{"id":42295,"date":"2025-01-30T04:18:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T09:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/stephen-colbert-thinks-rfk-jr-is-not-the-right-man-for-the-job\/30\/01\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T04:18:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T09:18:03","slug":"stephen-colbert-thinks-rfk-jr-is-not-the-right-man-for-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/stephen-colbert-thinks-rfk-jr-is-not-the-right-man-for-the-job\/30\/01\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert Thinks RFK Jr. Is Not the Right Man for the Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night\u2019s highlights that lets you sleep \u2014 and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the <\/em><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/arts\/television\/best-movies-on-netflix.html\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">50 best movies on Netflix right now<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-4d13fd33\">Pet Feed<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/29\/us\/politics\/rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing.html\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">nominee for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Stephen Colbert said, \u201cIf you\u2019re alarmed about RFK Jr. becoming our health secretary, there\u2019s a good chance you may be a member of his family,\u201d referring to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/us\/politics\/caroline-robert-kennedy-trump.html\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Caroline Kennedy&#8217;s letter and video<\/a>\u00a0urging the Senate to reject her cousin\u2019s nomination on the grounds that he\u2019s unqualified, and a \u201cpredator.\u201d She also said that he used to enjoy putting baby chickens and mice in a blender to feed his pet hawks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"css-1ggt3fz etf134l0\">\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">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\u2019s not like they are up their flying around with a Nutribullet.<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u2014 STEPHEN COLBERT<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<blockquote class=\"css-1ggt3fz etf134l0\">\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhat 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?\u201d <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u2014 MICHAEL KOSTA<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">\u201cBasically, putting this guy in charge of America\u2019s vaccines is like making Elon Musk a Walmart greeter.\u201d <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u2014 MICHAEL KOSTA<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3f07bc9e\">The Bits Worth Watching<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The English pop star and Simply Red lead singer Mick Hucknall celebrated the band\u2019s 40th anniversary with a Roots-backed performance of \u201cIf You Don\u2019t Know Me By Now\u201d on Wednesday\u2019s \u201cTonight Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<p><h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-1a7073d0\">What We\u2019re Excited About on Thursday Night<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The \u201cBabygirl\u201d star Nicole Kidman will take The Colbert Questionert on Thursday\u2019s \u201cLate Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-12f48db0\">Also, Check This Out<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">With her nomination for \u201cCowboy Carter,\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/29\/arts\/music\/grammys-album-of-the-year-beyonce-black-women.html\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Beyonc\u00e9 has the opportunity<\/a> to become the fourth Black woman to win album of the year\u00a0at this Sunday\u2019s Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/arts\/television\/late-night-rfk-confirmation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night&rsquo;s highlights that lets you sleep &mdash; and lets us get<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/stephen-colbert-thinks-rfk-jr-is-not-the-right-man-for-the-job\/30\/01\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}