John Oliver highlights GOP extremism on Last Week Tonight
comedyOct 26, 20263296
On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver played a clip of President Donald Trump at a South Carolina rally where Trump, while praising former governor Nikki Haley, said "I’d say 90 percent of the reason I took the governor, urrpp" and made a strange noise; Oliver replayed the moment and asked, "What was that noise?!" Oliver used that clip as a springboard to warn that extremist beliefs are becoming more prominent in the Republican Party ahead of the midterms, tying his critique to examples viewers and outlets have flagged, including white nationalism and antisemitism. The episode frames those trends as an urgent issue for voters with key races imminent, and Oliver urged attention to how far-right views are influencing GOP politics in the run-up to the election.
