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‘Last Week Tonight’: John Oliver Calls J.D. Vance, Trump “Plausible ‘Masked Singer’ Contestants”
'Last Week Tonight' sees John Oliver take digs at GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and vice presidential pick J.D. Vance.
Oliver began his segment by outlining how Trump and Vance have pushed back against the “weird” label being lobbed at them by the Democratic party, a strategic communication tactic that aims to throw opponents off-balance and frustrate them. The host continued, “Trump is half right there; he and Vance are lots of things: they’re misogynists, narcissists, men who come dead silent, plausible Masked Singer contestants, but they are also deeply weird!” As evidence for his claims, Oliver continued his bit by poking fun at Vance’s awkward interaction at a local donut shop and the time he once accidentally grasped a fist bump, only to course-correct and then be left hanging. Oliver is not entirely out-of-left-field with his Masked Singer joke: Two years ago, the Fox reality competition series was mired in controversy after including staunch Republican and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani as a contestant.
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