Liberal talk show host Stephen Colbert caved and made a public apology to a Michigan voter who said he has flipped from Democrat to Republican.
During a segment on his show, Colbert mocked Mulsim-American voter Khalil Othman and claimed he wasn’t real.
Othman is an angry parent who had enough of the Democrats and told Michigan’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon that schools have adult-themed books in their libraries.
But Colbert claimed that Dixon “totally made up” Othman and his story.
โDixonโs not the only one worried about this issue,โ Colbert told his viewers.
“So is this guy she totally made up.”
Khalil Othman fired back saying: โTo claim that Iโm not here, I donโt exist, Iโm not human, thatโs absolute ignorance.
โIf this person did his due diligence and start researching or has his team do a little bit of research of whoโs this person who attended Dixonโs rally, they will be able to find my name right away easy on social media.
โJust Google it. My name is Khalil Othman,” he said.
“I came all the way from Dearborn, Michigan.
โI am a proud Muslim American who expresses my values and concerns all the time.
“Dearborn has been voting Democrat blue for the last decade or two decades.
โBut not anymore.
“On behalf of myself and my family, I guarantee you for sure that my family and my friends will vote for Republicans.
โNever once did I ever vote Republican.
โHowever, the situation with the sexually explicit material in the schools was for me a bridge too far.
โWhen it comes to my kids and my family, I will not budge.โ
โThe Democratic establishment has been ruling Dearborn for the last two decades.
โThe parents did not receive any kind of support from the whole top leadership, all elected officials, all Democratic leadership.โ
On "The Late Show," comedian @StephenAtHome accused Tudor Dixon of making up a story about a concerned parent. That parent, Khalil Othman, is very real and speaks with @ChrisCuomo about how Colbert was "disrespectful."#CUOMO pic.twitter.com/VyXsATU9ov
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Colbert issued a short-lived apology to Othman on his show before almost immediately trashing him again.
โHereโs the thing, I donโt make many mistakes that Iโm willing to admit,” Colbert said.
“But when I do, Iโm big enough to admit them.
“During a debate, she told a story that frankly I doubted.
โThis very real person deserves an apology because he says, โTo claim that Iโm not here, I donโt exist, Iโm not human, thatโs absolute ignorance.โ
“So I would like to apologize.
“It is a terrible thing for someone to deny your very existence.
“Just ask trans people.
โTherefore, I, Stephen Colbert, acknowledge that you exist and ask that you forgive me.
โOK, fair enough,” he added.
“But I will point out that Dixon never said your name.
“So what am I supposed to search for?โ Colbert asked Othman.
“All she said was I had a gentleman come up to me, and he said I found content in my school library describing how to have sex to my son.
โHe said that should be enough.
“So letโs Google some keywords from that sentence.
โIโm a parent and I believe that every parent has the right to be aware of what their kids see and read just like everyone learning about this story has the right to know that as recently as October last month, this guy claimed to be a Democratic politician but switched after he lost his primary and packed up his toys and went off in a huff to support an election-denying, transphobic, COVID-19 conspiracy theorist.
โWhat a wonderful example for all of our children.
โBy the way, fella, if you didnโt know that about Tudor Dixon before you supported her, you should Google it,โ he said.
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