{"id":35022,"date":"2019-09-28T01:45:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T01:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35022"},"modified":"2019-09-28T01:45:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T01:45:03","slug":"watch-stephen-colberts-audience-go-wild-at-the-news-of-trump-impeachment-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35022","title":{"rendered":"Watch Stephen Colbert&#8217;s audience go wild at the news of Trump impeachment inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fstory%252Fthumbnail%252F103591%252Fd92df99b-b496-49fa-93b6-8555f99bcaca.png%252F575x323__filters%253Aquality%252880%2529.png?signature=5osBKaoKkFM67enmszn7XqmnZKA=&#038;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&#038;text=Watch+Stephen+Colbert%27s+audience+go+wild+at+the+news+of+Trump+impeachment+inquiry&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Fvideo%2Fstephen-colbert-trump-impeachment-news%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Twitter\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-e71baf64f2ec58d01cd28f4e9ef6b2ce0370b42fbd965068e9e7b58be198fb13.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Fvideo%2Fstephen-colbert-trump-impeachment-news%2F&#038;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-8e3bd31e201ea65385a524ef67519d031e6851071807055648790d6a4ca77139.jpg\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-template=\"viralvideo - YT\" data-ytchannel=\"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CYPtoo1lvmM?enablejsapi=1&#038;\" width=\"640\"> <\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Tuesday that the Democrat would be launching an impeachment inquiry, after Donald Trump&#8217;s admission he tried to get the Ukrainian president to investigate potential 2020 challenger Joe Biden &#8212; an offense that, as Stephen Colbert throws it, &#8220;makes Watergate look like Richard Nixon tried to pass an expired coupon at the Kroger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After the last few years of near-constant scandal, it&#8217;s no wonder Colbert&#8217;s Late Show audience responded to this late breaking news with a thunder standing ovation that lasts nearly a full minute.<\/p>\n<p>That said, as big a pace as Pelosi&#8217;s announcement is, Colbert&#8217;s quick to point out that it&#8217;s virtually the only part of Tuesday&#8217;s news cycle that feels especially unusual. <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/video\/stephen-colbert-trump-impeachment-news\/\">Read more &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/donald-trump\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&#038;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Donald Trump<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/late-show-with-stephen-colbert\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&#038;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/impeachment\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&#038;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Impeachment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/nancy-pelosi\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&#038;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/entertainment\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&#038;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Entertainment<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/2war8-6QFgs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.mashable.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~3\/2war8-6QFgs\/\">feeds.mashable.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Tuesday that the Democrat would be launching an impeachment inquiry, after Donald Trump&#8217;s admission he tried to get the Ukrainian president to investigate potential 2020 challenger Joe Biden &#8212; 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