Watch Rand Paul Awkwardly Refuse to Talk About Pot With Stephen Colbert
“Did you think that actual governing experience would be a liability?” Stephen Colbert joked to his guest Wednesday night, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, when prompted about his low poll numbers behind GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. Trump — who Colbert calls a “guy who builds golf courses” — continues to have a strong lead in the polls for the Republican party nomination.
On the conversation of the 2016 election, Paul, who finds himself in seventh place currently, told Colbert on The Late Show, “All kidding aside, I think there’s a seriousness to leading a nation of 300 million.”
“God I hope so,” Colbert interrupted.
By all accounts, Paul delivered a very affable and funny interview on The Late Show Wednesday night, poking fun at himself for his self-given haircuts and sense of fashion. He continued to pick on some of his GOP rivals, citing “the big guy from New Jersey” who is eager to shoot down Russian planes.
As for the necessary skill set for the job at hand, Paul notes, “You want someone with judgement, someone with wisdom, but someone with restraint.” But when Colbert pivoted the conversation to the always-intruiging issue of smoking marijuana, Paul was far less on-board.
“What about on drug-policy reform?” asked the host.
Paul grew serious when hearing the question: “You’re not gonna talk about pot, are ya?”
Although Paul attempted to play off the situation in a light-hearted manner, the self-described “Libertarian-ish” Senator refused to provide an answer directly. “I thought you said we weren’t gonna talk about pot, Stephen.”
“You tried to sell me pot back stage!” Colbert retorted to a huge laugh from the crowd. Without missing a beat, Colbert continued to clarify, “I’m sorry, you tried to sell me on the idea of changing sentencing guidelines for pot. I should have said the entire sentence.” The crowd watching Wednesday’s taping at the Ed Sullivan Theater roared with laughter.
“Tell you what: please come again, and we won’t talk about pot,” Colbert concluded. Watch the above video from CBS.
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