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John Oliver Slams Trump Over Response to Protests Against Immigration Raids: “He Is Such a Dick”

The 'Last Week Tonight' host criticized the president for sending National Guard troops and Marines into Los Angeles: "Why would you send troops if there is nothing for them to do?"

“As you undoubtedly know, last weekend, ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] conducted sweeping raids across the country as part of an escalation ordered by Stephen Miller,” the White House deputy chief of staff, Oliver said on Sunday’s edition of his show. Best-case scenario, you’ve somehow time traveled back to 2014 and have to do an ice bucket challenge, something, by the way, that [Trump] did because he was nominated by, this is true, Mike Tyson, Vince McMahon and Homer Simpson. Oliver opined that Trump’s response to the protests “felt completely over-the-top, especially when you consider troops will apparently be there for 60 days at a cost to taxpayers of roughly $134 million.

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