On Friday's Inside Politics, CNN host Dana Bash was unintentionally funny when she claimed that "historically," the leftist late-night comedians "condense and capture the feeling in society at any given moment." So "society" always gravitates to the radical left and thinks President Trump is Putin's "cock holster." As usual, CNN sees its own ideological position as the "mainstream." Bash was reacting to Vice President Vance proclaiming "Ramming an ICE officer with your car. That’s what justifies being shot." Of course, CNN thinks threatening ICE officers from behind the wheel is "peaceful protest." If someone aimed their SUV at a CNN camera crew, would they feel like their lives were threatened? Well, if they're being assaulted by leftists, they tend to feel they deserved it, as happened with Black Lives Matter protesters pelting them with objects in a Minneapolis suburb in 2021. They packed up and left. CNN host Dana Bash: Normally, we'd turn to Democrats to rebut Vance, but late-night hosts like Colbert "really condense and capture the feeling in society at any given moment." Um, turning to Colbert IS turning to a Democrat. pic.twitter.com/xpNaBgD83p — Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) January 10, 2026 BASH: Normally in a situation like this on Inside Politics, we would then say what Democrats are saying in response. There was another person who really caught our attention, and that is Stephen Colbert. You know, late night hosts now maybe got a lot of flack from the White House, but historically, they have been — people who really condense and capture the feeling in society at any given moment. Listen to Stephen Colbert. [Notice the fist pumping.] STEPHEN COLBERT: The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth, and when their forces come to your city, obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. BASH: Go ahead. ASTEAD HERNDON, VOX: Yeah. I mean, I think that Colbert sums up what is a public sentiment. I mean, when we hear DHS Secretary Kristi Noem kind of make those statements, I think it implies that non-compliance is a reason for death. And I don’t think that that’s true — and that’s not true for ICE, it’s not true for DHS officials. That’s not true in policy, and that’s not true morally, you know. "Obey or die" is propaganda, just the way CNN likes it. It's true that Renee Good would be alive if she'd stepped out of her car. But CNN wants it to sound like their leftist speech is being stifled, not using your car in a life-threatening manner. Bash and Herndon were speaking shortly before the video came out from the ICE officer through Alpha News in Minnesota, so it looks bad for them to say the ICE officer wasn't "rammed" by Renee Good, when he clearly was:  HERNDON: There was other statements, even with Vice President Vance, is there saying, that they rammed into the officer. That’s not really clearly what the video shows. I mean, I think that this is a form of kind of top-down narrative setting that this White House has become very used to. BASH: Exactly. HERNDON: But on certain issues, it really backfires on them, because I think the public can make up for their own minds. And also, I think Donald Trump is losing his narrative setting power.  CNN and the other lefties believe the "narrative-setting power" should always be with them, and with Comrade Colbert.