Stephen Colbert Holds the Republican Caucus in Contempt – The New York Times

The consequences are severe. Meadows could be sentenced to a year in prison, or even worse, another month working for Trump. JIMMY FALLON

Of course, Meadows needs a good lawyer, so the first thing he did was pull up Rudy Giulianis number and delete it. JIMMY FALLON

The Republican caucus is an accessory to this coup, and we recently got more evidence of that in the form of text messages to Mark Meadows, like this one received on Jan. 7 from a Republican lawmaker: Yesterday was a terrible day. Well, I mean, at least we can all agree on that. STEPHEN COLBERT

We tried everything we could in our objection to the six states. Im sorry nothing worked. Oh, so he regrets not being able to drown Lady Liberty in a bathtub. Its like sending a sympathy card that says, My deepest condolences that you lived. I was rooting for the tumor! STEPHEN COLBERT

So, who sent these messages? Well, the identity of these lawmakers was not being disclosed, so people on Twitter are now guessing names like Paul Gosar, Jim Jordan, Devin Nunes, Matt Gaetz, Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley and you can play the home version in the fun new game Clue-less. STEPHEN COLBERT

These messages have the ring of unfiltered truth because theyre taken from Mark Meadows two personal phones and nothing says innocent like a second cellphone. STEPHEN COLBERT

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Stephen Colbert Holds the Republican Caucus in Contempt - The New York Times