Stephen Colbert apologizes, shades Mich. man over switch from Dem to GOP
In a mocking mea culpa Thursday night, the CBS “Late Show” funnyman admitted he was wrong to accuse Republican Michigan gubernatorial candidate The man in question, Khalil Othman, 41, has confirmed to thethat he is very real and changed his party affiliation due to his frustration about “pornographic” materials in school libraries.
“During a debate, she [Dixon] told a story that frankly I doubted,” he said. “This very real person deserves an apology because he says, ‘To claim that I’m not here, I don’t exist, I’m not human, that’s absolute ignorance.’ So I would like to apologize. “Here’s the thing, I don’t make many mistakes that I’m willing to admit. But when I do, I’m big enough to admit them,” Colbert said.“OK, fair enough. But I will point out that Dixon never said your name. So what am I supposed to search for?
“I’m a parent and I believe that every parent has the right to be aware of what their kids see and read, just like everyone learning about this story has the right to know that as recently as October — last month — this guy claimed to be a Democratic politician but switched after he lost his primary and packed up his toys and went off in a huff to support an election-denying, transphobic, COVID-19 conspiracy theorist,” the host ranted.
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