John Oliver has one piece of recommendation for Republicans who don’t need to be known as “bizarre” by Democrats: “Cease being so fucking bizarre,” he pleaded on the most recent episode of Final Week Tonight.
Forward of the 2024 Democratic Nationwide Conference, presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her working mate Tim Walz, who helped pioneer the “these guys are bizarre” motion, have strategically identified when Donald Trump and his working mate JD Vance are being unusual. It’s a tactic that Vance has tried and did not deploy, however it’s additionally irritated Trump, says Oliver. “You realize it’s attending to him,” Oliver mentioned, noting how Trump tried to reject the label in a latest interview, claiming that nobody had ever used that phrase to explain him earlier than. “No one’s ever known as you bizarre?” Oliver continued. “Babe, be critical.”
“You tried to purchase Greenland. You stared on the solar throughout a photo voltaic eclipse. And you probably did this,” Oliver mentioned, exhibiting images of Trump hugging and kissing the American flag. “That’s not one thing a traditional man does.” The late-night host argued that any “‘bizarre’ label has been significantly arduous to shake as a result of Republican candidates additional down the poll maintain compounding it, together with some who received primaries simply this week.”
Working example: Minnesota Republican US Senate candidate Royce White, a former skilled basketball participant, far-right podcaster, and “die-hard Trump supporter as he’ll let you know,” Oliver mentioned, earlier than taking part in a clip where White declared to the camera: “Donald Trump may stand up on stage, pull his pants down, take a shit up on the podium, and I nonetheless would by no means vote for you fucking Democrats once more,” including, “Let that sink in.” Oliver then requested, “Is there a spot the place Trump may take a shit that may make you vote for Democrats once more?” suggesting a merry-go-round, inside a gumball machine, and even “White’s personal bathroom lid.”
Retired Navy captain Hung Cao, who’s a GOP Senate candidate in Virginia, is “additionally a really unusual man,” as on show throughout an interview through which Cao shared concern over Lovers Level; an space in Monterey, California, he claimed had been seized by Wiccans. “If Monterey is definitely overrun by witches—which it’s not—I’m frankly livid there wasn’t a witchcraft storyline on Huge Little Lies!” Oliver exclaimed. “How may you deprive us of Nicole Kidman exhibiting as much as a moonlit orgy and asserting, ‘We come to this place for magic?’” he added, referencing the Oscar-winner’s viral AMC commercial. “Everybody’s head would have exploded.”
Wisconsin is—allegedly—house to Senator Tammy Baldwin’s Republican opponent, banking CEO Eric Hovde, or as Oliver known as him, “Ned Flanders with out the uncooked sexual charisma.” Amid accusations that he spends a lot of his time in California, Hovde launched footage of himself bathing in a frozen lake as proof of his Wisconsin ties. “Difficult somebody to satisfy you in a frozen lake to attain political factors is pathetic,” mentioned Oliver. “I’d say it was a dick-measuring contest, however I’m guessing given the temperature of that water yours has disappeared into your physique proper now.”
Oliver, who has devoted latest episodes to digging into Trump’s remarks about race and calling Vance’s marketing campaign to verify a sure sofa rumor, tried to motive with the GOP. “Look,” he mentioned. “I get Republicans need to get out from underneath accusations of weirdness. However the best way to try this is by cease being so fucking bizarre. As a result of fantasizing about your celebration’s presidential candidate shitting in entrance of you? That’s bizarre. Warning everybody concerning the affect of Monterey witches? Bizarre. Inviting your feminine opponent to affix you in a frozen lake? That could be very bizarre,” Oliver mentioned. “And I do apologize for laughing at these folks. Partly as a result of I do know it’s not good, however primarily as a result of as all of us now know, JD Vance,” whom Oliver mentioned “seems like he obtained caught 10% of the best way to reworking right into a werewolf” elsewhere within the episode, “believes each time somebody laughs someplace on the planet, a toddler loses their groceries for some motive.”
