Stephen Colbert on midterms: red wave looks more like ‘pink trickle’

Stephen Colbert on the midterms: ‘So far, it does not look like a red wave. Too early to tell, but perhaps a pink trickle.’ Photograph: YouTube

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert took The Late Show live on election night, as polls closed and projections for the midterm races rolled in by the hour. “So far, it does not look like a red wave,” the host said on Tuesday evening. “Too early to tell, but perhaps a pink trickle. They should really have that checked out.”