“If you’re a little confused about this ridiculous thing, you’re not as confused as CNN,” the anchor said of the viral response from Democrats.
The internet is Kamala Harris’ voice has been turned into thousands of memes. While younger generations have already caught on to the trend, mainstream media has been quick to explain exactly what a summer of naughty girls means to older people and how it applies to the presidential election.
Stephen Colbert offered his own interpretation of the Late Show Last night, he described the so-called “meme-ization” of Vice President and potential Democratic nominee Harris. He called her a “meme candidate” thanks to her viral speeches.
“Now, the Internet is full of coconut images, and there’s an error message on Kamala’s website that says, ‘This page exists in the context of everything that came before it,’” Colbert said. “That’s a very good reference. That’s very good. But I would have chosen, ‘This page is Coco-not found.’”
Colbert recounted the strong online reaction to Harris, including several TikTok videos created about her and Charli XCX's “Kamala is a bad girl” tweet.
“If you’re a little confused about this rude thing, you’re not as confused as CNN,” Colbert said, playing a clip of the news network trying to understand the meme and failing utterly. “Nothing says ‘I’m on trend’ like printing out a meme and putting on your reading glasses.”
Colbert added that according to the news, unlike Jake Tapper, he is a badass. He danced to Charli XCX's song and threatened her, “Move Tapper.”
Late Show It also aired a fake Harris campaign, inspired by memes and directed at Donald Trump.
