Stephen Colbert Attacks CBS (His Own Network!) Over Mick Mulvaney Hire
This week, CBS News announced they had hired Mick Mulvaney, who served as the budget director and chief of staff under former president Trump, as its newest contributor.
“Recently, my network has gotten a lot of criticism—much of it from itself—because CBS News has hired the ex-president’s former chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to ‘provide political analysis across the network’s broadcasts and platforms,’” explained Mulvaney’s network-mate, Stephen Colbert, on Thursday night’s Late Show.
The late-night host then stared directly into the camera and exclaimed, “What the fuck?!”