Recap: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Joins “Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News” on Comedy Central

Check out a recap of this week’s Tooning Out The News! This week, the crew talks about Paul Pelosi’s attack and readies us for the mid-term elections that I can’t wait to be over.

Big News: Battle for Congress

With just six days left until the midterm elections, James Smartwood joins correspondents Lydia Parker, Jonathan Keene, James Smartwood  Jr. and CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett to discuss the implications of recent Republican rhetoric shielding Paul Pelosi’s attacker.

Virtue Signal with Kylie Weaver

“Virtue Signal” – There’s No Cause This White Lady Can’t Make About Herself
Kylie Weaver hosts this satire of liberal cable news anchors who pat themselves on the back for taking up every social and political cause.

Kylie Weaver joins former White House Communications Director Jordan Polce, former DNC Chair Charlotte Fitzgerald and Lincoln Project Senior Advisor Troy Lawson to discuss Elon Musk’s recent commentary on Twitter moderation and Paul Pelosi’s attack. The panel also discusses Chris Cuomo’s disputes with staff at News Nation.

Hot Take: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Talks Extremism and Abortion Rights

“Hot Take” – The Biggest, Baddest, Bad Faith Arguments on Television
A politically diverse and wildly ill-informed panel weighs in on the news of the day.

New York Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joins the Hot Take panel to discuss the rise of extremism in the U.S., the implications of abortion rights in red states in the upcoming midterm elections, and chooses her future colleagues in a game of “Friend or No Friend.”

All-new episodes of Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News air Wednesdays on Comedy Central after The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.