Andrew Yang on 'The Late Show'

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Presidential candidate Andrew Yang was a guest of Steven Colbert.

Remember that time when comedian Steven Colbert made fun of Andrew Yang's campaign for president? At the time, we accused Colbert of acting like a bully in making fun of the least known of the 23 presidential candidates. 

We challenged The Late Show host to have Yang on his show as a guest and treat him with the respect as a candidate with real solutions to some of this country's problems. Although Yang is considered a longshot to win the Democratic nomination, the son of immigrants is serious about his campaign.

Last night (June 24), Colbert did have the Asian American entrepreneur on his show for a short (realy short, compared to the time he gave other candidates) segment.

Yang was welcomed by Colbert and received strong applause. Apparently, Yang's supporters known as the Yang Gang, had packed to audience.

Fortunately, Yang has learned to talk really fast to get in all his talking points in a short period of time, including his proposal to have every American adult to $1000 a month that he calls his Freedom Dividend.

Yang was one of 20 Democrats who qualified to take part in the debate on Wednesday and Thursday. He'll appear on Thursday night along with former Vice President Joe Biden, Senators Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris and Mayor Pete Buttigeig. He told Colbert that the biggest thing he could benefit from the debate is that people will ask, "Who is that Asian guy next to Joe Biden?" and look up for more information about him.

Earlier this month, Yang was treated more seriously and was allowed to go into more depth on his presidential platform with Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal, Taylor Riggs and Caroline Hyde on Bloomberg Markets:

EDITOR'S NOTE: Corrected June 25, 9 a.m. PDT. Earlier versions of this article incorrectly named Sen. Elizabeth Warren for the debate Thursday (June 27) night. She is debating on Wednesda night..

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A 'Stars Wars' trailer trolling the trollers

LATE NIGHT HOST Steven Colbert, a self-professed fanboy of the Star Wars franchise, has come out in support of Kelly Marie Tran.

Tran, who starred in the most recent Star Wars: The Last Jedi installment as mechanic Rose Pico, is the first Asian American lead (man or woman) of one of the Star Wars movies.

Her groundbreaking role -- as a woman and as an Asian American -- was attacked by a small, but very vocal, racist and sexist fanboys who felt that the George Lucas-created galaxy far, far away, should be the peopled only by white, male heroes.

Actress Kelly Marie Tran portrays Rose Tico in 'The Last Jedi.'

The Internet bullies harassed Tran's Instagram site criticizing her appearance, her race and gender and the substance of the character that she portrayed. The harassment got so bad that last week, Tran deleted all her posts and left only the messsage: "Afraid, but doing it anyway."

Colbert introduced the trailer:

“They attacked this beautiful, talented young actress for her ethnicity, her appearance, and her sex. And may I remind you: Kelly Marie Tran is the first lead woman in a ‘Star Wars’ movie who is not white. So, just to teach these fanboys a lesson, we here at ‘The Late Show’ have partnered with Lucasfilm to create a new ‘Star Wars’ movie — and we’ve got the world premiere of the exclusive trailer right now.”

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