A little more than a year ago, freshman Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, braved “The Colbert Report,” where he was subjected to a leg-wrestling beat-down, a facial and a game of “Rock Band” in a segment called “Better Know a District.”
Most congressionals avoid the sit-down with host Stephen Colbert for fear of jeopardizing their political careers with his loaded questions (remember when Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla., joked about his love for cocaine and prostitutes?). This perhaps explains why the board that lights up the districts of representatives who have been interviewed on the show is pretty bare.
Chaffetz faced Colbert and came out relatively clean, but now he just can’t get over the fact that his district, Utah’s 3rd, is not lit up on “the big board.” In a Twitter rant on Monday, he wrote, “Devastated. I am devastated. Just watched the latest ‘Better Know A District’ episode on Colbert Report. Utah’s Third is still not lit up!”
In a third Tweet, Chaffetz wrote, “The People of Utah continue to be ignored by the Report …… Stephen, we need your help. Light up the Third!” Comedy Central’s media camp was closed for Presidents Day and didn’t comment. We’ll just have to stay tuned to see whether Colbert heard Chaffetz’s cry, and if the tiny district’s bulb lights up.
