“Wow. Ladies and gentlemen, this just got real,” said Colbert, after highlighting a recent PPP poll that showed him polling higher than Jon Huntsman in South Carolina.

“I gotta ask, what do you think nation, should I run for President in South Carolina?” he asked the studio audience who cheered and applauded.

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