senate Republican voted for it. What do you suppose, they're just sick and tired of being universally despised?

[@yabadaba1858]

As a Texan, this hurt hilariously

[@pinkdoll3462]

As a fellow Texan, I agree

[@dankmusic1212]

“Juneteenth, also known as Macklemore’s birthday, but haven’t Black Americans suffered enough?” 😆

[@shameless5444]

That was a racist and stupid joke. Lol

[@alexanderkegley3319]

Stephen on FIRE today. Has to be the best monologue I've seen in a long time

[@BrickTamlandOfficial]

now make election day a holiday, and cancel student loan debt.

[@kenbrown2808]

nah, just make colleges back up the empty promises they used to persuade students to take up that debt.

[@austinjames8854]

Opal Lee is a legend!

[@ValerieJNorse]

I had never heard her story until Rachel Maddow told it -- either last night or night before last, I've forgotten which -- and I'm SO glad I learned about her when the holiday was declared, and that the holiday was declared while she's still alive!

[@justadad6677]

OMG I missed this. Stephen is at his BEST in front of people he love being in front of. Wish I could be one to watch. Screw concerts, I want a comedy show from legends.

[@grantharriman284]

Eating and drinking to excess isn't even reserved to our own holidays. Cinco de Mayo isn't even our country's holiday. Edit: and he's already made the point...

[@ValerieJNorse]

Why do people comment before watching the whole video?

[@kenough90]

"Give us money for our project and we won't tell you what it is, or where it'll be" I'll take "Worst Kickstarter pitches for $500, Alex."

[@jimmio3727]

I'll take "Things that died with the host" for 200, please.

[@ferox965]

As a Canadian, I had to look up what Juneteenth meant. Well done.

[@AbsolutFlippy]

Stephen is on fire. The audience is really powering him up and I’m here for it.

[@youngislander6928]

Jon's little additions in the back is too funny.

[@heersyal2454]

He's what all of us aspire to be watching at home, sharing intelligent commentary! 😂

[@NewMessage]

"Why do we have tomorrow off, Mrs. Dinkle?" "No more questions! Class dismissed! I'm sick of these 'gotchya' questions! You're a nasty person, Timmy!" - Every classroom in America, if the GOP had their way.

[@gamepapa1211]

Mrs. Dinkle's first name is Karen, isn't it?

[@greeneyedlady5580]

Not every classroom, just the ones in red states, where a truthful answer will cost Mrs. Dinkle her job, and a lie will cost her integrity.

[@nonna_sof5889]

To be fair if the GOP had there way not only would tomorrow not be a holiday, there would also be no public schools.

[@whocares2087.1]

This is America.

[@steveangello6586]

@@greeneyedlady5580 that's why I go to integrity farms. They got everything I'm looking for. Don't forget to try their quarantine special. Delicsss

[@TRE45ON.is.Bat5hit.Crazy.U.S.G]

Wonderful, next National Holiday - Election Day!

[@gemelwalters2942]

I have no idea why that isn't already a thing.

[@AnnoyingMoose]

For many years on Election Day Canada has required every employer to give every worker up to 3 hours paid leave from their job in order to ensure that they have enough time to vote.

[@steveangello6586]

Hell yeah it should be

[@niksiever3135]

And it should be! So you don’t have to take time off from work.

[@cinne2135]

@@gemelwalters2942 I know why, but here's to correcting that mess: National holiday for federal elections!!

[@victorhawkins3461]

"Agua..." Of COURSE that was the perfect ending for that bit! Miss the coat closet, but welcome back to the main stage, Stephen!

[@ray24051]

Glad to see that Ms.Opal Lee has been able to live long enough to see this day happen.

[@jg6650]

Although everything he said is true, it’s too damn hot in Texas for him to be roasting us like this.

[@rebekahogle9021]

But, you're getting a big, beautiful wall!!!

[@joshcollins8946]

@@rebekahogle9021 a lot of us def don’t want it, and don’t want millions of people to go w/o power because of our state’s gov. failures.

[@psicologiajoseh]

lol

[@gamepapa1211]

Y'all better keep an eye on Ted Cruz. He tends to flee for Cancun when the heat is on.

