Stephen Colbert trashes presidential candidates' terrible online merch

The Wrap
September 10, 2015 at 6:42PM
Stephen Colbert makes fun of presidential candidates' merchandise.
Stephen Colbert makes fun of presidential candidates' merchandise. (Randy Salas/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Stephen Colbert was an equal opportunity offender on his second "Late Show," ripping presidential candidates for their lame online merchandise store offerings.

Starting with Rand Paul's "Rand"-emblazoned crap, Colbert quipped: "Lots of great gift ideas for everyone you know named Rand."

Of course, there was plenty more to make fun of, like a Hillary Clinton drink cooler, a "Feel the Bern" Bernie Sanders coffee mug, and a ridiculously overpriced Jeb Bush guacamole bowl.

"When you buy campaign merch, you're not just buying useless crap — you're doing your patriotic duty to buy useless crap," Colbert assured his CBS audience.

Then he compared the far-away election to the anticipation of something a bit more in the pop culture zeitgeist, and in TheWrap's wheelhouse: "Star Wars."

"Who has the time to obsess about an event a year away that doesn't involve a Wookie?" Colbert asked rhetorically.

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