A New York City protest in support of Stephen Colbert fizzled out in just minutes after only about 20 people showed up.
The “We’re With Colbert” protest, organized in response to the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, was supposed to take place at the CBS Broadcast Center on Manhattan’s West Side.
“Our country is not perfect, never has been,” said the event’s organizer, who would only identify himself as Matt, according to a report from the New York Post. “But we’ve always had the First Amendment, and now Mango Mussolini is trying to take that from us.”
With “Mango Mussolini,” he was referring to President Donald Trump, of course.
This was not the first demonstration in Colbert’s defense. Just days earlier, a “Save Colbert” rally was organized by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. Just like Sunday’s event, the protest drew just a couple of dozen participants.
The rallies were mocked heavily on social media.
CBS may be forced to pay Stephen Colbert to resume his failing TV show after this MASSIVE sea of protesters showed up at the HQ pic.twitter.com/zuayUDrxjx
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 28, 2025
A whopping 20 people showed up to protest Stephen Colbert’s exodus of CBS
Where’s the National Guard pic.twitter.com/PbE5xAIkzv
— Sara Rose (@saras76) July 28, 2025
Only 20 showed up to support Stephen Colbert’s protest? The Guardian said dozens rallied for him just days ago! pic.twitter.com/Q72hXkvARY
— (@pr0ud_americans) July 28, 2025
CBS announced earlier this month that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert would conclude its run in May, marking the end of a nearly decade-long tenure for the host.
Network executives attributed the decision to financial pressures, including declining advertising revenue and shifting viewer habits in the late-night landscape.
Critics, including Colbert himself, have suggested the move was politically motivated to appease President Trump.
Colbert and the others have pointed to the timing, which followed Paramount’s $16 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by Trump against CBS News, alleging that misleading edits were made to a 2024 interview with Vice President Kamala Harris during the presidential campaign.
Colbert had decried the settlement as a “big, fat bribe” on his show.
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