Remembering Stephen Colbert's Legendary Defense of Planned Parenthood

Last April, during the fight over the federal budget, Stephen Colbert delivered one of The Colbert Report's most legendary rants.

Last April, during the fight over the federal budget, Stephen Colbert delivered one of The Colbert Report's most legendary rants.

Sen. Jon Kyl's famous lie that was "not intended to be a factual statement"—that abortion is 90% of what Planned Parenthood does, when in reality it's 3%—has been "revised" in the Congressional Record.
When Bill Maher brought up Senator Jon Kyl's intentionally false statement about Planned Parenthood's propensity to perform abortions on last night's Real Time, panelists Ed Schultz and Michael Steele disagreed with each other about the egregiousness of Kyl's fib. It was contentious, yes, but boy oh boy was that…
On yesterday's Report, Stephen Colbert called out Arizona Senator Jon Kyl for his lie about Planned Parenthood, which Kyl explained away by claiming that it was "not intended to be a factual statement." On tonight's show, Colbert took it a step further by giving Kyl several tastes of his own medicine.
During the fight over the federal budget, Republican Senator Jon Kyl stated that over 90% of the services performed by Planned Parenthood were abortions. Over the weekend, the folks at Fox & Friends said that Walgreens offered many of the same services as Planned Parenthood. On tonight's Report, Stephen Colbert…
Even though Senate Republicans only banned earmarks in a non-binding caucus pledge, you'd think they could've waited longer than three days to break it, right? And yet here comes $200 million for you, Arizona, thanks to Sen. Jon Kyl!