Monday, October 08, 2018

Stephen Colbert 'Late Show' Writer Ariel Dumas: 'I'm Just Glad We Ruined Brett Kavanaugh's Life'

Stephen Colbert 'Late Show' Writer Ariel Dumas: 'I'm Just Glad We Ruined Brett Kavanaugh's Life'
"Ariel Dumas, a writer for CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, came under fired this weekend after tweeting that despite Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation, she’s “just glad” that his life was “ruined.”
“Whatever happens, I’m just glad we ruined Brett Kavanaugh’s life,” Late Show writer Ariel Dumas tweeted.
The tweet was later deleted, and Dumas followed up by offering up a halfhearted apology.
The last couple of weeks have been hard for the country and for me personally. The complexity of frustration, anger and sadness can’t be accurately conveyed on twitter, and I regret my tone-deaf attempt at sarcasm in the wake of it.
...Whatever the reason for her tweet, it seems that this kind of rhetoric is acceptable to Stephen Colbert.
Colbert has regularly engaged in over-the-top anti-Trump rhetoric. The 54-year-old called President Trump a “racist, horny old burger-goblin who literally steals children from poor people” in July. 
He also displayed an image of White House adviser Stephen Miller with his head on a spike in 2017..."
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