'It's not a f*cking law!': John Oliver rains hellfire on justification for tearing families apart
As horrific stories of families ripped apart flood the airwaves, late-night comedian John Oliver fact-check President Donald Trumps decision to blame the Democrats for his own policies.
During his Sunday evening episode of Last Week Tonight, Oliver called out Attorney General Jeff Sessions for the policy he knew would mean children would be separated from their parents, who would be incarcerated.
And that is objectively awful. And yet, Trump argued that Sessions had no choice, Oliver said before playing a clip of Trump saying Sessions is following laws that are already on the books.
I want the laws to be beautiful, humane and strong, Trump told the press.
OK, so beautiful, humane but strong? That is not how you describe a law, thats how you describe a Viola Davis character in a movie called It Hasnt Even Been Written Yet But Shell Still Win The Oscar.'
Because, and I cannot stress this enough, there is no law that suddenly required separating parents from their children, Oliver continued. This was the result of a deliberate policy choice by Jeff Sessions. A man so small he can wear, and this is true, a raspberry as a hat. Thats a fact.
Its also weird to Oliver that Trump is trying to distance himself from his own administrations policy while Sessions doubled down and said that the decision came from the very top, and quoted the Bible.
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