From NY Post: The “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert said he “absolutely” should not be a presidential candidate in 2028 when asked about it earlier this month.
“Yeah, I absolutely should not run for president,” Colbert said at Slate’s “Political Gabfest” event on Dec. 18, though he added, “I understand why you’d want me to.”
After his initial response, he remarked in a satirical tone that he would need to discuss with his family and faith leader after his show ends to determine whether he would be called to “greater service to this nation.”
Colbert mocked: “Because what I believe is America’s the last best hope of mankind, and if there’s anything I can do to forward the mission of our Founding Fathers, whose love of freedom and belief in the rights of man abides in my heart like the very blood in my veins and the strength in my arms. Why, who am I to say that I should run? But if I hear the call obviously of the Lord…”
The fired host did previously file to run for president as a Democrat in 2007, paying the $2,500 fee to be included on the primary ballot in South Carolina. A wise South Carolina Democratic Primary executive council refused the application, however, believing he wasn’t a serious candidate.
In 2012, the idea of “President Colbert” came up again. He even launched a committee to run for president in South Carolina, but he failed to meet a deadline, and he wasn’t on the ballot.
Colbert clarified that he had only intended to be the president of South Carolina, and recalled that everyone was ”mad” at his antics, the Democrats especially included.
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