{"id":2463491,"date":"2025-07-18T12:09:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T16:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/telling-democratic-senators-are-freaking-out-about-stephen-colberts-cancellation\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T16:11:42","slug":"telling-democratic-senators-are-freaking-out-about-stephen-colberts-cancellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/telling-democratic-senators-are-freaking-out-about-stephen-colberts-cancellation\/","title":{"rendered":"Telling: Democratic Senators Are Freaking Out About Stephen Colbert&#8217;s Cancellation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftelling-democratic-senators-are-freaking-out-about-stephen-colberts-cancellation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2463491&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that &#8220;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert&#8221; will end in May 2026, a decision that has upset prominent Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiff.Both expressed their disappointment on social media, suggesting that the cancellation might be politically motivated, especially following a recent Colbert monologue criticizing CBS&#8217;s parent company Paramount over a $16 million settlement with former President Donald trump. Warren and Schiff implied the show was an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-delivers-joint-address-to-congress-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Trump delivers joint address to Congress - Washington Examiner\">critically important platform<\/a> for Democratic viewpoints and questioned weather its end was due to political pressure.The article also notes that younger audiences are moving away from customary late-night shows like Colbert&#8217;s, favoring newer media formats such as podcasts. It suggests that the cancellation might <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >reflect changing viewer preferences<\/a> rather than purely political reasons, but acknowledges the impact Colbert had, especially his memorable reactions to political events.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party&rsquo;s favorite mouthpiece is going off the air, and some of its most prominent members of Congress aren&rsquo;t hiding how dismayed they are with the news.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&rsquo;s news that &ldquo;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert&rdquo; will be closing up shop in May 2026 prompted both Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ice-agents-found-california-marijuana-farm-raid-made-whole-thing-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff to post to social media platform X about host Stephen Colbert&rsquo;s departure.<\/p>\n<p>Neither tried to hide that this was a huge blow to their party, as Colbert might as well have been on the Democratic National Committee payroll, echoing whatever narrative the left was going with on any given week to attack President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CBS canceled Colbert&rsquo;s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump &ndash; a deal that looks like bribery.<\/p>\n<p>America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Watch and  his message. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rz7HcWFLYM\">pic.twitter.com\/Rz7HcWFLYM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWarren\/status\/1946003619821580369?\">July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Trump, Warren wondered if Colbert&rsquo;s cancellation came from a monologue he gave in which the late-night host jabbed at CBS parent company Paramount for a $16 million settlement with the president over a lawsuit stemming from Trump&rsquo;s claim that &ldquo;60 Minutes&rdquo; deceptively edited their interview with former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-close-pulling-trigger-next-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> during the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;CBS canceled Colbert&rsquo;s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump &mdash; a deal that looks like bribery,&rdquo; Warren wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Schiff&rsquo;s take was not unlike his colleague&rsquo;s, posting about the matter after making a guest appearance on &ldquo;The Late Show.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled. If Paramount and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/stephen-colbert-done-cbs-ending-liberal-late-night-show-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a> ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better,&rdquo; the California senator wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schiff (@SenAdamSchiff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenAdamSchiff\/status\/1945991349339042169?\">July 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sure, maybe Paramount canceled Colbert for political reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe late-night television is a pretentious dumpster fire of smug leftists lecturing at regular people in a format they are losing interest in.<\/p>\n<p>The younger generation of viewers don&rsquo;t want come home and sit down in front of cable TV to hear another &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/libertarians-dance-with-trump-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Libertarians dance with Trump - Washington Examiner\">orange man bad&#038;rdquo<\/a>; rant from Colbert.<\/p>\n<p>Shows like Colbert&rsquo;s were not the deciding factor in last year&rsquo;s election,<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-rogan-explains-changed-mind-interviewing-trump-election-tried-kill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Rogan<\/a> Experience&rdquo; and other popular podcasts were the place both candidates knew an appearance would make the difference.<\/p>\n<p>Warren and Schiff are really just upset their favorite propagandist is losing his job. Who else will parrot their talking points to an audience of clapping seals?<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, without Colbert, who will dance around a studio pushing an experimental vaccine flanked by people in syringe costumes?<\/p>\n<p>One thing that will&nbsp;<em>actually<\/em> be missed is seeing Colbert&rsquo;s priceless reaction when his party loses on election night. There was nothing quite as glorious as watching him stunned and visibly shaken by Trump&rsquo;s victory in 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains vulgar language that may offend some readers:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BtohBA8mmHQ?si=8zBwyz8x3zzqvuKQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Fortunately, there&rsquo;s no shortage of leftists to give that reaction and then some whenever good fortune comes the president&rsquo;s way.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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On Thursday, it was announced that &#8220;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert&#8221; will conclude in May 2026, prompting Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and California Senator Adam Schiff to share their reactions on social media. Both made it clear this is a significant loss for the party, as Colbert consistently echoed the Democratic narrative, especially in his critiques of former President Donald Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2463492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Warren-Colbert-Schiff.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6124,43516,40587,38972,38026],"class_list":["post-2463491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cancellation","tag-democratic-senators","tag-media-news","tag-political-reaction","tag-stephen-colbert"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Warren-Colbert-Schiff.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2463491"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2463495,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463491\/revisions\/2463495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2463492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2463491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2463491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2463491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}