Comedian Stephen Colbert brought his mock presidential campaign — for president of the United States of South Carolina — to his hometown of Charleston to ask voters to support former candidate Herman Cain.

“I want you to vote for Herman Cain because Herman Cain is me,” Colbert told a cheering crowd at the College of Charleston. He urged voters to back Cain, whose name is still on Saturday’s primary ballot, because South Carolina does not allow write-in candidates.

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