Updated 4 days ago The "Late Show" host tears into the Senate minority leader's latest threat. Stephen Colbert isnât buying Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellâs (R-Ky.) arguments against abolishing the filibuster. On Tuesday, McConnell vowed âscorched earthâ politics if the Democrats who control the chamber did away with the procedure, predicting that the legislative process would grind to a halt. âThe Senate would be more like a 100-car pileup, nothing moving,â McConnell said. But the âLate Showâ host called his bluff. âItâs already happening, you idiot â and the filibuster is why itâs happening,â Colbert said. âIf you threaten to blow up my head with a shotgun and I say, âLetâs take away that idiotâs shotgun,â itâs not much of a threat to say, âIf you do, Iâll shoot you in the face five times with a crossbow.âÂ