comedians too politicals political? republicans can call 202-748-8001. democrats can call 202-748-8000. an independents, 202-748-8002. you can also reach us on social media on twitter @cspanwj and on facebook.com/c-span. about how late-night comedians are taking on politics. stephen colbert took on steven mnuchin and rex tillerson. the hill reports he opened his show saying he is concerned about secretary of state rex tillerson and goes on to say colbert poked fun at tillerson s press conference where he denied he was considering leaving the white house, but declined to comment on allegations the president called him a mo ron. the comedian took jabs at the reported suicide pact tillerson has with defense secretary james mattis and treasury secretary steven mnuchin, with each party vowing to leave if one of them is ousted. that s when you know things are going great at the workplace when people start forming suicide pacts, colbert said sarcastically. they ve also agree