The American actress and comedian took to the Emmys after winning the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series to make a series of bold political statements.
The cancellation of the late-night host's show, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," was speculated to have been caused by pressure from the Trump administration.
Matthew Dowd, the longtime analyst and former Bush strategist was fired from MSNBC after his remarks about conservative activist Charlie Kirk's death drew outrage across social media and furious pushback from the right.