[@ClockwiseCat]

They should not be making fun of Texans right now.

[@monatambe8447]

It was exhilarating to watch Ms. Lee's reaction. And another important decision should be that we should officially call ACA as Obamacare, not only in honor of President Obama but also to remind repubs their scornful and deriding reference to Obamacare as some joke before and during the law's passage and more importantly their umpteenth attempts to kill it.

[@kenbrown2808]

we should call it federal Romneycare, to drive home that they loved it when it was their idea.

[@denisecrawford5289]

Stephen you definitely shine with your suit and audience. You kept me going and sane through Covid but you rock being back👏👏👏

[@aoikemono6414]

Funny enough, the lights actually were on in Texas during the winter freeze. Only in downtown areas though, lighting up commercial buildings like beacons in a sea of pitch black everywhere else.

[@duchessofdork6411]

Commercial properties are more important than Residential properties because Corporations are more valued than People. Smdh

[@topixfromthetropix1674]

Many commercial buildings have generators in case they must be evacuated for emergencies with no power.

[@cherylsibson2529]

Congratulations on receiving Juneteenth Day into a National Holiday.

[@icedragon1231000]

Juneteenth is a holiday, congratulations U.S. is about time. I'm proud of you.

[@s1x6x1s]

Stephen on a roll today, hitting plenty of homerun burns

[@DanielakaBigd]

"Also known as Macklemore's birthday. Haven't black people suffered enough?" Colbert dropping bars? 🤣🤣🤣

[@SuperBlessedKing]

Happy Juneteenth, my fellow Black American people. ✊🏽🇺🇸 Black Liberation. 👏🏽👏🏽

[@ferox965]

Cheers from Canada.

[@jaquanpowell4605]

Happy Juneteenth brotha ✊🏾✊🏾

[@Cyril_Sneer]

But only for the black, right!? 🙄

[@Pyranders]

Shut up, @@Cyril_Sneer.

[@ValerieJNorse]

@@Cyril_Sneer -- If you want to get together with all the descendants of white people who were held as slaves, by all means do so.

[@WahooNikki]

I can't believe he got Nathan Lane while he's been so busy preparing for Cicada, Cicada!

[@gamepapa1211]

The Late Night Cinematic Universe is expanding at a rapid growth! Hello, fellow Seth Meyer's viewers!

[@CasualGamer11]

isn’t the title spelled “cicada, secada”? good thing you’re not Seth or you’ll have to issue a Correction haha

[@Coastfog]

@@CasualGamer11 Your the one who made the mistake, it is indeed "Cicada, Cicada!"

[@krcmaine]

Colbert needs to be in Cicade Cicade...maybe he can be the "Stage Manager" role?

[@twilfits]

Dyung 😅🤣😂

[@specialistgreen]

To see Opal Lee celebrate her lifelong achievement gave me life! Thank you for your fight, madam!

[@maxmartin2763]

"Give me your money. I'll build a wall." Didn't Steve Bannon need a PARDON from Mara-LARDO after attempting that GRIFT?

[@zesty9815]

9:02 Texas governor wants _public donations_ to fund border wall? But ... but Ol' 45 said that _Mexico_ was paying for it! I'm sure I remember that. Besides, ain't hardly nothin' left to do: _“The wall is almost complete, we just had to fix little sections, complete little sections.”_

[@CaptainKent]

I would LOVE to see Opal Lee on The Late Show as a guest!

[@iscovidoveryet7828]

LOL. Gosar...? Wasn't he the one who's family members were all part of a TV campaign promo AGAINST him ??

[@chrissiek8706]

Yep, all 5 or 6 sibling I believe, parents declined any comments.

[@ghibli608]

Beer and Coca Cola is actually a drink served in Belgium: it’s called a “Petrol” ! It’s a different take on a shangy/radler/panaché (sprite and beer).

[@Paislywalls4767]

Swipswap (coke and orange) in Germany wasn't bad. Always wondered why its not in USA. Petrol- that's funny! I used to serve A Bloody beer... UGH! Tomato juice and beer. I try to not make faces whilst serving/selling a drink. I don't think much tastes good mixed with a beer , personally. Dont bartend anymore. Was a fun job tho Have a great day!

