Former President Donald Trump’s endorsement doesn’t have the same punch as it used to. On Thursday, Stephen Colbert pointed to one MAGA candidate who is struggling: Doug Mastriano.
Mastriano, the Trump-backed Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, is down by 10 points in the FiveThirtyEight average, and “The Late Show” host broke the candidate’s problem down to just two words.
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“He suuuuuucks!” Colbert said, stretching out that second word as the audience cheered.
“Because historically, nothing projects winner like a Confederate soldier in Pennsylvania,” Colbert added.
Mastriano’s tanking popularity also led to an embarrassing moment this week when he held a rally and almost nobody came.
