Jan. 21, 2026 . Alex Christy

CBS’s Stephen Colbert welcomed Sen. Bernie Sanders to The Late Show for the nineteenth and hopefully final time on Tuesday for an obnoxiously long, four-segment softball interview covering everything from Colbert’s employer to Venezuela to Minnesota to socialism.

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Later, Colbert shifted the conversation to Venezuela, “You were talking about Venezuela a little bit earlier. Obviously this interest in Greenland comes on the heels of having gone into Venezuela and snatching Maduro. Who's in charge now, as far as you know? Is that Delcy Rodriguez, or is it some sort of shadowy group of people in the United States because we don't get a clear answer when reporters ask direct questions.”

After Sanders guessed the latter, Colbert continued, “Does that mean people like—is it JD Vance? Is it Marco Rubio? Is it the head of Chevron? Who is it?”

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