As President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill inches closer to passage in the Senate, John Oliver issued a stark warning to Republicans ― that they won’t get a do-over on it.
Oliver dedicated Sunday’s main segment of “Last Week Tonight” to slamming the so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which experts have warned will strip health care coverage and food assistance from millions of people.
“Right now Republicans are trying to rush this bill through because they know how toxic it is,” Oliver said.
Trump is eager to sign the legislation before the July Fourth holiday.
While acknowledging that “there is a lot going on right now,” Oliver argued “it is worth paying attention to this bill because if it becomes law, we’re going to be looking back on it decades from now the same way we look back at all the destructive shit that Reagan did. And when that happens, Republicans cannot say they didn’t know what was in it or what it would do.”
Then came one of his most scathing lines:
“Everyone who votes for this should be held accountable. Or, to put it in terms that (Louisiana GOP Sen.) John Kennedy can understand: ‘If you’re going to vote for this bill, you better French kiss it. Hell, you might as well put its whole cock in your mouth—because you’re going to be married to it for the rest of your fucking life.’”
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