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WATCH: Colbert Rips Trump v. Ginsburg Feud - Scares the Bejeezus Out of Us in the Process

 Alexandra Rosenmann
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 Alexandra Rosenmann
14 July 2016

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, aka "the Notorious RBG," lived up to her name yet again this week when she slammed Donald Trump and his potential effect on America. 

“I can’t imagine what a country would be with Donald Trump as our president. I don’t even want to contemplate that,” Ruth Bader Ginsburg said July 11.

“He is a faker. He has no consistency about him. He says whatever comes into his head at the moment," she concluded.

“Damn, girl," remarked Stephen Colbert, host of "The Late Show." "That is cold. But, Justice Ginsberg, he’s not pulling that stuff out of his head."

Since then Trump has fired back, calling the comments, “Highly inappropriate and a disgrace to the court.”

“Adding, ‘she’s a 6 at best,’” Colbert quipped, channeling Trump's sexism. 

Trump has since called for Justice Ginsburg to resign.

We’re still waiting on Trump’s chosen nickname for RBG, but it’s pretty hard to top “notorious.”

Still, Colbert wondered if Ginsburg might have kept her thoughts to herself, to which we'd say, desperate times, desperate measures.

“Here’s the deal," he continued. "However she feels, Supreme Court justices are not supposed to influence our presidential elections until there is a recount in Florida."

Colbert's comments did coincide with a frightening poll out from Quinnipiac University Poll released July 14 which showed, coincidentally, Clinton’s 8-point lead over Trump in the swing states has vanished in just one month. Currently, Trump leads Clinton 42-39, although with a 3-point margin of error Florida appears it is still “too close to call.”

Scary.

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