John Oliver slams Democrats who think transgender people lost them the election

[Anonymous]

https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/john-oliver-democrats-trans-election#toggle-gdpr

If you're "pointing the blame at one specific demographic" for Democrats' losses in last week's elections, you're gravely "missing the mark," according to John Oliver.

The comedian tackled Kamala Harris' defeat during the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight, calling out supposed progressives who have turned against transgender people and blamed so-called "woke" issues for Donald Trump's win.

"It's telling how quickly some are jumping to predetermined conclusions that don't match the campaign that just wrapped up," Oliver said. "For instance, some Democrats are loudly claiming that the party needs to move to the center."

The host then referenced comments from New York congressman Tom Suozzi, a Democrat, who recently argued that "the Democrats have to stop pandering to the far left ... I don't want to discriminate against anybody, but I don't think biological boys should be playing in girls' sports." Other Democratic lawmakers have made similar claims in the wake of Harris' loss.

https://www.tiktok.com/@lastweektonighthbo/video/7437190944551669035


If you watch the clip, he is very forcefully rejecting the argument Suozzi made.

[Anonymous]

Trump had about as many voters as he had last time. Haris vastly underperformed Biden. You can’t win a mud slinging contest when Trump is sitting in a pigsty flinging sht and she was trying to clean up after him. She should have gotten dirty too. She should have gone where young people consume media. The Democrats have a bad habit of acting like they’re in an ivory tower above it all while Republicans are fighting a street fight with nuclear bombs.

[Anonymous]

Going on Joe Rogan isn’t flinging sh!t, or fighting a street fight with nuclear bombs.

Kamala’s last major speech of the election was almost entirely about Trump being a nazi/Hitler/fascist danger to America, how is that her not flinging sh!t?

And what does that have to do with what John Oliver said?

[Anonymous]

The whole transgender debate is bizarre. It is such a small portion of the country. The whole transgender in sports argument is such a bad faith argument.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Going on Joe Rogan isn’t flinging sh!t, or fighting a street fight with nuclear bombs.

Kamala’s last major speech of the election was almost entirely about Trump being a nazi/Hitler/fascist danger to America, how is that her not flinging sh!t?

And what does that have to do with what John Oliver said?

Joe Rogan isn’t where she needed to be. That’s not where Democrats are. She should have gone on left wing podcasts and streams.

The street fight is filling the airwaves with anti-trans ads which I thought was obvious given the topic. She spent millions on concerts. She should have had three ads talking about how Trump wants to be king, J6, talking up patriotism and voting for Trump isn’t that, or even worse for every Trump ad. If there was a Trump ad during a football game, she should have bought three ads. Talk about how Republicans only care about the debt when democrats are in power and we have so much debt now and Trump wants to cut taxes. She should have eviserated him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Going on Joe Rogan isn’t flinging sh!t, or fighting a street fight with nuclear bombs.

Kamala’s last major speech of the election was almost entirely about Trump being a nazi/Hitler/fascist danger to America, how is that her not flinging sh!t?

And what does that have to do with what John Oliver said?

Joe Rogan isn’t where she needed to be. That’s not where Democrats are. She should have gone on left wing podcasts and streams.

The street fight is filling the airwaves with anti-trans ads which I thought was obvious given the topic. She spent millions on concerts. She should have had three ads talking about how Trump wants to be king, J6, talking up patriotism and voting for Trump isn’t that, or even worse for every Trump ad. If there was a Trump ad during a football game, she should have bought three ads. Talk about how Republicans only care about the debt when democrats are in power and we have so much debt now and Trump wants to cut taxes. She should have eviserated him.

Dumb strategy and practically what she did. Kamala needed to reach independents. The left wing was going to vote blue no matter who.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Going on Joe Rogan isn’t flinging sh!t, or fighting a street fight with nuclear bombs.

Kamala’s last major speech of the election was almost entirely about Trump being a nazi/Hitler/fascist danger to America, how is that her not flinging sh!t?

And what does that have to do with what John Oliver said?

Joe Rogan isn’t where she needed to be. That’s not where Democrats are. She should have gone on left wing podcasts and streams.

