Stephen Colbert was visibly emotional and teared up during his monologue Wednesday night, appearing to be deeply moved by a speech directed at Trump by a D.C. bishop.
Colbert showed a clip of Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde’s speech to Trump during Tuesday’s inaugural prayer service which urged the president to “have mercy upon the people in our country,” including “gay, lesbian, and transgender children,” as well as immigrant “communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away.”
Trump was unimpressed by the plea, later demanding an apology and describing it as “nasty in tone.”
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