Must-See Late Night Clip: Colbert Delivers Best Recap of CNN’s GOP Debate

Several late night hosts put out their respective recaps of the second Republican presidential primary debate last night, but with Jon Stewart off the air, none was more satisfying than Stephen Colbert’s.

The new Late Show host hadn’t launched his show yet back in August when the first debate aired on Fox so this was his real first shot at the GOP candidates in action on such a big stage. And Colbert did not disappoint.

He said Donald Trump looks like a “microwave circus peanut,” a “honey-glazed tiger testicle” and a “catheter bag full of candy corn,” before reminding his audience that the GOP frontrunner will be on his show in just five days.

On Carly Fiorina’s delayed introduction, Colbert remarked, “In her defense, everything from HP does take a little while to warm up.” On the medical marijuana portion of the evening, he added, “Way to be a narc, Rand!” And as for Jeb Bush, who admitted to smoking pot, “he isn’t low energy, he’s baked.”

Watch video below, via CBS:

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