The street fight is filling the airwaves with anti-trans ads which I thought was obvious given the topic. She spent millions on concerts. She should have had three ads talking about how Trump wants to be king, J6, talking up patriotism and voting for Trump isn’t that, or even worse for every Trump ad. If there was a Trump ad during a football game, she should have bought three ads. Talk about how Republicans only care about the debt when democrats are in power and we have so much debt now and Trump wants to cut taxes. She should have eviserated him.

Dumb strategy and practically what she did. Kamala needed to reach independents. The left wing was going to vote blue no matter who.

+1

That is what she did.

Also- campaign ads aren’t street fighting. They are a normal part of a campaign.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Going on Joe Rogan isn’t flinging sh!t, or fighting a street fight with nuclear bombs.

Kamala’s last major speech of the election was almost entirely about Trump being a nazi/Hitler/fascist danger to America, how is that her not flinging sh!t?

And what does that have to do with what John Oliver said?

Joe Rogan isn’t where she needed to be. That’s not where Democrats are. She should have gone on left wing podcasts and streams.

The street fight is filling the airwaves with anti-trans ads which I thought was obvious given the topic. She spent millions on concerts. She should have had three ads talking about how Trump wants to be king, J6, talking up patriotism and voting for Trump isn’t that, or even worse for every Trump ad. If there was a Trump ad during a football game, she should have bought three ads. Talk about how Republicans only care about the debt when democrats are in power and we have so much debt now and Trump wants to cut taxes. She should have eviserated him.

Dumb strategy and practically what she did. Kamala needed to reach independents. The left wing was going to vote blue no matter who.

She literally didn’t do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The whole transgender debate is bizarre. It is such a small portion of the country. The whole transgender in sports argument is such a bad faith argument.

This whole post is way off the mark. Democrats lost the election for "multiple reasons" -- that being said, one of the reasons is this:

A culmination of cancel culture, extremist DEI and woke culture, pronoun nonsense, social constructs not based on science.

I am disgusted by all the cancel culture, especially in regards to JK Rowling and I actually am a bigger fan of hers simply because she continues to stand her ground. Good for her! Recent Article below - I'm so proud of her.
https://www.newsweek.com/jk-rowling-politics-...omens-rights-1983654

They lost the election because people don't like this - and while too scared to voice it for fear of career damage and society cancelling - they were not scared to vote [or not vote or vote third party] accordingly and that's a big reason Trump won.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The whole transgender debate is bizarre. It is such a small portion of the country. The whole transgender in sports argument is such a bad faith argument.

This whole post is way off the mark. Democrats lost the election for "multiple reasons" -- that being said, one of the reasons is this:

A culmination of cancel culture, extremist DEI and woke culture, pronoun nonsense, social constructs not based on science.

I am disgusted by all the cancel culture, especially in regards to JK Rowling and I actually am a bigger fan of hers simply because she continues to stand her ground. Good for her! Recent Article below - I'm so proud of her.
https://www.newsweek.com/jk-rowling-politics-...omens-rights-1983654

They lost the election because people don't like this - and while too scared to voice it for fear of career damage and society cancelling - they were not scared to vote [or not vote or vote third party] accordingly and that's a big reason Trump won.

Trump got the same number of votes as in 2020 and none of this was discussed then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The whole transgender debate is bizarre. It is such a small portion of the country. The whole transgender in sports argument is such a bad faith argument.

This whole post is way off the mark. Democrats lost the election for "multiple reasons" -- that being said, one of the reasons is this:

A culmination of cancel culture, extremist DEI and woke culture, pronoun nonsense, social constructs not based on science.

I am disgusted by all the cancel culture, especially in regards to JK Rowling and I actually am a bigger fan of hers simply because she continues to stand her ground. Good for her! Recent Article below - I'm so proud of her.
https://www.newsweek.com/jk-rowling-politics-...omens-rights-1983654

They lost the election because people don't like this - and while too scared to voice it for fear of career damage and society cancelling - they were not scared to vote [or not vote or vote third party] accordingly and that's a big reason Trump won.

Trump got the same number of votes as in 2020 and none of this was discussed then.

But "this" got significantly worse in the last 4 years and Harris went on record that she wouldn't change a thing.

