Forget his segment, “Better Know a District.” Comedian Stephen Colbert is getting to know the District on Friday.
Colbert, or the character he plays on “The Colbert Report,” will be testifying before Congress. He recently spent a day as a vegetable picker as part of the United Farm Workers’ “Take Our Jobs” campaign, and will testify about “Protecting America’s Harvest” as an expert witness before the House Judiciary Committee.
On Thursday, Colbert appeared on “Good Morning America” to respond to criticism coming from Republicans that his trip to Capitol Hill was nothing but a “joke.”
“Republicans are concerned that I will make light of the responsibility of governance? That I will somehow impede the smooth flow of the governing of this country?” he told GMA’s George Stephanopoulos. “I take exception with that sir.”
Stephanopoulos compared Colbert’s appearance to that of Elmo testifying before Congress in 2002.
“Kevin Costner, another fictional character, testified just yesterday,” Colbert jumped in.
Colbert will return to Washington along with “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart on Oct. 30 as the duo host their dueling events, the “March to Keep Fear Alive” and the “Rally to Restore Sanity.”
