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Adam Schiff Talks Of Donald Trump’s “Climate Of Fear” In ‘Late Show’ Guest Appearance; Senate Democrats Raise Questions Of CBS Cancellation — Update
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert started out on Thursday with the host making the bombshell announcement that CBS was canceling the show, effective next May.
That wasn’t addressed in his interview with Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), even though the Trump nemesis did address the president’s success in creating what he called a “climate of fear.”
“He wants to make the law firms afraid,” Schiff told Colbert. “He wants to make universities afraid. He wants to make immigrants afraid. he wants to make citizens afraid. He wants to make news organizations, CBS and Paramount afraid. He wants to make ABC afraid. And he is succeeding.”
Later, Schiff did address CBS’ decision to cancel Late Show, writing on X, “Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled. If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.” [...]