NEW YORK (AP) – The nation’s highest-profile congressional lobbyist snuck up behind Stephen Colbert on the CBS “Late Show,” willing even to wear a Donald Trump wig to get his point across.
Thursday’s appearance was the second time this week Jon Stewart returned to late-night television to push Congress to approve more funding to treat people sickened by working in the rubble of the World Trade Center following the Sept. 11 attacks.
“If they don’t pass this, I’ll glue Congress together, dip them in gold and wear them around my friggin’ neck,” said Stewart, channeling Trump.
Stewart’s access to Colbert’s show and his former home at “The Daily Show” gave a unique advantage to supporters of the Zadroga Act, which became law in 2010 but has seen funding expire this fall. Earlier in the week, he went on “The Daily Show” with Trevor Noah, Stewart’s first time back on the program since leaving as host during the summer.
Noah even got to express mock worry that Stewart had returned to reclaim his job. “I heard about this on American TV,” he said, a reference to Jay Leno’s return to the “Tonight” show after he’d briefly been replaced by Conan O’Brien and the ratings went down.