John Oliver kicked off the newest episode of his Emmy-winning collection Final Week Tonight on Sunday by addressing how “The View [was] thrown into chaos after two of its hosts examined constructive for COVID mid-show, resulting in this unimaginable second.”
He then threw to a clip of The View as a producer—reside on-air—instructed co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro, “I want, uh, the 2 of you to step off for a second, and we’re going to carry you again later.” The incident occurred proper earlier than Vice President Kamala Harris was set to hitch the ladies on the set for her sixth look on the present, and her first since making historical past as VP.
“So… shall I introduce the vp?” Behar requested the producer, main him to reply, “Sure.” When she started, one other producer shouted out, “No!”
“Wow. That doesn’t look nice,” supplied Oliver. “Filming a tv present is mainly like elevating a toddler: It’s unpredictable, often irritating, and should you ever end up having to scream ‘No!’ somebody is about to stroll right into a lethal state of affairs.”
Oliver then segued to the horrifying information out of Del Rio, Texas, the place various migrants—largely Haitians—trying to cross the border into america have been met by border patrol brokers on horseback who used their reins as whips on them.
The pictures prompted White Home press secretary Jen Psaki to go on CBS This Morning and say, “[President Joe Biden] additionally felt they have been horrific and horrible. I don’t know anybody who might watch that video and never have that emotion… I feel it’s necessary to know, this isn’t who we’re. This isn’t who the Biden and Harris administration is.”
“Nicely, maintain on there,” replied Oliver. “’Trigger saying, ‘This isn’t who we’re,’ about white folks chasing Black folks on horses is a bit of a stretch. Traditionally, we’ve been sure, and-ing that concept since 1619. Should you listed the highest three issues that make America America, it could be regional sandwich variations, flyovers at halftime, and white folks chasing Black folks whereas on horseback. I’m not saying that’s what made America nice, simply what made America America.”
“As for ‘This isn’t who the Biden/Harris administration is,’ are you completely certain about that? As a result of from an immigration standpoint, there may be not a ton of proof that you’re anything but. This administration’s document on immigration, notably on the Southern border, has been deeply underwhelming. And this week, they’ve been everywhere in the map as a result of, whereas many Haitians have been launched into the U.S., we additionally despatched hundreds again to a nation that’s just lately suffered an earthquake and a presidential assassination with no clear rationale for a way these choices have been made. And it’s not nice when our course of for deciding who will get launched and who will get expelled is as haphazard as discovering the brand new host of Jeopardy!”
“And it’s not nice when our course of for deciding who will get launched and who will get expelled is as haphazard as discovering the brand new host of Jeopardy!”
After her disastrous CBS This Morning look, Psaki instructed the White Home press corps that the Biden administration had made a “coverage change” in gentle of the scandal: It should now not use horses in Del Rio.
“Maintain on,” mentioned Oliver. “Are you implying it was all of the horse’s fault? As a result of, if I’ll quote myself after watching Burberry’s latest [Adam Driver] advert, should you’re solely specializing in the horses, you might be lacking quite a bit.”
“The Biden administration promised an enormous shift with regards to how we deal with migrants on the border, however eight months in, the place is it?”
