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Tim OBrien also explained why the former president keeps name-dropping Hannibal Lecter.
The former president brought it up twice during a rally in North Carolina.
The Republican couldn't resist referencing the fictional cannibal while making baseless claims about asylum seekers.
Defending an ex-president's praise for a fictional cannibal is typically not taught in pundit school, so Shermichael Singleton had a bit of a challenge.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The fictional serial killer has come up in Trump's campaign speeches multiple times over the past few months.
Trump bizarrely called the late, great Hannibal Lecter a wonderful man at a rally Saturday.
The "Late Show" host fact-checked the former president on cannibals.
Trump claimed "The Silence of the Lambs" killer threw his support behind him in an awkward flub on Saturday.
"The Late Show" host evoked the "Silence of the Lambs" villain to chew up the GOP senators at the Capitol riot hearing.
The new CBS series asks and answers the question: Who is Clarice Starling without Hannibal Lecter?