--- title: Stephen Colbert Skewers Trump for Supporting Roy Moore description: With less than a week to go until the Alabama Senate special election race, Stephen Colbert is speaking out against those who support Roy Moore. canonical: https://time.com/5052034/stephen-colbert-skewers-roy-moore-trump/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-06T16:11:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:06.345Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Blasts Trump for 'Madness' of Defending Roy Moore og:description: Moore has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women og:url: https://time.com/5052034/stephen-colbert-skewers-roy-moore-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt587d553a6b2d4322/6988f3ffab6d7736586b0e59/screen-shot-2017-12-06-at-10-23-57-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The-Late-Show-Stephen-Colbert-Roy-Moore og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Blasts Trump for 'Madness' of Defending Roy Moore twitter:description: Moore has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt587d553a6b2d4322/6988f3ffab6d7736586b0e59/screen-shot-2017-12-06-at-10-23-57-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Went All-In on President Donald Trump Over 'Madness' of Supporting Roy Moore  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 6, 2017 4:11 PM UTC  CBS  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 6, 2017 4:11 PM UTC With less than a week to go until the [Alabama Senate special election race](http://time.com/5047566/alabama-special-election-2017-date-candidates-polls/) between [Roy Moore and Doug Jones](http://time.com/5047932/roy-moore-doug-jones-stance-issues/), [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/5047540/stephen-colbert-louis-c-k-cancelled-late-show-interview/) is speaking out against any and everyone who has defended Republican candidate Moore in the wake of the [sexual misconduct allegations](http://time.com/5029172/roy-moore-accusers/) brought against him. During the opening monologue of Tuesday’s episode of _The Late Show_, the host slammed President Donald Trump for supporting Moore, who has been accused of inappropriate sexual behavior by [multiple women who say they were teenagers at the time](http://time.com/5031448/leigh-corfman-roy-moore-accuser/). “We want stopping crime,” Colbert mocked Trump, referencing the President’s statement that Jones is [“soft on crime.”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/11/22/trump-says-man-who-helped-convict-klan-members-in-race-bombing-case-is-soft-on-crime/?utm%5Fterm=.3ac879206337) “We just not want stopping sexual assault.” Colbert went on to say that “the madness of defending” the former judge doesn’t stop with Trump, denouncing both Moore’s spokeswoman Janet Porter and his chief strategist Dean Young. 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