Stephen Colbert’s ‘only’ post-election wish is quickly turning dark

Stephen Colbert had one request for viewers on Thursday after the newly elected president was unveiled Donald Trump just had nominated “anti-vax fakeman” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become his Secretary of Health and Human Services.

“We all need to keep an open mind,” Colbert said. “Because that’s how the worm gets in.”

Kennedy said earlier this year that a parasitic worm had eaten part of his brain.

“So RFK Jr. is now in charge of our health. Exactly what everyone voted for,” Colbert said, then deadpanned, “Sure this will reduce the price of eggs.”

Trump’s choice of Kennedy comes one day after him revealed representative Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who had been under research in a sex trafficking investigation involving a 17-year-old girl, as his pick for attorney general.

Gaetz immediately resigned from Congress, reportedly with good reason before a damning ethics report was about to be completed. His resignation means the report will likely never see the light of day.

“Dear Santa,” Colbert said. “I have been a very good boy this year and have only one wish: that a comet strikes the Earth and bathes us in its bright, cleansing flames. And an electric bicycle where you don’t have to pedal.”

See more in his “Late Show” monologue on Thursday night: