--- ---  # Stephen Colbert Is Now Comparing Trump to This Car Crusher 'It’s Huge, it’s Loud, it Destroys Everything In Its Way' by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 9, 2017 3:25 PM UTC  by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 9, 2017 3:25 PM UTC The Republicans are doing their best to [repeal and replace Obamacare](http://time.com/4771820/jimmy-kimmel-newt-gingrich-health-care/?xid=homepage) in favor of the American Health Care Act, and according to Stephen Colbert: “The Democrats are fighting back the only way they know how—through the power of visual arts.” At least that’s how [Colbert](http://time.com/4768689/stephen-colbert-god-trump-religious-liberty-executive-order/?xid=homepage) is interpreting the campaign ad recently released by Virginia Representative Tom Perriello, who is running for governor of Virginia. During his _The Late Show_ monologue on Monday night, Colbert took a look at Perriello’s ad where he explains his support for Obamacare and desire to stop [Trump](http://time.com/4768752/atamanuik-trump-andrew-jackson-civil-war/?xid=homepage) while standing in front of a giant machine crushing an ambulance into a metallic pancake. “It seems like a waste of a perfectly good ambulance,” quipped Colbert, “until you realize that without health care we won’t need them anymore.” Colbert went on to argue that Periello’s visually dramatic ad could backfire on him, because “the real star” of the ad is the crushing machine, according to Colbert, “It’s huge, it’s loud, it destroys everything in its way. It could be our next [president](http://time.com/4768947/ellen-degeneres-on-trump/?xid=homepage).” Colbert on What Ambulances Look Like Under Trump Health Care ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4770596/stephen-colbert-on-trumpcare-ambulance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4770596/stephen-colbert-on-trumpcare-ambulance/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Is Now Comparing Trump to This Car Crusher 'It’s Huge, it’s Loud, it Destroys Everything In Its Way'","datePublished":"2017-05-09T15:25:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:24.994Z","description":"No one needs ambulances, right?","url":"https://time.com/4770596/stephen-colbert-on-trumpcare-ambulance/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","stephen colbert","Late Night Television","late show with stephen colbert"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt586653669873aa1c/6988cc91656a3ff6e3bcfe81/colbert.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt586653669873aa1c/6988cc91656a3ff6e3bcfe81/colbert.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Colbert","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4770596/stephen-colbert-on-trumpcare-ambulance/","name":"Stephen Colbert Is Now Comparing Trump to This Car Crusher 'It’s Huge, it’s Loud, it Destroys Everything In Its Way'"}}]}] ```