In what can only be described as a cringe-worthy moment of liberal desperation, a pathetic turnout of fewer than two dozen people showed up Sunday in New York City to “rally” in support of soon-to-be-out-of-work late-night host Stephen Colbert. Even the NYPD officers stationed at the protest wrapped up early after realizing most of the attendees had already wandered off just minutes into the dud of a demonstration.
The so-called “We’re With Colbert” rally—held outside the CBS Broadcast Center on Manhattan’s West Side—was pitched as part of a nationwide effort for “integrity.” In reality, it was another tone-deaf liberal whine-fest, masquerading as a protest, full of tired slogans, worn-out anti-Trump rhetoric, and a shocking lack of actual supporters.
The event’s organizer, a man who bizarrely insisted on only being identified as “Matt” and nicknamed “Slim,” offered the kind of melodramatic pearl-clutching we’ve come to expect from the professional protest crowd. “Our country is not perfect, never has been,” he said. “But we’ve always had the First Amendment, and now Mango Mussolini is trying to take that from us.”
Yes—“Mango Mussolini,” yet another tired insult aimed at President Donald J. Trump by a left that hasn’t had a fresh idea in years.
Here’s the reality: CBS pulled the plug on Colbert’s ratings-challenged “Late Show” because it was hemorrhaging viewers and revenue. Despite the Left’s desperate attempts to spin this as some kind of Trump-orchestrated censorship plot, the facts are straightforward. The network is in the middle of an $8.4 billion merger with Skydance Media and made a business decision to cut dead weight—Colbert included.
Of course, liberals won’t accept that. Instead, they’re pretending that Colbert—who has made a second career out of mocking conservatives and slobbering over every Democrat talking point—is some kind of martyr for free speech.
One protester, refusing to give her name (as usual), called CBS’s decision a “First Amendment attack,” insisting, “We can’t stand for that.” Ironically, nobody’s stopping her from saying it—proof, once again, that the First Amendment is alive and well. What’s not alive and well? Colbert’s career.
What the Left refuses to admit is that Colbert dug his own grave. According to research by the conservative media watchdog MRC NewsBusters, Colbert’s guest list since 2022 included 176 left-wing figures—and just one Republican. So much for ideological diversity.
Colbert didn’t just lean left—he practically hosted the DNC on his soundstage every night. Night after night, he pushed woke ideology, anti-Trump hysteria, and coastal elitism disguised as comedy. Viewers got tired of it. Ratings tanked. The network finally got the memo.
But rather than take the loss with dignity, Colbert’s fans are now turning a business decision into a fake free speech crisis. It’s the same old liberal playbook: fail, blame Trump, pretend to be a victim, and demand applause.
Fortunately, America’s waking up. The days of late-night shows acting as mouthpieces for leftist propaganda are coming to an end—and not even a dozen die-hard Manhattan liberals can stop it.
