Stephen Colbert broke down the Democratic debates in 2 live monologues filled with jokes at the 20 candidates' expense and jabs at MSNBC's technical difficulties

BREAKING: THEY SAID PERFORMANCE ART WAS DEAD — THEN STEPHEN COLBERT LIT THE MATCH. 🔥🎭 For years, the whispers grew louder. Satire had gone soft. Political comedy lost its bite. The fearless era was over. Then came one stage. One monologue. One moment that snapped everything back into focus. Under the lights, Colbert didn’t chase laughs — he cut straight through the noise. No gimmicks. No safe jokes. Just precision, nerve, and truth delivered with a sharpness that felt almost dangerous. What pe