Stephen Colbert breaks character to support his sister’s Congressional campaign
Stephen Colbert plays “Stephen Colbert” on Comedy Central, and in doing so on The Colbert Report, he has pretended to be a conservative talking airhead while mocking same, and also used satire to poke holes in our political process by launching his own PAC during the 2012 election cycle. His sister, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, is running a very real election campaign right now in South Carolina. She is running as a Democrat for an open Congressional seat holding a primary election today. Yesterday, “Stephen Colbert” broke character to support his sister via an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on...
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