Bill O'Reilly Finally Explained to Stephen Colbert Why Trump Is Winning
Bill O'Reilly sat down with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show last night, and, as usual in these encounters, he stayed cool, calm, and collected. OK, obviously not. To be fair, the discussion was mostly relaxed as it wound through the primaries (they're over) and O'Reilly's cozy relationship with Donald Trump (something about milkshakes). But then it was time to discuss why, exactly, the Orange One is increasingly close to becoming the most powerful person in the world. That's when O'Reilly looked like he might go all Inside Edition.
Conservatives, O'Reilly told Colbert, feel they're losing The Culture War-the battle for America's soul that began in the '90s-to Colbertian progressives. Conservatives feel the Republican establishment has deserted them in that fight, so they've turned to the guy whose opposition to gay marriage is largely inconsistent and who doesn't care if Caitlyn Jenner uses the women's bathrooms at his tower. I guess Bill O meant the immigration stuff?
The real consequences of political correctness, O'Reilly explained, are far more grave. When Colbert asked for an example, the Fox host cited Kate Steinle's death at the hands of an illegal immigrant in San Francisco last year, and Congress' subsequent refusal to pass "Kate's Law," which would impose stiff penalties on people who are deported and re-enter the country. This was just as much Republicans' fault, apparently, which is why people like Trump now. (Trump almost exclusively refers to the victim in this case as "the lovely Kate.") O'Reilly demonstrated this by gesticulating wildly:
"They expect Harry Reid [not to do the right thing]," O'Reilly said, "He's corrupt. But they don't expect their leadership to not do anything!"
It only took a few vigorous hand motions to demonstrate that political correctness is at the root of all the country's problems, and that spineless Republicans have allowed it to fester. This was not the best moment of the interview (that was O'Reilly's "I'm not arrogant enough to say this person or that person isn't qualified") but it was almost as entertaining as the first meeting between these two. That one's always worth another look:
