This Wednesday's episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert set the stage for a humorous and eye opening social experiment. The test was to see if Donald Trump's supporters will defend the President no matter what he says or does.
Colbert explained that Robert Smigel's Triumph the Insult Comic Dog would report on a focus group of genuine Trump supporters reactions to a moderator showing them outrageous fake presidential ads.
Watch the video below.
Colbert explained to viewers:
"Despite the travesties of his [pandemic] response, the failed economy, and California's exploding trees, President Trump's loyal followers have stuck with him through the good times and the end times."
He continued:
“One wonders if anything the President says or does could cost him their 'herd mentality.' So we brought these actual Trump supporters to this actual focus group research center, where this actual moderator showed them a series of actual fake Trump campaign ads."
The moderator began by asking why the attendees supported Donald Trump.
One man wearing a Washington football team cap—a team known for its former racial slur name and offensive Native American themed fan attire—answered simply:
"I like money, and he knows how to make it. Uh-uhh he is not a politician"
"And it's good to have somebody that-that speaks some of the things that I want to just scream sometimes."
What could some of those things be?
"I like Trump because I like money."
I heard that somewhere.
Idiocracy wasn't supposed to be a documentary of the future. pic.twitter.com/coKgDwLCe2
— Stephen Therry (@StandingLeaf) September 17, 2020
Well, when asked by the moderator if any people would be better in reference to the fake ad promoting child labor, one Trump supporter boldly blurted out:
"The Mexicans, communities that, you know are in poverty. They're the ones that sell drugs. I don't do drugs."
"I mean, it's like they're not trying to better themselves. I mean, it's disgusting that there are, a lot of people that are just lazy"
Don't worry Karen…we're sure everyone will believe you aren't really a racist for saying brown children would be better suited for child labor or an entire race of people are disgusting, lazy drug dealers.
Another attendee, after watching a fake ad advocating testing on immigrants to see if microwaves could kill the virus, stated:
"If you admit to that, that you would possibly think to use a-an immigrant in a microwave, like that crossed your mind to take a normal person that's done nothing wrong and microwave him, nobody's gonna go for that, nobody."
"I mean I'll still vote for him. But that was stupid."
Twitter users saw a pattern in Trump's supporters.
Racism.
— Gloria Wright (@GloriaWright3) September 17, 2020
This.... pic.twitter.com/fdULKRAeXR
— Grrrrr🥇GOLD (@ggold1975) September 17, 2020
What is wrong with these people? Agreeing to microwave people? And the woman talking disparagingly about Mexican people? WTH?
— Michele Irvin (@MicheleIrvin) September 17, 2020
That's your average Trumper when they talk freely. But nooo, there's no racism in the US anymore... pic.twitter.com/5J3B6qr4W6
— Albert Raccoon (@AlbertRaccoon) September 17, 2020
Others on Twitter called out the "herd mentality" with a more blunt term: cult.
The inhumanity is so scary. I was taken back by what they accepted. They don't even recognize they're in a cult and would follow him off a cliff.
— krutesoup (@krutesoup) September 18, 2020
Untill now I had no idea how many crazy people there are!!! Cult is right!
— pjlacasse Antifa auntie!! he's impeached forvever! (@pjlacasse22) September 17, 2020
There's absolutely nothing Trump could do that would be appalling to these people. His Cult people are as shameless as he is. No, they're not ALL this gullible & obtuse. But what decent, intelligent American would want to be associated with this Trump "team"?
— CaveBearPicker (@CaveBear561) September 17, 2020
It really is a cult at this point.
— OC Mercuri (@oc_mercuri) September 17, 2020
I laughed a lot, but it's the nervous kind of laughter when you are actually scared sh!tless.
— Emily Becker (@MunkeeRajah) September 17, 2020
In conclusion Triumph summed up the results of this focus group's responses:
"…And in the end, no matter whom you support, we can all agree, America is blessed with an informed electorate, and the future is brighter than ever…for me to poop on."
The future does seem like it will be full of it Triumph.