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While the results of the US election were being announced, Stephen Colbert was hosting a special late night show - Democracy’s Series Finale: Who’s Going To Clean Up This Sh*t? - covering the news as it was announced.
Throughout, Colbert invited esteemed guests on stage to discuss the political world, including both Patton Oswald and Jeff Goldblum .
The latter of the two appeared just as Donald Trump ’s victory was all but certain, speaking candidly with the host about campaigning for Hilary Clinton.
However, unlike many Americans who remain down about the whole affair, Goldblum wants everyone to remain inspired.
President Trump protestsShow all 20 1 /20President Trump protests Patrons hold a sign as people march by while protesting the election of Republican Donald Trump as the president of the United States in downtown Los Angeles, California
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Demonstrators rally following the election of Republican Donald Trump as President of the United States, in Oakland, California
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Demonstrators march following the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States
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Thousands of protesters rallied across the United States expressing shock and anger over Donald Trump's election, vowing to oppose divisive views they say helped the Republican billionaire win the presidency
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Demonstrators take over the Hollywood 101 Freeway just north of Los Angeles City Hall in protest against the election of Republican Donald Trump as President of the United States
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A woman holds up a sign reading 'Trump you are an Idiot' as demonstrators gather during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump outside the City Hall building in Los Angeles, California
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Demonstrators protest against the election of Republican Donald Trump as President of the United States, near the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Las Vegas, Nevada
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Musician Lagy Gaga stages a protest against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on a sanitation truck outside Trump Tower in New York City
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A man dressed in red-white-and-blue sits on the curb during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood
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University of California, Davis students protest on campus in Davis, California, U.S. following the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States
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President-elect Donald Trumpís victory set off multiple protests
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When asked ‘What positive message we can take away from tonight’ by Colbert, the Independence Day actor gave a fabulous answer in which he quoted “It Goes Like It Goes” from the Norma Rae soundtrack.
Jeff Goldblum's on the positives we can all take away from this election "Being inspired, encouraged, brave, bold, and active into the progress of your own future - and everyone’s future - depends on you. That’s in your circle of influence and I won’t be uninspired by this. I’m not going to say ‘If I lose, the whole thing has been a waste of time.’ That’s stupid, in my opinion.
"I say, that no matter what - because we’re all going to lose no matter what - it is the journey that counts and how we collaborate with each other to each other's mutual benefit that counts. In the course of this, I was so excited about a woman being President, I went and looked at that movie Norma Rae again. It’s about a woman who finds her power. You know the music that comes at the beginning and the end of that movie, I’m going to sing a little snippet of it: ‘It goes and it goes how the river flows / And time it rolls right on / And maybe what's good gets a little bit better / And maybe what's bad gets gone.’ I like that."
Watch the entire interview with Colbert below, the above quote starting at the 5.40 mark.
Meanwhile, also featured on the election special was a clip depicting the rise of Donald Trump, one that poked fun at Obama’s mocking White House Correspondents speech from 2011 .
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