[@jojoba11]

I believe in Portugal it's called diesel. It's not bad.

[@uhforja]

I like Schwip-schwap (Pepsi). Coke's version is MezzoMix. There are also sugar-free versions. In Spain there's Calimocho which is coke and cheap red wine. It improves the flavour or that wine.

[@DerGGGNNN]

@@jojoba11 In Germany it’s Diesel as well. But I like to drink my beer without coke.

[@aceofspades9503]

In certain places in the US you can order a Diesel, which is typically a hefeweizen with a splash of Pepsi in it. I assume its called a Diesel because it smells sort of like diesel fuel. Tastes alright though. Usually its a specialty item at certain restaurants- if you ordered it at a regular bar they would probably make it if you explained it, but would give you weird looks while doing so.

[@lesleyghostdragon3149]

"Oh...there's a star at night shining big and bright in the Ed Sullivan Theater!!!" Thank you for all the joy you create, Mr. Colbert! xoxo

[@violaberry8728]

Colbert is on the top of his game, thank you 😎😎😎😎😎

[@ERen-tj6jg]

🎯

[@DivaDen]

Eh, I missed him at home but tomato tomato 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@theguyfromthewater]

Jon & Stay Human hitting us with the classics… Touch the Sky at the end of the monologue! Love it!!!

[@themandalorianG]

"That's how it goes down sometimes" best quote on this clip

[@BeeWhistler]

We all just kind of breezed past Jon Batiste saying no one had the courage to tell people in New Orleans not to party! Jon's funnier than he sometimes gets credit for, lol! Also, my family was briefly considering moving to Texarkana because my husband could be closer to his company's main office. We were dragging our feet on it, and then we heard they'd made it legal to carry a gun without a permit and just figuratively ripped up the plans and burned them because NOPE. The power grid issue was troubling enough and now we just have one thing after another confirming Texas is not the place to be.

[@timothydavis9181]

I thought Texas was already an open carry State? I haven't visited any of my family tree there in a couple of decades, but they carried guns then.

[@chinkasuyaro8983]

@@timothydavis9181 You really dodged a bullet there.

[@marceytidwell8251]

@@chinkasuyaro8983 underappreciated post :).

[@shariwelch8760]

Hell yeah! What a great day! Happy Juneteenth everyone!

[@msstellafay1320]

You're soo funny Stephen!!! Much more laughter, and even tears from laughter now that you're living large again. So good to have you back in front of an audience; they send you energy, you send it back....cool!

[@jasondonovan8633]

Hello

[@eduardo.r5111]

5 de Mayo is not independents day for Mexico. I'm sad that this keeps spreading as no mexican celebrates it.

[@leavingitblank9363]

Spring is so boring though--- we need something to spice it up. (And according to Wikipedia, it's been celebrated in the US since 1863!!) Although, if we also acknowledged Sept 16, we could add another month to the fall celebration season!

[@Bfoots1952]

Colbert is right. People will take advantage of any holiday to drink and make merry. Can't get enough of them.🎊😄🎉

[@OrigamiMarie]

Not to mention that we Americans will take any excuse to play with explosives, and in a lot of places the gray-market fireworks are already getting started by mid-June anyway!

[@steveangello6586]

And the world sucks lol I do need another day of bliss

[@steveangello6586]

@@OrigamiMarie here comes some more fires. I hope no one throughs a reveal party. That shitll be bad

[@OrigamiMarie]

@@steveangello6586 from what I have heard, even the inventor of the reveal party regrets it now. I sure am happy that I moved to Northern Minnesota, next to Lake Superior. Won't miss the increasingly hot and smoky summers of Seattle 🙁

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

White people who "drink and make merry" on June 19th will be accused of cultural appropriation, and those who don't will be called racist.

[@Hollins23]

I love Stephen's show of gratitude in the beginning of the monologue. Well done, sir.

[@yessfernandez6039]

I'm embarrassed with our government here in Texas, we are a mockery.

