Colbert joked that Alito “dropped a dime on his gal” when the Supreme Court justice blamed his wife for the flying of an upside-down American flag at their home shortly after Jan. 6.
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(Blame It On My) Wife Guy
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has come under fire after photos showed an upside-down American flag flying in front of his Virginia home shortly after the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.
Stephen Colbert said on Monday that there is “no possible reason for a Supreme Court justice displaying a symbol of insurrection at his home, which is why, when this photo was published, Alito immediately did the right thing, owned up and blamed his wife.”
“So he dropped a dime on his gal, citing the landmark case of ‘Me Just Tryna Live My Life v. Ladies Be Crazy, Amirite?’” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“And that’s significant because, at that time, the upside-down flag had become a symbol of the ‘Stop the Steal’ movement, and even worse, all of Alito’s garden gnomes were fully Q-Anon.” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“So, Alito clearly knew about this because he came and went for several days, and, to paraphrase my favorite spangled banner, ‘The flag was still there.’” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“By the way, if you didn’t like those jokes, they were my wife’s idea. I just came home, and the jokes were there. I had nothing to do with those jokes.” — STEPHEN COLBERT
The Punchiest Punchlines (The Defense Rests Edition)
“Speaking of Trump’s hush money trial, today after calling 20 witnesses over the past month, the prosecution rested their case. When he heard, Trump was like, [imitating Trump] ‘Big deal, I’ve been resting the whole case.’” — JIMMY FALLON
“Prosecutors concluded their case today. The defense is expected to rest tomorrow, and I have to say, I don’t think the defense has ever been more well rested than this one.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
“Today, Michael Cohen was back on the stand in Trump’s hush money trial and he admitted to stealing $30,000 from the Trump organization. It’s nice at the end of one trial when they tease the next trial.” — JIMMY FALLON
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