Colbert Has 4 Words for the Energy Department Over Its Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins
Late-night host Stephen Colbert is taking issue with the Energy Department for looking into the origins of COVID-19. The comedian brought up a report about the department’s investigation into the beginnings of the…
Late-night host Stephen Colbert is taking issue with the Energy Department for looking into the origins of COVID-19.
The comedian brought up a report about the department’s investigation into the beginnings of the pandemic during his show on Monday night.
“The Department of Energy released a new report saying a lab leak is the most likely origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. Well, there it is. Chinese wet markets, you’re off the hook,” he joked.
Colbert went on:
“Now if like me you’re wondering why the Department of Energy is the one making this judgment, it’s because that agency oversees a network of national laboratories, some of which conduct advanced biological research. No, no! Bad Energy Department, no bio-labs until you finish building your electric car-charging stations.”
He shared a four-word message for the department as he suggested it had exceeded the scope of its mission, “Stay in your lane.”
“You don’t see the Census Bureau building nukes,” he quipped.
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He then criticized the conclusion, which was made with “low confidence.”
The Wall Street Journal reported the Energy Department believes a lab leak started the pandemic.
The Journal explained the “conclusion is the result of new intelligence and is significant because the agency has considerable scientific expertise and oversees a network of U.S. national laboratories, some of which conduct advanced biological research.”