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Colbert Sings and Plays the Bongos to Hype Biden Economy

In his attempt to convince people that the Biden economy is actually doing quite well, CBS’s Stephen Colbert donned sunglasses and a fake goatee on Thursday’s installment of The Late Show as he played the bongos and sang an awkward song about how people struggling with inflation just don’t get it.

Before the musical performance, Colbert reported “Oh, there’s more good news for Biden. The economy is cooking right along. The Dow’s north of 38,000 today, wages are up, unemployment’s below four percent for 23 months in a row, and today the Commerce Department announced the economy grew at 3.3 percent rate in the last quarter.”

 

“Now, what does that mean? Well, it’s a little technical, but according to macroeconomic theory, number go up equal good,” Colbert continued. 

Colbert then played a montage of media personalities…

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