Stephen Colbert tries to outdo Trump's over-the-top warning about fictional men victimized by #MeToo

Stephen Colbert mocks Trump mocking Ford

There was just one thing President Trump wasn't supposed to do, and that's mock the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford about her alleged sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Stephen Colbert said on Wednesday's Daily Show. "But last night, he just couldn't resist his desire to whip it out." He played the clip. "There he is, going after the woman vote — and I do mean woman, singular," Colbert joked, inaccurately but with a funny picture of Don Jr. in a wig. He also showed a montage of Ford answering some of the questions Trump mockingly said she hadn't.

"There's also a new narrative out there that it's not just men like Brett Kavanaugh who need to live in fear," Colbert said, golf-applauding Trump's performance of "his one-man show, Downfall of a Fictional American Man." He enacted his only slightly more over-the-top version, and you can watch that below. Peter Weber

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.