Stephen Colbert gets emotional, tearing up over President Trump's "fascist" lies about the presidential election

The Daily Beast

“We’re taping this just a little while after Donald Trump walked into the White House briefing room and tried to poison American democracy,” The Late Show host said to open his show. “That’s why I’m not sitting down yet. I just don’t feel like it yet. That’s also why I’m dressed for a funeral. Because Donald Trump tried really hard to kill something tonight.” Instead of offering jokes, Colbert offered commentary that was both somber and searing. “Just nonsensical stuff about illegal vote dumps and corrupt election officials and secret Democratic counting cabals and, I don’t know, long-form birth certificates, probably. It’s all the same,” he said. “And if you didn’t know that Joe Biden was getting close to 270, Donald Trump just provided all the proof you will ever need.” ALSO: Late-night hosts react to the stress of the neverending election.