With the midterms 13 days away, "a lot of Democrats are on edge, especially today, because a serial bomber has sent explosive devices to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, major Democratic donor George Soros, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Maxine Waters, and CNN," Stephen Colbert said on Wednesday's Late Show. "Authorities don't have a suspect yet, but based on the intended targets they have released this sketch." The MAGA-bomber?
CNN got its letter bomb mid-broadcast. "That's ironic — it's like back when The New York Times was reporting on the Titanic and their offices hit an iceberg," Colbert said, throwing in a joke about Wolf Blitzer reporting from the "Situation Bodega." White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders put out a statement condemning the letter bombs and Vice President Mike Pence tweeted out a better one, and President Trump retweeted it. Colbert was underwhelmed. "It reminds me of Lincoln's first draft of the Gettysburg Address: 'What that first guy said.'''
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