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John Oliver Says ICE Assertion That Detention Is “Nonpunitive” Is Like Claiming ‘Wicked’ Wasn’t Too Long: “Undercut By Empirical Evidence”
John Oliver quipped that ICE's assertion that their holding facilities are 'nonpunitive' was 'like claiming ... the Wicked movie wasn't 'too long.'
At one point, the political comic quipped that ICE’s website’s assertion that their holding facilities are “nonpunitive” was “like claiming … the Wicked movie wasn’t 30 minutes too long. Elsewhere during the segment, Oliver addressed Democrats’ floundering to meet the current political moment, saying that opposition members like U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are failing to “harness outrage” from constituents. Oliver also touched on the various GOP town halls filled with aggrieved constituents; Sen. Roger Marshall, who held one such meeting, said the crowd was “one of the rudest audiences I’ve ever had.”
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