Colbert: If I Were to Run for President, I’d Ask My Son-in-Law to Contact the Russians

EXCERPT:

COLBERT: “And while I was — and while I was in St. Petersburg, I was a guest on the Russian late night talk show, Evening Urgant. It’s hosted by the very talented Ivan Urgant. Ivan, I presume, is Russian for Jimmy, I’m not entirely sure. But for those of you not familiar with late night TV in Russia, it might seem a little foreign. Let me explain it to you. A white male host does some monologue jokes, then sits behind desk to interview celebrities. It works over there somehow, I’m not sure. And while talking to Ivan, I accidentally made some news on purpose.”
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COLBERT: “I’m here to announce that I am considering a run for president in 2020. And — and I thought it would just be better to cut out the middle man and just tell the Russians myself. If anyone would like to work on my campaign in an unofficial capacity, please just let me — “
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COLBERT: “Now, cut that off right there. Cut that off right there. We’ll have the whole damn thing a little later on in our week of Russian shows. Now to be clear, all I said in that little clip there was that I was considering a run. If I decide to run, obviously I’m not going to ask the Russians to help my campaign, okay? I would have my son-in-law ask them."