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Waxman Staff Writer Jan 21, 2016 3:43 PM UTC On _The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_ Wednesday night, the comedian delivered a send-up of former Republican vice presidential nominee [Sarah Palin’s speech](http://time.com/4185689/donald-trump-sarah-palin-endorse-2016-election/) endorsing 2016 presidential candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump in Iowa on Tuesday. Since [the Internet](http://time.com/4186659/sarah-palin-trump-endorsement-speech-internet-reactions/) already had a field day with her remarks, he decided to endorse Jeb Bush (“the joyful tortoise”), Hillary Clinton (“the Secretary of hiding emails”), Marco Rubio (“the proud son of immigrants from Cuba, which we’re now letting planes fly to”) and Sebastian the crab from _The Little Mermaid_ (“everything’s better down where it’s wetter under the sea”). The parody of her speech starts at the 4:00 mark. ## Transcript Rosie O'Donnell's disgusting, I mean both inside and out. You take a look at her, she's a slob. She talks like a truck driver. So he could have been born in Kenya and gone over to the United States. And everybody wants to be a US citizen. And his grandparents put an ad in saying he was born in the United States. He didn't kill Bin Laden. He gets so much credit for that. Ok excuse me. He had the guts to make that decision. And the genius. Excuse me. Guts. First of all Vince, your grapefruits are no match for my Trump Towers. They're bringing drugs They're bringing crime, they're rapist, and some I assume are good people, and I love the Mexican people. I've had thousands of Mexicans working for me. I sell apartments for millions of dollars to people from Mexico. They love me, they love me. [ CROSSTALK ]. He's a war hero cuz he was captured. I like people that weren't captured, okay? I hate to tell you this. And I see your Senator. What a stiff? What a Stiff? Lindsay Graham. I'm not using the lobbyists, I'm not using donors. I don't care. I'm really rich. 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