John Oliver Urges Voters to Vote for Kamala and Reject ‘Active Threat’ Trump

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OLIVER: “Elections alone aren’t sufficient for large-scale change, but they’re absolutely necessary for it to ever happen. Because it’s the day when you essentially get to choose who you’d prefer to be pushing for the next four years and where you’ll be pushing them from. Look, I love this country. I’m an immigrant. I chose to be here. In the words of the late Lee Greenwood, I’m proud to be an American. And I’d argue there is nothing more American than having a healthy adversarial relationship with those in power, even if you voted for them. And while I know this hasn’t been a very uplifting speech, if it helps at all, there’s one final thing I’m going to be genuinely excited for on Tuesday. And that is, if Donald Trump loses this election, he’s basically finished. (Cheering and Applause) I know he would put us through hell, he would put us through hell before he left the stage, but when the dust settled, he’d have lost two elections in a row and would be campaigning as an 82-year-old next time. I think he’d be done. And doesn’t that sound great? (Cheering and Applause) And I know the problems that he’s a symptom of would, of course, remain, but we wouldn’t have to deal with him anymore. Wouldn’t it be great to live in a world where he’s no longer an active threat, just an annoyance? Where this photo could just be funny rather than having geopolitical implications? Where he can yell about ice cream machines and complain about windmills and we all have the option of just not giving a shit about any of it at all. (Cheering and Applause) I want so badly to live in that world. And I hope everyone does everything in their power in the next 48 hours to make that world possible.”