"We cannot become the party of Anti-Semitism and bigotry" Liz... the republicans have been that party for a long time, Trump just stopped using coded language when talking about it.

Hats off to Stephen for this interview. He was respectful, but didn't avoid asking tough questions (to which Liz respectfully largely disagreed). That's OK. The US desperately needs to get back to a place where people of different political views can respectfully disagree. I completely agree that ALL thoughtful Americans need to band together to stop Trump's assault on basic democratic norms and values.

Its so refreshing to watch two clashing ideas have such a civil discussion. This was a good interview!!

Just like guns, "now is not the time to talk about it". News flash, most Republicans are going along with him and supporting him even after what he did. We most definitely need to talk about it now

As brave as Liz Cheney has been against Trump, it still bothers me that she refuses to look at the policies of the Republican party as enabling Trump over the years. She needs to do more self reflection to see how voting with Trump 90% of the time enabled Trump.

Interesting that the most gentle late night host gave Liz the toughest interview I’ve seen so far on her book promo tour.

The conversation they needed to have was about his enablers in Congress, the Senate, the Supreme Court, the Justice Dept, and the Secret Service. He was cleared twice in impeachment cases that should have seen him thrown out of office forever. That tells you everything you need to know about the GOP.

I never thought I'd see the day Liz and Stephen had a non-hostile chat. Bravo to both of you.

How did the GOP get there first? That's easy: Rupert Murdoch and Fox.

The day after the UK voted in Brexit, the top Google search was "what does Brexit mean". We can't let that happen to our country and have the top Google search after the 2024 election be "what is a dictator?" Vote, vote, vote against trump.

For what it's worth. I read her book, and it's was so well done. I'm not a fan of GOP policy, especially on social issues, but Liz showed real courage and her story is compelling.

Thank you Liz and Steven for the intelligent and calm discussion.

I'm not an US American, but I can appreciate people having a spine when it matters. Having said that, she was dodging HARD. I can understand not wanting to take the blame or even having a different viewpoint, but everything that's happening in the GOP was years if not decades in the making.

I'm not American, but Stephen's point is spot on. Trump would not be a danger if Republicans didn't support him. Liz didn't answer his question and that's a concern. What is it about the people in this party that leads them to support this guy? The outside world can clearly see he's been a threat since day 1.

Have opposed her and her dad on a lot of things over the years, but this is about America and not a Cult of Personality. Thank you!

I am a lifelong Democrat but I have great respect for Ms. Cheney for doing the right thing at this time in history.

Nicely done. Stephen didn't let Cheney's spin go unchallenged, but discussed it with her like a reasonable adult. Too many of the late night hosts suck up to such guests, not holding them responsible for their actions.

Good on *Stephen Colbert* for insisting on the question: “Why in the Republican Party - and not the democrats?” - When she clearly didn’t want to answer, and also eventually never did,.. 😏

She said its elite. vocabulary isn't elite. Neither is intelligence. Entitlement is elite. We the people have a responsibility to intelligence regardless of financial means.

It is hysterical that Stephen asked tougher questions than every anchor on MSNBC!

Trump is not doing this alone! So, he isn’t the only Fascist in the GOP.

I don't know much about her, and I can't expect her to admit racism is an issue with her party... but it simply is.

She's tough and smart. When she pushed back on Stephen she did so firmly but without even raising her voice. I miss real public discourse.

Interesting how she refuses to admit the GOP is directly responsible for Trump and his actions.

So up until jan 5th she was happy to keep her mouth shut for the party. Don't get me wrong I'm happy she stood up but she was an enabler ! Being anti Israel government is not antisemitism!!

Trump was/is not an aberration for the Republican party. He was nominated *specifically* because he represented exactly what Republicans wanted and what they represent. Exactly what the Republican party has been pushing towards since at least Reagan's presidency.

Lizzie, there’s a reason he chose, as a Democrat, to run as a Republican, and not as a Democrat. Full stop.

The one thing she could do, and she's clearly not at that point yet (if ever!), is to say "We got it wrong, we've led you down a dangerous path and I apologise for my contribution to where we are now."

