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Stephen Colbert Interviews the RNC’s Token Black Delegate, Who Looks a Lot Like Keegan-Michael Key

Donald Trump, now the official Republican presidential nominee, commands a whopping 0 percent of the black vote in Ohio. But that doesn’t mean that black Ohioans are wholly unrepresented at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland—in fact, Frank Walters is there, and he’s having a great time. And why not? As he tells The Late Show’s Stephen Colbert, people keep giving him free merchandise, saying “thank God you’re here,” and putting him in front of a camera.

Keegan-Michael Key as Walters is bursting with enthusiasm as he teaches Colbert the latest “street” lingo and explains what drew him to the convention center in the first place (spoiler alert: Pokémon Go). But what starts out as a lighthearted sketch about how goshdarn white those Republicans are turns into a stark reminder that there are actually real-world issues at stake.