Late Night Compares Trump Health Adviser, Paul Alexander, to a Comic Book Villain
The former Health and Human Services adviser’s leaked emails encouraged herd immunity to deal with the pandemic, writing of Americans, “We want them infected.”
Stephen Colbert said on Thursday night that the Department of Health and Human Services should be changed to “the Department of Hell and Human Sacrifice.”Credit.CBS
Dec. 18, 2020
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In the waning days of his presidency, a stewing Trump has reportedly considered issuing blanket pardons to his staff, with requests logged on a spreadsheet; one White House insider told CNN that Trump’s last-minute pardon scramble has “turned crazy.” “I’m sorry …
turned crazy?” marveled Colbert. “This is the president who advised people to inject bleach, said that a dead Venezuelan leader stole the election, wanted to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland and wanted to stop hurricane with a nuclear bomb. We made the turn to crazy town a long time ago, now we’re just doing donuts in cuckoo canyon.”