What Doesn't Kill You Makes You 100 Days Stronger
April 29
2017
Summary:
Stephen Colbert marks the end of Donald Trump’s first 100 days by arguing that while the president has achieved little, Americans have stayed engaged through protests and cultural moments, framing it as a period of public resilience. He focuses on the White House’s reliance on anonymous leaks, highlighting one official’s admission that governing is “hard,” and uses it to mock the administration’s lack of experience. Colbert also critiques the launch of the VOICE office as a rebranded ICE hotline that he says fuels anti-immigrant sentiment, then notes how prank callers and trolls immediately flooded it, turning the effort into a public embarrassment.
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Stephen Colbert
WELCOME TO THE LATE SHOW.
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I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
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IT IS FRIDAY.
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HAPPY WEEKEND, EVERYBODY.
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THANK YOU.
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SOMETIMES PEOPLE NEED REMINDING THAT IT'S FRIDAY.
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RIGHT.
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THEY GO, IS THIS THURSDAY OR IS THIS FRIDAY?
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YOU GO, IT'S FRIDAY, AND SUDDENLY THEY'RE VERY EXCITED.
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IT'S FRIDAY, EVERYBODY.
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THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
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THAT'S OBVIOUS.
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THAT'S OBVIOUS.
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YOU'RE WELCOME, BY THE WAY.
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AND, OF COURSE, THIS BEING FRIDAY, TOMORROW BRINGS US TO THE END OF DONALD TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE.
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AFTER THIS, NO, AFTER THIS, WE CANNOT BRING HIM BACK TO THE STORE WITHOUT A RECEIPT.
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SLIGHTLY DAMAGED GOODS.
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THANK YOU.
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NOW, MAYBE THE PRESIDENT HASN'T GOTTEN A LOT DONE IN HIS FIRST 100 DAYS.
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BUT YOU KNOW WHO HAS?
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AMERICA.
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ALL RIGHT?
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CONGRATULATIONS.
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YOU DID IT, ALL RIGHT?
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FIRST OF ALL, WE SURVIVED A TRUMP PRESIDENCY FOR 100 DAYS, ALL RIGHT?
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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU.
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WE MADE IT.
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I DID NOT HAVE THAT IN THE OFFICE POOL.
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WE REALLY SURPRISED ME IN A LOT OF WAYS.
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I DON'T THINK, AMERICA'S NEVER BEEN BETTER, IN MY OPINION, OKAY?
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LA LA LAND AND MOONLIGHT WON BEST PICTURE.
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THAT'S TWICE THE BEST PICTURE IN ONE YEAR.
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BILL O'REILLY GOT FIRED AND NOW HAS TO...
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HE'S GONE.
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HE'S OUT THERE IN THE WORLD.
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HE'S HAVING TO SEXUALLY HARASS PEOPLE FREELANCE.
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IT'S NOT EASY.
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AND IT'S NOT JUST FAMOUS PEOPLE.
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IN TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS, EVERY AMERICAN HAS DONE AMAZING THINGS.
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THERE'S SO MANY MARCHES NOW, OKAY?
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EVERYBODY, ANYBODY MARCHED IN THE LAST NUMBER OF DAYS?
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YEAH.
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EVERYBODY'S OUT THERE.
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WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REBRAND THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE AS THE MARCH AGAINST SOBRIETY.
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THE POINT IS, HASHTAG, WHERE ARE MY PANTS?
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THE POINT IS, A LOT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY, JUST NONE OF IT BY HIM.
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ONE THING WE'VE ALL BEEN GETTING USED TO IN THESE FIRST 100 DAYS IS THE SHEER NUMBER OF ANONYMOUS QUOTES COMING OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
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NO ONE WANTS TO PRINT THEIR NAME.
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AND IF YOUR NAME WAS REINCE PRIBUS, YOU'D PROBABLY FEEL THE SAME WAY.
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HERE'S A LEAK.
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WHEN WAS THIS?
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THIS WEEK?
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JUST THIS WEEK?
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A LEAK JUST THIS WEEK.
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IN A ROUND-UP OF TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS, AN ANONYMOUS WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL TOLD POLITICO, I KIND OF POOPOOED THE EXPERIENCE STUFF WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, BUT THIS IS HARD.
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TO BE CLEAR, IN THAT QUOTE, THIS REFERS TO AMERICA.
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AS IN, MAKE THIS S*** GREAT AGAIN.
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BUT SO INSPIRING.
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SO INSPIRING.
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I'D BUY THAT HAT.
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I'D BUY THAT HAT.
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BUT TRUMP HAS MANAGED TO GET ALMOST ONE THING DONE ON IMMIGRATION, BECAUSE THIS WEEK, THE WHITE HOUSE LAUNCHED THE VOICE OFFICE TO REPORT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT CRIMES.
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YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE AN IMMIGRANT CRIME LINE.
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I MEAN, LIKE IT SAYS ON THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, NOT THAT ONE, HE'S GOT A KNIFE!
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BUT THE THING IS, ICE ALREADY HAD A HOTLINE THAT DOES THIS.
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IN FACT, OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY REBRANDING AND REVAMPING SERVICES.
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SO ALL TRUMP DID WAS TAKE SOMETHING THAT ALREADY EXISTED, REBRAND IT, AND MAKE IT SEEM A LITTLE MORE RACIST.
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SAME THING HE'S DONE WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
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NOW, THIS DOES NOT FOOL ANYBODY.
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IT'S LIKE TIME WARNER BECOMING SPECTRUM.
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NOW I'M JUST SPENDING ALL DAY WAITING FOR A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT COLORED VAN.
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BUT EVEN THIS SORT OF ACCOMPLISHMENT IS OFF TO A ROUGH START BECAUSE AS SOON AS THE HOTLINE LAUNCHED, PEOPLE STARTED TROLLING IT, AND IT WAS BOMBARDED BY REPORTS OF SPACE ALIENS.
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YEAH, YEAH.
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I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WAS TALKING ABOUT.
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AND HALF OF THOSE WERE FROM REINCE PRIBUS CALLING TO REPORT STEVE BANNON.
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He kind of looks like Vincent D'Onofrio from Men in Black, you know?
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In the ill-fitting man suit.
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Now, listen.
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Now, Mr. President, I really think we've got to ban these Muslims.
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Do you have any sugar water by any chance?
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I don't know.
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And that's my D'Onofrio, everybody.
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So...
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I'm in Minnesota.
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SO FACED WITH THE INJUSTICE OF AMERICANS BEING ASKED TO REPORT ON THEIR NEIGHBORS, CLEARLY IT WAS UP TO REAL PATRIOTS OF AMERICA PRANK CALLERS.
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IT REMINDS ME OF THE FAMOUS QUOTE, FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE MUSLIMS AND I SAID NOTHING, THEN THEY CAME FOR THE MEXICANS AND I SAID HOWARD STEARNS' PENIS, BABABOOY, BABABOOY.
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SO THANK YOU, HOWARD STEARNS' PENIS.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.