The Thursday editions of the late night comedy shows truly proved that they are simply MSNBC with more jokes. Like that network, they appreciated that the first American pope, the newly elected Leo XIV, has criticized President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on immigration. The fact that he would rebuke their views on abortion, gender, and sexuality were inconvenient things to be ignored for the sake of politics.
CBS’s host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, is the one late night host who frequently likes to say things like “as a Catholic.” He was invited to the Vatican by Pope Francis, along with several other comedians, to discuss the trade, but he still puts his liberal beliefs first. On Thursday, Colbert downplayed Leo’s conservative traits in order to hype his opinions about Vance, “Of course, there’s lots of speculation on whether…