[@p.b.2286]

WOW! The whole monologue was high and over the plate 👏👏

[@beckywithgoodhair19]

As a Texan, I fully support his message about Texas. And I was one of the lucky ones not affected by the winter power outage.

[@mamieanding5691]

Lucky you. I had 3 days sub-freezing down to 1 GDF degree. Yay.

[@roberthenleynola]

One of the lucky FEW, I believe.

[@LifenaDay525]

I guess you’re just special. When will you be sending that big ole check to the governor to keep the generators running? Oh, I’m sorry, I meant for the governor’s personal bank account. 😠

[@carmalitamoreno4448]

That's why you stiil support him. So I'm curious, if you had a bad outcome how would you feel? Or be like the whip lash REPUBLICANS WHO LASHED OUT on the floor of Congress their exasperation at 45"s words to his MAGA CREWS attempt to "stop the steal", "FIGHT LIKE HELL OR YOU WON'T HAVE A COUNTRY..." JANUARY 6. 2021, "...a date which will live in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by ...." President Roosevelt 1941". Switch out Japan and insert 45's MAGA and other like-minded groups.. Only for those exact REPUBLICANS go SILENT on a vote to form a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 2021 Insurrection. But I guess you're a REPUBLICAN, and flip flop to serve a means.

[@andrewbogard2411]

@@carmalitamoreno4448 they did not say they supported abbot or his idiotic decisions just the message from colbert about texas

[@hertzer2000]

Native Americans be like...Hey, hello?

[@greeneyedlady5580]

I've been happy to see the efforts to change Thanksgiving to a native peoples/Native Americans day.

[@It-b-Blair]

@@greeneyedlady5580 that’s as good as companies changing labels... looks nice but doesn’t actually change their situation. How about reliable power, clean water, and internet to all reservations. Maybe some decent public safety as well... I just got back from Maine where we passed a place called “Indian Mound Golf Club” if that doesn’t describe how the privileged still likes to piss on minorities... golf-the whitest game- on native graves... sure, they could change the name. But that doesn’t change the cultural wound. It should be given back to the tribe and curated as a historical site.

[@ValerieJNorse]

@@greeneyedlady5580 -- I kind of like Thanksgiving as is, but it would be GREAT if Columbus Day were changed to a Native Americans or Indigenous Peoples day.

[@greeneyedlady5580]

@@It-b-Blair I totally agree. It's disgraceful that in a country as wealthy as the US, so many of our native people don't even have running water. Unfortunately, President after President and Congress after Congress do nothing to change it.

[@greeneyedlady5580]

@@ValerieJNorse Sorry, I guess I was having a senior moment. You're right. It's way past time to get rid of Columbus Day.

[@Ekkie101]

Stephen Colbert is without a doubt America's greatest living comedian.

[@shameless5444]

No he isn't. He doesn't write all of his jokes. He has a staff. And a lot of his jokes fall flat. Furthermore, he dips heavily and regularly into politics (which is super-easy to do, low hanging fruit).

[@Here011]

“SPF 700 Club.” That is BRILLIANT! Hahahahaha!!

[@Nooctae]

As an European watching this show, i tend to forget you guys are weirdos about football.

[@Maja-Danmark]

As a fellow European: They think we're ''soccers''

[@Mortiis558]

It’s called soccer! Football is an American sport played by REAL men!

[@LeafHuntress]

@@Mortiis558 That stuff you do in the US is simply rugby with A LOT of extra padding & loads of time off.(& you call footy boring? sjeez!) I would even hesitate to call it a sport with all that downtime. Also it is egg-shaped thingy carried by hand thus; handegg. In Mandarin they call the uniquely US thing oliveball. Football is when you take a *round* object, called a *ball* & you kick it with your *foot*. Beloved all over the world. Although not by me... I loathe footy, but i still recognise how you name things.

[@Maja-Danmark]

@@Mortiis558 Okay, let's ask the people. Europe is more populated than the US. In every European country, the sport is called football, Fussball, fodbold, fútbol, fotboll etc. Let's include South America. You're voted down, if it comes to that. But it won't, cause we're civil. I will give you a boost of confidence: We call your kind of football 'American football'.

