Stephen Colbert’s week of inviting Democratic politicians to CBS and The Late Show continued on Wednesday with Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy. Colbert began by praising Murphy’s gun control advocacy as he tried to use the shooting at the Dallas ICE facility to push the idea. Murphy, meanwhile, tried to argue that it was actually President Trump doing the politicizing because political violence should not be seen as a left-wing or right-wing thing.
After introducing Murphy, Colbert let the praise flow, “Before we get into anything else, right off the top, I just want to point out and let everybody know that you have been a tireless advocate for gun control for years now. And as you know, and I think most of the people out here know, today there was another tragic shooting. This time at an ICE facility down in Dallas.”
He then wondered, “We don't know a lot about it so far. What goes through your mind when you hear about another shooting like this?”
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