John Oliver had an Emmy-winning excuse for not having anything to say about this month’s presidential debate before now, taking last Sunday off as he and Last Week Tonight won two more Emmys (for Outstanding Scripted Variety Series and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series).
But Oliver still felt it necessary to catch his audience up on the wild, unhinged events since, including laying the blame on JD Vance for creating all of the chaos surrounding Springfield, Ohio, out of thin air.
“Far from just repeating claims he’s heard, Vance has actually helped create much of the chaos he’s now trying to exploit,” Oliver said.
“There’ve been plenty of cat-eating jokes since” the Sept. 10 debate, Oliver said. “But I still want to talk about this, both because the chaos Trump stirred up in Springfield is ongoing, and because it feels emblematic of his campaign.”
Schools and hospitals have shuttered temporarily and repeatedly…