She still had to call his use of vocabulary "elitist". As if people with educations are the enemy,

Grateful for her work on the 1/6 committee. Thank you

I love how he slid that “even though you voted with him 90% of the time…” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Bravo to Liz Cheney for having the balls to stand up for our constitution. Let's work together and those who can VOTE go out and VOTE!

I cant believe we've reached such a nadir where Liz Cheney is the voice of reason.

While I agree with Liz Cheney that Americans need to set aside their significant differences to defeat the common threat of Trump, she has some major disconnect with how the policies of her party has lead to this point. She either has refused to give it much thought or she was intentionally dodging the question.

Thanks, Liz. We need people in our countr with voices who stand up for our Constitution and our Democracy!

Complete lack of self-examination. Thanks, Stephan! The breadcrumbs are real. More than a few saw this coming out of it.

For God Sake Liz take responsibility …your party breed him .fostered him not just in 2015 but for the past 20 years please !!!

Stephen did some brave questioning here. However, the response I heard was the same response given to gun control: "Now is not the time." I think educating the electorate about how the republican party got here is vital in order to keep it from happening again with either party. Knowledge is power. It is important for people to understand who they are voting for and why. It was a valiant effort on Stephen's part. I'm happy he is back and doing well.

applaud the manner this interview was handled. polite,informed, firm, probing on both sides. This gives me hope... small, transparently fragile but hope

She said that a large swath of people felt unheard, but the GOP is significantly overrepresented (through gerrymandering) compared to the number of votes they gain. So my question to her would be, "how told them they weren't being heard?" (hint it's Fox and GOP politicians)

Pro Palestinian is not anti Semitic

What a shame she wasn't willing to reflect and answer the question (even after she specifically said she wanted to answer it)

This is not about Trump anymore…it’s about those who support him. I will never understand the mindset.😢

The left isn't anti-semitic, they (we) (I) are anti-right-wing governments, which Israel has. The right wants to conflate anger against Netanyahu and his cronies with anti-semitism, but those are not the same thing.

Vote them out because your life does depend on it Believe them when they tell you who they are

Liz Cheney dropped by to explain the one unifying practice among the GOP, mental gymnastics. Rush Limbaugh laid the foundation for Trump and she knows it.

Good job holding her feet to the fire, Steven! Hold her to account for the way that Republican policies and leadership led them directly to Trump! Thank you for speaking truth to power! 🙏

Thank you for pointing out she voted for 90% of his policies. I know for a fact she could of done more to oust him way earlier since she knew and had all the insider info, could of prevented a lot things. Glad you have overcome that appendix, good to have you back Stephen.

The sales pitch on fascism began when her dad and George Jr. knowingly lied about Iraq. As much as I want to support Ms. Cheney it’s entirely disingenuous for her to not recognize their role in authoritarianism.

This is a great example of a debate - firm, pointed, contentious, yet calm and polite.

She's saying "It's him not us [the GOP]" but the GOP is not standing against the fascism, and talk as if Jan 6th was a bunch of tourists. SMH

Many of us recognize, as Stephen does, that the Republican Party has been sliding toward authoritarism for 50 yrs or so (started when those racist Southerners beccame Republicans) and was likely to produce a trump-like character It is also that almost every "never-Trumper" did nothing to stop that slide (or enabled it) and supported terrible policies. However, when the fight is existential and when the focus must be stopping, that means the pro-democracy side needs every never-trumper with us and we can't shame them for their past.

Pssssssst hey Liz, it worked because your party allowed the rich and corporate America to crush all the little working poor people (myself), and we are desperate to see the "American dream" become possible again. We work constantly and can barely scrap by, that is why Trump has been able to do this. The ppl are looking for a savior from the oppressive ways of the rich corporations!

She really didn’t want to go too deep into answering that question. I can see why. Even if she was willing to answer, it would take a lot more time than she had.

Great job, Stephen. Other than Trevor Noah, I have seen very few intelligent people have a level headed discussion with someone on the Republican side. I myself will never be able to do anything like this. How can you be so close to them and not seethe!

