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It shouldn’t have ended this way.”","duration":"PT1M3S"}</script></figure></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-2"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-1"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">Among them were Nancy Salanger and Karen Palazzi, two sisters who wore matching “The Last Show With Stephen Colbert” shirts and held poster boards supporting a presidential run and declaring “You’re Still Our Americone Dream,” a nod to Mr. Colbert’s Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavor.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="ImageBlock-4"><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure aria-label="media" class="img-sz-large css-hxpw2c e1g7ppur0" role="group"><div class="css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="kyt-mdd4r">Image</span><picture><source media="(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/21/multimedia/21xp-colbertscene-01-tjmv/21xp-colbertscene-01-tjmv-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800"/><source media="(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/21/multimedia/21xp-colbertscene-01-tjmv/21xp-colbertscene-01-tjmv-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200"/><source media="(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/21/multimedia/21xp-colbertscene-01-tjmv/21xp-colbertscene-01-tjmv-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600"/><img alt="Two women in identical T-shirts hold poster boards with Stephen Colbert references, including a photo that says “Colbert for president.”" class="css-r3fift" decoding="async" height="400" sizes="((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 80vw, 100vw" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/21/multimedia/21xp-colbertscene-01-tjmv/21xp-colbertscene-01-tjmv-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/21/multimedia/21xp-colbertscene-01-tjmv/21xp-colbertscene-01-tjmv-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/21/multimedia/21xp-colbertscene-01-tjmv/21xp-colbertscene-01-tjmv-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/21/multimedia/21xp-colbertscene-01-tjmv/21xp-colbertscene-01-tjmv-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w" uri="nyt://image/a42cf8a5-2ba5-5256-a400-c184f883316b" width="600"/></picture></div><figcaption class="css-1g9ic6e ewdxa0s0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption"><span class="css-jevhma e13ogyst0">Nancy Salanger and Karen Palazzi had tried for months to get tickets. </span></figcaption></figure></div></div><div data-testid="Optimistic-5"><div class="css-kbghgg"><div class="css-121kum4"><div class="css-171d1bw"></div><div class="css-asuuk5"><noscript><div class="css-7axq9l" data-testid="optimistic-truncator-noscript"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="css-1u67kh9" data-tpl="i" height="24" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="24"><path clip-rule="evenodd" d="M2.5 12a9.5 9.5 0 1 1 19 0 9.5 9.5 0 0 1-19 0Zm8.5 1.75v-7.5h2v7.5h-2Zm0 2v2h2v-2h-2Z" fill="currentColor" fill-rule="evenodd"></path></svg><div class="css-6yo1no" data-testid="optimistic-truncator-noscript-message"><p class="css-3kpklk" data-tpl="t">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.</p><p class="css-3kpklk" data-tpl="t">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.</p></div></div></noscript><div class="css-1dv1kvn" id="optimistic-truncator-a11y" tabindex="-1"><hr/><p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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