Colbert: Trump’s Outrageous Persona an Act, Like GOP Pretending They Like Him

COLBERT: "So this is where we are. This is where we are. These attacks on eating habits really miss the days when the candidates stuck to issues of substance, like the size of their hands and their penises. But it is outrageous behavior like this and insults like this that have shot Trump to the top of the polls. But a lot of Republicans fear that the very thing that has made him so popular in the primaries will doom Trump and the entire Republican party in the general election. So to put these fears to rest, Trump aide and future Joe Pesci character, Paul Manafort, recently told a closed-door meeting of worried Republican leaders that Trump's outrageous public persona is all an act. He's just pretending to be an offensive loose cannon, just like the GOP will soon be pretending they're happy he's the nominee."