Best interview and most respectful one ive seen in a long time

The fact is the GOP have leveraged racism and bigotry ever since the "Southern Strategy". You can't get to fascism without racism, bigotry, and xenophobia. It was inevitable that when the GOP took on the racists that used to be in the Democratic Party that things would eventually go this way.

Its amazing people are seeing everything that happened and still vote Republican.

She loses credibility when she uses logical fallacies to defend her obviously biased, irrational positions. She did the right thing one time. Let's not pretend she isn't who she's been.

Thank you for highlighting that - just doing the bare minimum ethical thing, once does not erase all the awful done in the past. Sure Cheney didn't lose all of the moral core, but she also couldn't redeem herself when asked why she (and her party) is missing 99.9% of her moral core.

Stephen is absolutely correct, except it has been a 50 + year project, starting with Nixn, Reagan, and the FCC's removal of the equal time rule for broadcasters, which more than anything has created the echo chambers we all live in.

She voted with Trump 93% of the time! Enough said. She can keep the proud boys and those types of people.

"It's a very elitist word..." You pronounced "staying awake in school" wrong, Liz.

She held her own. Good for her. It undoubtedly takes a LOT of strength to be persistent on standing against her party on an issue of principle, despite the immense damage to her political career.

Maddow has done wonderfully in-depth and clear segments on exactly why Trump *isn’t* unique in our country’s history, sooo maybe Cheney should do her homework.

The media IS part of the problem in that they give Trump SO MUCH airtime, and they don't call him out on things he says and does nearly as much as they should. They give him a pass way too often. That needs to end.

Yes I'm really looking forward to reading this book. For someone who sided with Trump so often, I want that insight as to what the straw that broke the camel's back actually was. I think Stephen was giving her too much credit by saying Dems were liking her now. One or two good deeds doesn't undo years of BS.

I love Liz Cheney. Sacrificed her career to stand against fascism. She lost all clout within her own party, but there A LOT of people who, because of her efforts, still believe in the Republican Party. Thank you, Mrs. Cheney.

Dont agree with her Politics but respect to her for standing up for the Country and preserving democracy. That used to be the norm before. I would have had no problems with Rommney or McCain but America cant survive another Trump Presidency

From the moment it became clear that Donald would become the GOP presidential nominee in the 2016 race till now, Republicans in the House and Senate have pretended they love, adore, support, are in awe of Donald. Pretended. They all know better, as Liz Cheney has highlighted, including his most ardent public apologists. From 2015 through today, Donald has been like a little terror of a child, dancing in the middle of the national dinner table, hurling a steady stream of childish insults at the guests, and kicking food in their faces. The Republicans at the table, aghast and shocked at the depths of his abuse and childishness, say to the rest of those at the table, “Isn’t he just the cutest thing?” As they wipe pieces of mashed potato from their own faces, and pick pieces of salad out of their hair. This is where we are with the Republican party in 2023: still pretending they love and adore this monster of a child whose horrific behavior hasn’t slowed down for even one moment. In reality, they collectively loathe him, but dare not say so out loud. Why? Because they fear him calling them a “RINO,” thus risking losing the red-hatted cult’s votes in their next election cycle. They do not see-or perhaps they simply choose not to acknowledge-the creeping gangrene that Donald is to the entire party and to the entire nation as a direct result of their enabling of him. Their pretend belief in him is an act of pure self-preservation. They are lying to your faces about him in order to save their own skins. It is a betrayal of the worst kind: a betrayal of you, the country, their own integrity, and the electoral process itself. If Republicans have any sense at all, they’ll vote these self-serving enablers out the next opportunity they get. They do not deserve to be there.

Hilarious that she acts like Colbert is being elitist given her education and family's net worth 😂

If Trump is using the Fascist's Playbook, why aren't we getting ahead of him? If we know what he's going to do next, why aren't we finding hundreds of ways to stop him? Don't we have a playbook, too? You know, the one that's called, "How to Stop a Fascist Dictator and Save America" Playbook?

While I do not agree with her politics, I totally agree with Liz Cheney that we need to work together to get rid of this threat to our democracy. And I was encouraged to see her and Stephen talking in respectful terms with each other. IMHO that's what's needed... working together to eliminate this "cancer" from our People and our Country.

