--- title: Stephen Colbert Parodies Sarah Palin Speech About Donald Trump description: Stephen Colbert as Sarah Palin endorses Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, and Marco Rubio canonical: https://time.com/4188577/stephen-colbert-sarah-palin-donald-trump-speech/ author: Olivia B. 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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”). 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