Kimmel And Colbert Hurl More Nazi Accusations At Border Patrol, ICE

Alex Christy
January 29th, 2026 10:02 AM

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The Nazi allegations directed towards ICE and Border Patrol have been coming in hot this week from the late night comedy shows, and CBS’s host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel saw no reason to stop on Wednesday. Additionally, Kimmel would later welcome MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough to spread some fake news about the shooting of Renee Good.

Colbert was up first, and he declared, “I don’t have to tell any of you, it's been a hell of a week. I'm sorry, I read that wrong. It's been hell. Right now, Minnesotans are still being terrorized by Trump's goons, and it's not entirely clear when it will end. In the wake of two murders by anti-immigration agents, Trump has removed Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino, seen here embodying Coco Chanel's famous motto: ‘I love Nazis.’”

Apparently Colbert did not get the CBS memo about using the word “murder” to describe something that has not been formally proven in court.

 

 

Nevertheless, a few minutes later, Kimmel got in on the action by misrepresenting some news from Berlin, “Germany has issued a travel advisory warning their citizens that it is dangerous to come to the United States. Their Federal Foreign Office yesterday issued an alert saying German citizens should be aware of demonstrations and clashes with American migration and security authorities. Now, when Germany tells you your government is becoming too authoritarian—might want to listen to that. This is the international equivalent of Charlie Sheen showing up at your intervention, okay?”

Fact-check: Germany simply noted the existence of what is going on in Minnesota and urged its citizens to be “vigilant and stay away from crowds where violence might occur” and to “remain calm and follow the instructions of the authorities and local security forces.” Germany did not say ICE and Border Patrol were becoming authoritarian. Additionally, our State Department has a Level 2 “exercise increased caution” travel advisory for Germany due to terrorism, so it is not as if these sorts of travel advisories among allies are new.

Later in the show, Scarborough was in the midst of a lengthy diatribe when he declared, “When you have the first branch of government scared to check and balance and the third branch of government scared to check and balance, things are going to become pretty unbalanced pretty quickly. I will say, though, there are a million different places—a million different checks and balances, and it's not just in the government. Look, and I can't say enough about them, look at the people of Minnesota.”

 

 

He also proclaimed, “I mean, it is amazing that you had a man who was a nurse at a VA hospital and was a Good Samaritan, dared to be a Good Samaritan, and he got shot and killed for it. But I think he would have tried to help that lady up again if he had a chance to do it again. And Renee Good, trying to calm this untrained, scared ICE officer. Then going, "Dude, I'm not mad." You know? It's really been remarkable what we've seen coming out of Minnesota.”

Fact-check #2: The investigation into the Alex Pretii investigation is ongoing, but as for Scarborough’s point about the officer that shot Good: Jonathan Ross has over 10 years of experience and was, not that long ago, badly wounded by an illegal immigrant who turned his car into a weapon. So, when he had a split second to make a decision after Good refused to get out of the car and her wife cried, "Drive, baby, drive," his decision to fire appears more reasonable.

For two men who claim to care deeply about truth, there is no excuse to spread such falsehoods on the air.

Here are transcripts for the January 28 shows:

CBS The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

1/28/2026

11:36 PM ET

STEPHEN COLBERT: I don’t have to tell any of you, it's been a hell of a week. I'm sorry, I read that wrong. It's been hell. Right now, Minnesotans are still being terrorized by Trump's goons, and it's not entirely clear when it will end. In the wake of two murders by anti-immigration agents, Trump has removed Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino, seen here embodying Coco Chanel's famous motto: "I love Nazis."

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ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!

1/28/2026

11:48 PM ET

JIMMY KIMMEL: Marco has a big headache on his hands when it comes to our relationships with other countries. Germany has issued a travel advisory warning their citizens that it is dangerous to come to the United States. Their Federal Foreign Office yesterday issued an alert saying German citizens should be aware of demonstrations and clashes with American migration and security authorities. Now, when Germany tells you your government is becoming too authoritarian—might want to listen to that. This is the international equivalent of Charlie Sheen showing up at your intervention, okay?

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12:31 AM ET

JOE SCARBOROUGH: When you have the first branch of government scared to check and balance and the third branch of government scared to check and balance, things are going to become pretty unbalanced pretty quickly. I will say, though, there are a million different places—a million different checks and balances, and it's not just in the government. Look, and I can't say enough about them, look at the people of Minnesota.

KIMMEL: Yeah. They drew the line.

SCARBROUGH: I mean, it is amazing that you had a man who was a nurse at a VA hospital and was a Good Samaritan, dared to be a Good Samaritan, and he got shot and killed for it. But I think he would have tried to help that lady up again if he had a chance to do it again. And Renee Good, trying to calm this untrained, scared ICE officer. Then going, "Dude, I'm not mad." You know? It's really been remarkable what we've seen coming out of Minnesota.

KIMMEL: Yeah.

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