Colbert: "Liz, really?" He tried so hard to hold in calling her on her crap. He finally had enough.

Hilarious- I was looking up the definition of ‘piquant’ on my phone right as she asked in the interview what that word meant. 😂

Good God! She sniggered after calling Stephen “elitist”! Because SHE isn’t an elite?

Though she gained my grudging respect by choosing to live in reality 2 or 3 years ago, and impressed me again here, she is still clinging to la-la land by refusing to see how certain attitudes that prevailed in the past and continue to prevail to this day among the the right led to trump. Without addressing that we are going to be in this same position every election from now on.

Good job Mr. Colbert! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

She's still a politician and will not aswer a question. She showed common decency in opposing Trump, nothing more. That I appreciate

Great interviewing by Colbert, asking the hard hitting questions in a non-inflammatory way. Liz Cheney did a great job answering while putting her politics aside. I do feel like she is in denial or doesn't want to admit the role her party playing in directing us down this road.

Standing up for and supporting the Palestinian people, their, rights, their lives, and their homeland, does NOT mean one is anti-Semitic. It simply means one is calling out Israelis for their oppression, genocide, land grabbing, destruction, and in-humane treatment of Palestine and it's precious people.

She knows that answering his question would be counterproductive. Exposing the underlying failings of the republican world view would alienate the right wingers she's trying to recruit to the cause of defeating trump. Which, at the moment, is top priority.

She is right. What matters is how we deal with this devil now!

Stephen is soooo good at this. Better than most, if not all, so-called “tv journalists” on CNN/MSNBC

Donnie convinced them that not getting their way 100% of the time is THE SAME as not having their 'voices heard'. Big difference.

Thank you repug party for your decades long contribution to the demise of our democracy. Own it! You did this!

I may or may not agree with Ms. Cheney on any number of issues, but bless her for her courage and integrity.

Well said ms Cheney. I may not agree with you on issues but I admire your love for our country!

I wanted to think well of former Congresswoman Cheney. I wanted to believe she made her decision in spite of her career because she was a proponent of truth. But this woman is a generational politician who made a bet that there would be more traditional Republicans who would vote for her than there would be "new Republicans" who would believe everything Trump said. She took a risk hoping it would make her the Queen of the Traditional GOP and she lost that bet. Now she's got a book to shill, and she's just an apologist for her party who let this tyranny happen. She can't even admit that racism and fascism have been part of the Republican platform for decades and all Trump did was make it okay to say it out loud.

Her voting record standard republican policies I abhor. I have huge respect for her choosing country over party and telling the truth about her party, yet she remains a republican

That’s how educated articulate ADULTS interact when they have opposing ideologies.

I'm a Democrat and a huge Colbert fan but also a feminist so I just gotta say good for you Liz standing up for yourself and making him let you answer the question! People are gonna comment and say "but he shook her hand and let her!" Yes he did and that's what's supposed to happen. But she still stood up for herself and I think this was an important moment between two powerful voices showing that we continue to need to work on respectful dialogue with each other!

Liz needs to accept and the Republican party needs to accept what they have done to pave the way for Trump, starting from Gingrich. Remember what her father and Bush did. Dick Chaney would watch nothing but Fox.

Liz for god's sake, and for the millionth time, anti-zionism and anti-semitism are two completely different things. You can hate the Israeli government and its land theft of Palestinian territory without also hating the Jewish religion.

Go Stephen for showing everyone how to respectfully disagree as adults and still be willing to open that conversation! I think Ms. Cheney needs to consider her part in enabling he who will not be named.

While I appreciate and agree with Liz's concerns, NOW, the "fascist handbook" that Trump is using is working on the Republican party. They, she included, voted for Trump, but only now want to sound the alarm.

I want to thank the two of you for having a conversation...an actual conversation. Go Liz! and thank you Stephen for your questions. Trump cannot be allowed back in the White House.

Thank You Liz Chaney ! Lock TRE45ON Up !!!

I'm so glad Cheney spoke up for herself that Colbert wasn't letting her answer, and I'm so glad he respected that. I was getting irritated with him even though I 100% agreed with him.

The Republicans have been working on this for decades. Federalist Society and Heritage Foundation