John Oliver recapped Donald Trump‘s joint session of Congress speech on the Sunday, March 9, episode of Final Week Tonight With John Oliver. Throughout his monologue, he particularly addressed Democrats’ response to the president’s tackle.
Stating that some Democratic politicians didn’t even present for the joint session, the late evening host mentioned, “In hindsight, no-showing may need been the suitable extra as a result of Democrats within the room didn’t appear to have a coordinated plan to reply. Some dressing in matching outfits whereas others held up indicators on paddles.”
He then referenced Democratic Rep. Al Inexperienced, who was faraway from the chamber after disrupting Trump’s remarks, and the way ten Democrats voted to censure him after the outburst “regardless of related protests throughout [Joe] Biden’s time period triggering no such repercussions.” Oliver continued, “That transfer was consistent with centrist democrats’ present insistence on bending over backwards to cater to conservatives.”
Oliver took intention at Republicans, too. Specifically, he mocked Home Speaker Mike Johnson for saying that he wished to border Trump’s speech in gilded gold, and threw some shade at J.D.Vance within the course of. “This isn’t essential, however gilding is a way the place you cowl issues that aren’t gold in a skinny layer of gold to make them look gold,” Oliver started. “So that you wouldn’t gild gold as a result of gold is gold already. It’d be like J.D. Vance carrying a T-shirt that claims ‘insufferable b**ch’ on it. It’s merely redundant.”
Moreover, Oliver referenced the Republican social gathering’s leaders’ current advisory for members of Congress to cease holding city halls as a result of enhance of anti-DOGE attendees. Addressing Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall, who complained a few “impolite” viewers at considered one of his city corridor occasions, Oliver mentioned, “Develop up! Your job is to hearken to folks complain and act on their issues. In case you’re not doing that, folks don’t owe you politeness. who will get to complain a few impolite viewers? Patti LuPone when somebody’s texting, and finish of listing. So shut the f**ok up!”
Elon Musk additionally took the brunt of a few of Oliver’s jokes when the comic mentioned, “I feel counting on God’s plan when Elon Musk is a part of the equation is somewhat laborious to swallow, particularly since if Elon himself was following God’s plan, he’d clearly be bald by now.”
Final Week Tonight with John Oliver, Sundays, 11/10c, HBO