--- title: Daily Show Host Trevor Noah Talks GOP Debate on Colbert description: Trevor Noah, who starts hosting The Daily Show Sept. 28, visited The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday canonical: https://time.com/4040058/trevor-noah-stephen-colbert-republican-debate/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-18T14:43:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:59.721Z og:title: Here's Your New 'Daily Show' Host Making Fun of the Republican Debate og:description: Trevor Noah visited 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' og:url: https://time.com/4040058/trevor-noah-stephen-colbert-republican-debate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Your New 'Daily Show' Host Making Fun of the Republican Debate twitter:description: Trevor Noah visited 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's Your New _Daily Show_ Host Making Fun of the Republican Debate ## Video: Introducing The Daily Show with Trevor Noah [Watch (HLS stream): Introducing The Daily Show with Trevor Noah](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Tsw4BYLa.m3u8) (0:31)  _Published 2015-08-18. Introducing The Daily Show with Trevor Noah_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 18, 2015 2:43 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 18, 2015 2:43 PM UTC When Trevor Noah takes the helm of _The Daily Show_ later this month, he’ll obviously be expected to offer lots of political commentary. (And hopefully be funny about it.) On Thursday night, the comedian shared a quick taste of his political shtick during an interview with newly-minted _Late Show_ host Stephen Colbert. Colbert asked Noah if he watched Wednesday night’s Republican debate, to which Noah replied, “Unfortunately, yes. That was one of the moments of regret.” According to Noah, no one said anything substantial during the three-hour event. To prove his point, he had Colbert ask him a policy-related question and then attempted to sum up the entire debate in his response. Noah did a decent job, but he still has some pretty big, [“Jewish Yoda”](http://time.com/4040009/trevor-noah-jon-stewart-jewish-yoda/)\-shaped shoes to fill. ### Photos: 6 Congressional Leaders Who Resigned Over Scandals  Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tx.) stepped down from his post as House majority leader in 2005 when a Texas grand jury indicted him on a conspiracy charge in his management of campaign finances. His corruption conviction was overturned in October. Carolyn Kaster—AP  In 1989, Rep. Jim Wright (D-Texas) became the first House Speaker to resign over scandal. He abdicated his post after a yearlong ethics investigation found he had accepted improper gifts and mishandled his speaking profits, among other finance violations. Diana Walker—Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images  Rep. Bob Livingston (R-La.) faced a sex scandal at the exact worst time: right as Republicans were calling for the impeachment of President Clinton. Livingston stepped down from the speakership in 1998 amid threats that details of his own affairs would be brought to light. Paul J. Richards—AFP/Getty Images  Rep. Tony Coelho (D-Calif.) was the third-ranking member of House Democratic leadership and resigned from Congress altogether as he faced a 1989 ethics probe into his personal finances. Paul Morigi—WireImage  Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott resigned as the Senate majority leader in 2002 after he made comments supporting the segregationist 1948 presidential campaign of Strom Thurmond. But Lott made a comeback five years later when he was elected minority whip. Jason Reed—Reuters  Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) was formally reprimanded by the House and forced to pay a $300,000 penalty for violating tax law and lying to the investigating panel. He didn’t resign over the scandal, but it weakened his support among his Republican base. T.J. 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