The comedian has not shied away from politics in his version of “The Late Show,” but has rather often opted for political commentary presented through a Hollywoodesque lens. Monday night the show host decided to compare the presidential race to the “Hunger Games” movie series, in which he announced Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee’s decisions to drop out of the Democratic nomination frenzy in flamboyantly entertaining fashion.

—Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata

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