CBS’s Stephen Colbert came dangerously close to engaging in anti-Semitic tropes about money and influence during a Thursday interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders, where the two men alleged Super PACs like AIPAC are why the U.S. refuses to strongarm Israel into ending the war against Hamas. Meanwhile, NBC’s Seth Meyers tried to suggest that arresting Ben & Jerry’s cofounder Ben Cohen for disrupting an unrelated Senate hearing was an attempt to silence people on the issue.
On The Late Show, Colbert told Sanders, “Your fellow Vermonter Ben of Ben & Jerry’s was actually at the hearing that I believe you were at yesterday and was dragged out when he was making that protest.”
Reversing roles, Sanders asked, “Why do you think more Democrats aren’t speaking up on that issue?”
Colbert replied with a one-word answer, “Money.”
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