CBS’s Stephen Colbert reacted to President Joe Biden’s decision to end his re-election bid on Monday’s edition of The Late Show by gushing over his supposedly “great” presidency, retiring “Joe Biden is old” jokes, and doing a happy dance because he has hope again.
The fawning began even before Colbert took the stage, as the cold open included a montage of clips of everything from SpongeBob to Top Gun: Maverick as a salute to Biden. Once Colbert took the stage, Colbert got in on the saluting, “President Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race. I mean, it’s shocking, but this makes sense. It’ll give him time to rest up for 2028. And I, for one, I want to salute this good man for the selfless act of stepping aside from being the most powerful person in the world for the greater…
