Comedian Stephen Colbert opened Monday’s The Late Show with a somber message, speaking eloquently of his horror at the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
“The United States came close to a great tragedy on Saturday when at a political rally down in Pennsylvania, a 20-year-old gunman shot and nearly killed a former president and the man who today became the 2024 Republican nominee,” Colbert, who is broadcasting from the Republican National Convention this week, said.
“My immediate reaction when I saw this on Saturday was horror at what was unfolding, relief that Donald Trump had lived and, frankly, grief for my beautiful country, and then fresh horror, as we learned that attendees had also been shot, one of whom died at the rally.”