[@Mortiis558]

@@Maja-Danmark lol, I was being an obnoxious american, I was gonna continue on, but I don't want people to think I actually believe that

[@DarkOm3ga]

I'm so glad you're back with the audience. It feels great tonsee you in your element. I had a smile the whole clip.

[@stoffls]

Great, Stephen's on fire with the audience back! Love it!

[@skywalker39100]

Juneteenth should have been a National Holiday many years ago. I learned of it while Serving in The early 90's in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. It took 2 extra years to Find out We are Free! What happened to the Pony Express?! Thank God for it, Acknowledgement for My Ancestors that helped build This Nation for Free! That's why I get paid to Work!

[@ValerieJNorse]

Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, but of course slaveowners in territory controlled by the Confederacy weren't going to tell their slaves that they were free, so black people learned about it, bit by bit, as the Union Army made inroads into the Confederacy. The Confederate troops in Texas controlled that territory, but didn't actively make war against the Union after a certain point, so the Union pretty much left them alone. It wasn't until after President Johnson declared the war officially over in in May of 1865 that Union troops rode into Texas to break the news.

[@ursaltydog]

Instead of donations for the Texas/Mexico border wall... how about 503c tax deductible donations to repair their electrical grid instead?

[@steveangello6586]

@Tiguar Jagger and that's BS, F that wall people are dieing

[@cinne2135]

And will no doubt look to the federal government for help & resources when the sh-- gets toppled again. This is like anti maskers getting Covid yet expecting hospital services when their asses get sick. So much freedom....to tie their own nooses. *Smh*

[@abu4m9ja]

The spit take I did at the end when Stephen took a swig and said "Agua!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@skawtch]

Great to hear John chuckling from the side again :)

[@AlessandroBAM]

Colbert and the writers are on 🔥

[@QueenRaven911]

Shakespeare: "Hell is empty and all the devils are here." Colbert: "So...Pheonix!"

[@qazzaqstan]

The person honestly did not even realize the reporters were specifically asking about the heat wave

[@myemperor]

On Juneteenth, REPUBLICANS freed the slaves from their DEMOCRAT owners.

[@NewhamMatt]

@@myemperor Ah 1865. Twas a different time. I wonder what the Democrat to Republican ratio was for Unite the Right in Charlottesville.

[@seantracey9935]

@@myemperor and we all learned about it in grade school, we also learned about ideological shifts and political changes over time. I personally recommend you read a book.

[@murk4552]

@@myemperor 14 out of 100 Republicans, which says everything about the supposed Lincoln Party REPUBLICANS.

[@Opus313]

You just know that Donnie wants credit for Juneteenth National Independence Day. It might have taken longer to pass the bill if he hadn't scheduled his rally in Tulsa City last year on Juneteenth.

[@Dan-ud8hz]

All Donny the Dolt is capable of is stealing credit and placing blame. Good riddance to that rotting clown.

[@victorarredondo304]

Trump is living rent free in you're head. Remembering dates to such specific extent. How pathetic of you.

[@user-tb8lw7ok9e]

@@victorarredondo304 imagine being so obsessed with someone you can't even stray away from your one argument for your lips on his ass(we all know you couldn't give a shit about covid don't even try to pretend)

[@Opus313]

@@victorarredondo304 I simply have a good memory. Does Donnie get to live rent free in your head or does he pay you to be his troll?

[@BazzBrother]

@@victorarredondo304 We will never forget Jan 6th, and we will never forgive you.

[@District.24]

U.S. Government: We can give them billions in reparations, or a day off work. Let's give them a day off work, so we can get the same day too.

[@castortroy1853]

If you're going to give blacks reparations, you might want to make sure you're not giving any to the descendants of black slave owners, and you might also want to set aside some for the descendants of white slaves, too.

[@tkyap2524]

Yes, long overdue. History cannot be erased, but we can live with it and have peace in our heart.

[@gamepapa1211]

So what are we officially calling Juneteenth now that it's a national holiday though? Liberation Day? Emancipation Day? Republicans Be So Mad Day?

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Problem, GOP? Day.

[@gamepapa1211]

@@ninjabluefyre3815 nice call back to a classic.

