Comedian & Tesla Owner Worth $75M Says It’s Morally Good to Pay $15 a Gallon for Gas

NewsBusters ^ | 3/8/2022 | Joseph Vazquez

[JV3MRC]

Was it part of multimillionaire CBS comedian Stephen Colbert’s routine to look like a complete hypocrite by lecturing people about the morals of paying higher gas prices?

The Late Show host praised that the U.S. and European allies are finally considering banning imports of Russian oil. Of course, the consideration comes after President Joe Biden slapped more sanctions on American oil than Russian oil. Under Biden, the U.S. has reportedly imported “more than half a million barrels per day (BPD) of oil from Russia,” making Russia the U.S.’s third largest oil supplier. Colbert conceded that gas prices have hit $4 a gallon, but then claimed: “A clean conscience is worth a buck or two.” He continued his nonsense with a facetious twist: “I’m willing to pay $4 a gallon. Hell, I'll pay $15 a gallon because I drive a Tesla.” Pontificating about the virtue of paying high gas prices while driving an electric vehicle is blatant hypocrisy, and so is the fact that the show host also enjoys a $75 million net worth.

Colbert definitely put his foot in his mouth.

[kiryandil]

It's amazing how none of this affects me.

Of course, I don't have TeeVee...

[EastTexasTraveler]

Sadly, Stephen Colbert would not recognize a moral if it jumped up and bit him in the a**.

[Bob434]

He certai ly does think that for sure. And you’re right, he is very boring.

[PIF]

Yes and for folks like myself who don’t do that much driving any more we can sell our excess to friends and strangers ...

[Mr.Unique]

Comedian is a stretch.............

Humor is dead in America.

[Dead Corpse]

Good. He can be twice as moral as he is currently virtue signaling and pay for MY gas...

[kiryandil]

I’m sure that many women are enthralled by his big fat hard thick wallet...

[SaxxonWoods]

OK, he can pay $15 for his gas, that’s fine.

[SaxxonWoods]

I say he can pay $15 for his gas because I bet he also owns a gas burning car.

[Vaduz]

I drive a Tesla

At least he’s a pro coal burner turbines spin.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

“As long as I’ve got mine...”

[Shery]

Wonder how we can get him to pay for our gas!

[metmom]

Then I’ll send him the bills for mine.

[TBP]

That way you get the hoi polloi off the roads.

[SamAdams76]

the lefties have raised their goal from $10 a gallon to $15 a gallon. Does any one really think they will end this insanity at $15?

Of course not. They will simply keep raising the minimum wage. When the minimum wage reaches $50 an hour, everybody can now afford $20 a gallon gas.

[Organic Panic]

Friends of the little people. Let the working slobs pay $15 a gallon as they drive to their little jobs in factories and restaurants. Rich important people need their tax dollars to subsidize their solar panels and electric cars.

[Wiser now]

And when the oil companies report their record profits from this virtuous price, he’ll call it “price gouging”, and declare the CEO’s “don’t need a third vacation home”.

[muir_redwoods]

Unfunny, unintelligent and unbearable.

[utax]

Aren’t comedians supposed to be funny? And can’t we deport him?

[windsorknot]

As funny as your typical late-night-show “comedian”.