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Stephen Colbert on Obama’s youth vote ad: ‘Real youth pastor energy’

Stephen Colbert on Barack Obama’s ad to youth voters: “I love that man, but that has real youth pastor sitting in the chair backwards energy.”
Stephen Colbert on Barack Obama’s ad to youth voters: ‘I love that man, but that has real youth pastor sitting in the chair backwards energy.’ Photograph: YouTube

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert turned his attention to the midterm elections, and with two weeks away, Democrats are pushing hard on the youth vote. The Late Show host pointed to an ad in which Barack Obama tried to relate to young voters: “I’ve heard a lot recently about how voting doesn’t solve everything, and I can see why you might think that. It won’t make Outer Banks or Euphoria season 3 or Rihanna’s new album drop any faster.”

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