This week’s Mainstream Media Scream features new CBS Late Show host Stephen Colbert lecturing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a GOP presidential candidate, about Ronald Reagan, suggesting Reagan wasn’t as hard-line.
“Does today’s modern Republican Party reflect some of the things that Reagan did. Reagan raised taxes, okay. Reagan actually had an amnesty program for illegal immigrants. Neither of those things would allow Reagan to be nominated today. So to what level can you truly emulate Ronald Reagan?”
Media Research Center Vice President of Research Brent Baker explains our pick: “Colbert has quickly confirmed his character on Comedy Central, in which he played a conservative buffoon, wasn’t a stretch for him since he’s quite liberal and has disdain for conservatives. In this case, trying to use a conservative hero to undermine Cruz when everyone knows Reagan was a much bigger tax cutter than raiser and would never advocate repeating his 1986 immigration deal.”
Rating: Four out of five screams.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
