House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had an surprising tackle the lengthy and contentious battle inside his convention to provide him the gavel ― and it left “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert greater than somewhat puzzled.
“Because it took this long, now we learned how to govern,” McCarthy mentioned.
“Really?” Colbert requested. “Just this last week you learned how to govern? There are some things that you shouldn’t learn through trial and error at the last minute.”
Then, he provided an instance.
“It’s like a surgeon saying, ’Well, it took me 15 tries to open my Capri Sun, but this triple bypass should be a snap. Now, where’s the piece of foil on your chest where I poke the straw and suck out that heart attack,’” he cracked.
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