Video: Stephen Colbert Crashes RNC To Declare 'Hungry For Power Games'

By Stephen Gossett in Arts & Entertainment on Jul 18, 2016 3:33PM

The Illinois delegation at this week's Republican National Convention is as noteworthy for who’s missing as who’s actually there. (Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and Sen. Mark Kirk are both likely hoping to avoid the Trump Anti-Bump in upcoming elections.) But one attendee with Illinois roots is unafraid to grab the spotlight in their absence. We refer, of course, to the leader our times need: Stephen Colbert.

In the brief but hilarious clip, the Late Show host helps himself to the podium, dressed in Caesar Flickerman regalia, to announce the “Hungry for Power Games” have commenced. He also gets in a beautiful zinger just as the muscle arrives to escort him from the stage: “I know I’m not supposed to be up here, but let’s be honest, neither is Donald Trump.”

The dude has been in fine form lately, drawing on is Chicago roots recently by chomping down expensive-AF Lincoln Park popcorn and rubbing down his lucky Cubs. But nothing brings out the best in Colbert like electoral politics. What will surely be an absurd week in Cleveland should continue to be his boon.