And..you don't get it...it's not about Trump getting the same number of votes. It's about Harris NOT getting the votes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The whole transgender debate is bizarre. It is such a small portion of the country. The whole transgender in sports argument is such a bad faith argument.

This whole post is way off the mark. Democrats lost the election for "multiple reasons" -- that being said, one of the reasons is this:

A culmination of cancel culture, extremist DEI and woke culture, pronoun nonsense, social constructs not based on science.

I am disgusted by all the cancel culture, especially in regards to JK Rowling and I actually am a bigger fan of hers simply because she continues to stand her ground. Good for her! Recent Article below - I'm so proud of her.
https://www.newsweek.com/jk-rowling-politics-...omens-rights-1983654

They lost the election because people don't like this - and while too scared to voice it for fear of career damage and society cancelling - they were not scared to vote [or not vote or vote third party] accordingly and that's a big reason Trump won.

Trump got the same number of votes as in 2020 and none of this was discussed then.

Ok? So can you come to 2024 and discuss John Oliver’s segment, the thread topic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The whole transgender debate is bizarre. It is such a small portion of the country. The whole transgender in sports argument is such a bad faith argument.

This whole post is way off the mark. Democrats lost the election for "multiple reasons" -- that being said, one of the reasons is this:

A culmination of cancel culture, extremist DEI and woke culture, pronoun nonsense, social constructs not based on science.

I am disgusted by all the cancel culture, especially in regards to JK Rowling and I actually am a bigger fan of hers simply because she continues to stand her ground. Good for her! Recent Article below - I'm so proud of her.
https://www.newsweek.com/jk-rowling-politics-...omens-rights-1983654

They lost the election because people don't like this - and while too scared to voice it for fear of career damage and society cancelling - they were not scared to vote [or not vote or vote third party] accordingly and that's a big reason Trump won.

Trump got the same number of votes as in 2020 and none of this was discussed then.

But "this" got significantly worse in the last 4 years and Harris went on record that she wouldn't change a thing.

And..you don't get it...it's not about Trump getting the same number of votes. It's about Harris NOT getting the votes.

Oh I get it. People didn’t even know who she was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The whole transgender debate is bizarre. It is such a small portion of the country. The whole transgender in sports argument is such a bad faith argument.

This whole post is way off the mark. Democrats lost the election for "multiple reasons" -- that being said, one of the reasons is this:

A culmination of cancel culture, extremist DEI and woke culture, pronoun nonsense, social constructs not based on science.

I am disgusted by all the cancel culture, especially in regards to JK Rowling and I actually am a bigger fan of hers simply because she continues to stand her ground. Good for her! Recent Article below - I'm so proud of her.
https://www.newsweek.com/jk-rowling-politics-...omens-rights-1983654

They lost the election because people don't like this - and while too scared to voice it for fear of career damage and society cancelling - they were not scared to vote [or not vote or vote third party] accordingly and that's a big reason Trump won.

Trump got the same number of votes as in 2020 and none of this was discussed then.

But "this" got significantly worse in the last 4 years and Harris went on record that she wouldn't change a thing.

And..you don't get it...it's not about Trump getting the same number of votes. It's about Harris NOT getting the votes.

Oh I get it. People didn’t even know who she was.

The problem was that people knew who she was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The whole transgender debate is bizarre. It is such a small portion of the country. The whole transgender in sports argument is such a bad faith argument.

This whole post is way off the mark. Democrats lost the election for "multiple reasons" -- that being said, one of the reasons is this:

A culmination of cancel culture, extremist DEI and woke culture, pronoun nonsense, social constructs not based on science.

I am disgusted by all the cancel culture, especially in regards to JK Rowling and I actually am a bigger fan of hers simply because she continues to stand her ground. Good for her! Recent Article below - I'm so proud of her.
https://www.newsweek.com/jk-rowling-politics-...omens-rights-1983654

They lost the election because people don't like this - and while too scared to voice it for fear of career damage and society cancelling - they were not scared to vote [or not vote or vote third party] accordingly and that's a big reason Trump won.

Twitter/X is not real life. I don’t care about JK Rowling. I don’t understand why anyone cares about her opinion on anything. Such manufactured outrage.