Trust Stephen Colbert, the over-the-top faux conservative commentator, to take on the personhood controversy dogging Republican Congressman Cory Gardner in his bid to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Udall.
In last night’s segment of “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central,” Colbert examines what he calls “Midterm ‘014: Detour to Gridlock,” a look at Senate races that could tip the balance of power after November. His report on Colorado starts about 4:04 minutes in and includes a now obligatory pot joke (), with Colbert saying the race is too close to call and the charts tracking voting patterns “
“Who would’ve thought a guy would make Colbert?” was Gardner’s response to being targeted on the show.
Colbert brought up t, which Gardner co-sponsored. Gardner insists it is not personhood, which grants rights at the time of conception — and thus could ban abortion and contraceptives, but Personhood USA says the measure is personhood. Colbert included a with Fox 31’s Eli Stokols, where Gardner keeps saying there is no federal personhood bill.
Colbert, through an act of “magic” that leaves the audience in stitches, makes the bill disappear.
Shortly after Gardner entered the Senate race in February, he announced he was wrong to. He has been hammered by Udall and the left for still supporting the federal measure, which critics said is more of the same.
