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“Listen up, you don’t get to tag out here, Sarah,” Colbert said. “Cuz it’s not really you up there. You’re just Donald Trump’s mouthpiece, or whatever part the lies come out of.”
“The Late Show” host went on to say that if Huckabee Sanders had difficulty discussing how the administration she works for is putting kids in cages, she did have another option.
“You could resign,” Colbert added. “This is the White House, not an abandoned Walmart. You’re allowed to leave.”
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