‘Do It!’: CNN Panelist Calls for Stephen Colbert to Run for President Following the Cancellation of His Show

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>> This is and this is crazy, because what Trump is doing is running around bullying people when they hurt his feelings. And if you look at Stephen Colbert‘s show, he talks trash about everybody. And the idea that he‘s happy that colbert‘s show got canceled because there‘s a merger he wants to happen is another example. Has there been another president that has spent more time litigating against media outlets?
>> No.
>> Of course not. But I mean, this is will we ever know if this is why it happened? Because the parent company in the merger? No. But also, yes. Because you know why you don‘t kill your cash cow? I mean, TV‘s losing money across the networks, and that‘s the trend that we‘re going. But Stephen Colbert is number one and has been for a long time. Also, Stephen Colbert.
>> Losing $40 million a year.
>> Every show is losing money. It‘s still making them plenty of money in ad revenue every year. But, you know, listen, Stephen has I worked for Stephen for six years.
>> Yeah. I was going to say.
>> You‘ve. And I know him really well. Very well.
>> He‘s beloved by everybody and everybody who works in the staffs family. But the thing that really put him on the map really made him super famous, was speaking truth to power to the president. United States at the White House correspondents dinner in 2006, every night at the colbert report, an audience member would ask him about that moment. He‘s always done that. He‘s always punched up at power, speaking truth to power. And wherever my camera is, I want this one. I want to tell Stephen, you should run for