Michigan Paper Destroys Stephen Colbert’s Claim GOP Candidate ‘Totally Made Up’ a Person: ‘He’s Real’
Late-night host Stephen Colbert appears to have baselessly accused Michigan Republican gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon of making up a person in a story she told. Last Wednesday night, he featured a clip from an Oct…
Late-night host Stephen Colbert appears to have baselessly accused Michigan Republican gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon of making up a person in a story she told.
Last Wednesday night, he featured a clip from an Oct. 25 gubernatorial debate where Dixon said, “What I’ve heard from parents across the state is inappropriate content in school libraries.”
“If you have material in your school that is something that you can’t read to a child at a bus stop because you would be arrested because it is pornographic, then it should not be in our classrooms,” she continued.
Colbert quipped, “Dixon’s not the only one worried about this issue. So is this guy she totally made up.”
He then played another clip where the Republican said, “I had a gentleman come up to me just a few nights ago, and he said, ‘I found content in my school library describing how to have sex to my son.’”
“Okay, fine, ‘that happened,’” Colbert joked with air quotes.
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However, there appears to be a problem with his joke.
The Detroit Free Press published a story on Wednesday titled, “Stephen Colbert