Stephen Colbert is praising President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw from the 2024 election. During his 'Late Show' monologue on Monday, the host called the president a "selfless leader." The comic continued his praise with a memory about convincing a then VP Biden to run in 2015 and praising how he served the country through a global pandemic.
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00:00I want to salute this good man for the selfless act of stepping aside from being the most
00:05powerful person in the world for the greater good.
00:09Stephen Colbert is praising President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw from the 2024
00:14election.
00:15During his Late Show monologue on Monday, the host called the president a selfless leader.
00:20This act puts Joe Biden in league with the history's most selfless leaders, Roman General
00:25The
00:36comic continued his praise with a memory about convincing a then-VP Biden to run in 2015
00:42and praising how he served the country through a global pandemic.
00:54He also retired his beloved pair of Biden aviator sunglasses, which he used to impersonate
00:59the president.
01:00I have officially retired my Joe Biden aviators.
01:04They will reside there on my shelf forever in a place of honor next to Captain America's
01:10shield.
01:11Elsewhere, Colbert turned his attention to VP Kamala Harris, who Biden endorsed to be
01:16the Democratic presidential nominee.
01:18Many high-profile politicians and celebrities have supported Harris, including singer Charlie
01:22XCX, whose recent album, Brat, led to a frenzy of memes starring the Veep, with Colbert even
01:28recreating the viral TikTok dance.
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