[@cujoe3192]

This kills critical race theory.... a win for conservatives. 👍

[@Mexicobeanpole]

@@cujoe3192 Shows the type of person you are that you consider that a win.

[@amaalmohamed4450]

@@cujoe3192 what win people will learn about the emancipation day in school I’m depth now lol

[@MikeTheBFG]

As a man who lives in Phoenix. I can attest that it's literally hot as hell here... and then a heat wave happened. It shouldn't be 117 for 8 more weeks.

[@noegodinez1777]

Phoenix is a testament to man's ignorance

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Colbert is enjoying the live monologues so much! Adorable! :D That makes them even more enjoyable to watch.

[@no2pencilman]

Great to see you back in front of an audience, in fine form!

[@vercoda9997]

Being just a faraway European, I didn’t know that Americans didn’t already somehow mark the end of slavery. I’d like to say that I’m shocked that any politicians voted against such a move, but I see they’re all Republicans so, you know, nothing else needs to be said. I’m sure that many of your citizens will continue to say they’re proud to support a party that objects to celebrating the end of slavery. Best of luck to everyone else over there, and have great Juneteenths in future...

[@MustardSkaven]

A lot needs to be said. It's weird it were 14 republicans that voted against since the holiday celebrates a republican victory over the democrats (who wanted to keep slavery going). I am assuming these 14 didn't want the recognition although if you look into their reasons, they claim identity politics and CRT (Marxist) agenda. So not exactly the "can't celebrate end of slavery" straw man you put forward. I'll excuse you though, since you admitted not being very aware of US politics. As a fellow European, I'm surprised you were unaware of this being a new holiday, however.

[@kate_6436]

@@MustardSkaven hey just wanted to let you know that the Republican and Democratic parties switched platforms in the late 1800s to early 1900s. So the Democrats that you’re talking about that wanted to keep slavery going are actually today’s modern Republicans not today’s Democrats. So actually their point still stands there’s nothing to excuse them for.

[@dusssss631]

@@MustardSkaven as a fellow European, I'd like to point out that a lot of European countries do not have a day on which they celebrated the end of slavery. The Netherlands have juli 1st, but what other country?

[@MustardSkaven]

@@dusssss631 How many European countries had domestic slaves in recent history?

[@andrewbogard2411]

@@MustardSkaven there was a huge majority of southern Democrats in the 1950's and 1960's who switched to the Republican party when the democratic party started pushing for desegregation. It was called the dixie Democrat shift, the effects are shown through the southern states mainly voting for Republican and the northern states mainly voting Democratic. There are a few exceptions in the south but this is mostly the case. I dont think most southern Republicans are still racist but you still have a large chunk of them that are.

[@kaschafe22]

Holy shit he is on point tonight.

[@johnrobinson4445]

Voting works. Let's vote even MORE.

[@joshuaryan5511]

That was one of the best Colbert monologues I’ve seen 👏

[@cwn41]

I’m happy everyone is there but I’ll always miss the backyard and spare room late show

[@foxbomber5]

It will be an experience you can relate and say "I remember . . ."

[@gamepapa1211]

I'm just happy they kept "the Vaxx-Scene intro is so long" joke during their very first show ever.

[@Creerbass]

It certainly was a much more personal experience

[@lorrainethomas8797]

I feel you. Stephen is a performer, so an audience is key. But what he gave us during the worst of the pandemic...Jaysus. Not sure he'll ever understand how much that contributed to our mental health.

[@jeanielowe3246]

I hear that!!

[@GameOfDepth]

Phoenix is not Hell, Phoenix is Hell’s waiting room.

[@theresaiwright7085]

😂😂😂

[@rudestlittlesoundwave642]

LMAO!!!! Good one👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@virtualhimeji462]

Exactly which is why every bus stop has a host of oddballs

[@s.a.herrmann3684]

Juneteenth-It’s about time!! So hey America, how about we update our history books now to reflect our true, heinous past? 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@shameless5444]

What are you talking about? Lol

[@marvelfan5444]

I attended the show yesterday at Ed Sullivan theatre! It was amazing!