Colbert on Fox Colleagues Denying They Detected Alcohol on Hegseth: ‘It Was Rigorously Fact Checked Like All of Their Reports’

EXCERPT:

COLBERT: "Today Hegseth foreswore on the job saying, 'This is the biggest deployment of my life and there won’t be a drop of alcohol on my lips while I’m doing it.' A bold pledge that can mean only one thing: He is going to butt chug. Boof! The return of the boof! It’s been a while. Now, we at 'The Late Show' are nothing but fair and balanced, so I should let you know that since this NBC report, several Fox News presenters denied that they had ever detected alcohol on their former colleague when he was on the air. And while I’m sure that as this was rigorously fact-checked as other Fox News reports, it’s actually not the best news for Hegseth because it means he was sober when he did this."

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EARHARDT: "Who is going to win this battle of the lumberjacks?"

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COLBERT: "Please, axe responsibly.”