Unlike his HBO network-mate Bill Maher, who’s been embroiled in a bizarre pissing match with his dinner-mate Donald Trump, John Oliver has been laser-focused on the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Just last week, Oliver dedicated the bulk of “Last Week Tonight” to exposing the disturbing ties between MAGA midterm candidates and neo-Nazis. And Sunday night, he focused not only on how Trump’s rallies have gotten increasingly unhinged, but also that most Republican midterm candidates have been distancing themselves from Trump given his low approval ratings.
\n\nDuring Trump’s recent midterm convention, he led the crowd in a pledge to vote red during the midterms that began: “I pledge, to the greatest president in the history of the United States, that loves us so much he can’t even breathe..,” followed by, “You know what happens if you don’t vote? You go to hell.”
\n\n“OK, there is so much there, from asking them to repeat a sentence clearly too long for them to the line, ‘Loves us so much he can’t even breathe,’” quipped Oliver. “What in the Paramore lyrics is he even talking about there?! As for ‘vote or you’ll go to hell,’ I’ll say this: Huge, if true. Imagine if Jeffrey…
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