Colbert: GOPers Demanding Equal Time for Trump on NBC Are Like Subway Panhandlers

Stephen Colbert mocked the Republicans demanding equal time on NBC after Donald Trump‘s SNL hosting gig by comparing them to subway panhandlers.

John Kasich, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, Mike Huckabee, and Jim Gilmore have all requested equal time on NBC, which to Colbert is a sign of how “petty and desperate for attention” they are.

And after getting over the initial shock of realizing that Gilmore is running for president, Colbert said, “These five men want to force you to look at them. They’re like subway panhandlers.”

He then acted like a presidential panhandler, saying to the viewing audience, “I am not a drug addict. However, I am running for president. If you could find it in your heart to spare a small donation of the legal limit of $2700 I promise I will use it to find a good job in Washington, D.C.”

Watch above, via CBS.

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