Stephen Colbert Thinks RFK Jr. Is Not the Right Man for the Job

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President Trump’s nominee for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, where he was questioned about his views on vaccines, abortion and baby onesies sold by an anti-vaccination nonprofit organization he founded in 2016.

Stephen Colbert said, “If you’re alarmed about RFK Jr. becoming our health secretary, there’s a good chance you may be a member of his family,” referring to Caroline Kennedy’s letter and video urging the Senate to reject her cousin’s nomination on the grounds that he’s unqualified, and a “predator.” She also said that he used to enjoy putting baby chickens and mice in a blender to feed his pet hawks.

That behavior is disgusting and cruel, and it completely disqualifies him from working for H.H.S. and for Jamba Juice. Plus, why did he have to blend up food for his hawks? They swallow their prey whole. It’s not like they are up their flying around with a Nutribullet. — STEPHEN COLBERT

“What are you going to believe: his well-documented, decades-long record, or the thing he said today when he was trying to get a job?” — MICHAEL KOSTA

“Basically, putting this guy in charge of America’s vaccines is like making Elon Musk a Walmart greeter.” — MICHAEL KOSTA

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