If you think this election is simply a choice between two candidates with a scandal-filled history, John Oliver has a message for you... and it comes in the form of raisins.
In his return to HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” on Sunday, Oliver took an in-depth look at the scandals surrounding both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and found they’re not even close to equal.
NOTE: Strong language in the clip above and description below.
“This campaign has been dominated by scandals, but it is dangerous to think that there is an equal number on both sides,” he said. “And you can be irritated by some of Hillary’s ― that is understandable ― but you should then be fucking outraged by Trump’s.”
And that brings it back to those raisins.
“Ethical failings in a politician are like raisins in a cookie,” he explained. “They shouldn’t be there. They disgust people. But most politicians have at least a few raisins.”
Here’s Hillary’s cookie:
But when it comes to Trump, there are more raisins than can fit in a cookie. A lot more:
“The man is a fucking raisin monsoon,” Oliver declared. “He is ethically compromised to an almost unprecedented degree.”
See his full takedown of Trump in the clip above.
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