Stephen Colbert mocks Infowars’ Alex Jones for getting banned by Silicon Valley

“The
Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
CBS

• Stephen Colbert on Tuesday mocked Infowars host Alex
  Jones for getting removed from the online platforms of
  companies like Facebook, YouTube, Apple, and Spotify this
  week. 
• The “Late Show” host brought back a Jones-like
  character called Tuck Buckford to parody Jones and Infowars in
  reaction to the news.

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Stephen Colbert on Tuesday mocked Infowars’ host Alex Jones over
the news that companies like
Facebook, YouTube, Apple, and Spotify had kicked his show off of
their online platforms this week.

“Why now? Why did this happen now?” the “Late Show” host
asked in his monologue. “Alex Jones has been spreading vile
conspiracy theories that hurt real people for years. Well, Jones
earned this latest scrutiny when he addressed Russia
investigation Special Counsel Robert Mueller on his show,
imitated firing a gun, and said, ‘You’re going to get it, or I’m
going to die trying.'”

“OK, that is awful, but it’s actually pretty close to my
message to Mueller: ‘You’re going to
get 
him
, or I’m going to die crying,'”
Colbert joked, in reference to President Trump.

Colbert then brought back a Jones-like character called
Tuck Buckford that he debuted earlier this year to parody Jones
and InfoWars.  

Buckford, host of a show called “Brain Fight,” said he has
been facing “similar struggles” to Jones.

“Listen up, Brain Fight nation, the Brain Fighters, the Brain
Nation, the skull meat, let’s talk about the elephant in the
room,”  Colbert’s Buckford said. “The martyrdom of old Tuck
Buckford at the hands of Silicon Valley snow boys and soy
flakes.”

“It’s a slippery slope,” he continued. “If they can de-platform
Tuck Buckford, next thing you know they’ll be coming after me for
so-called child support which I ‘owe’ to my ‘ex-wife’ who I ‘miss
desperately.'”

Mocking
Jones’ pleading with Trump on Monday to fight the
“censorship” against him, Buckford added, “President Trump, I
need you to do the right thing, all right? Help Tuck. Venmo me
fifty bucks, or China will win the midterms.”  

Watch the segment below: