"The Washington Post" : John Oliver blasts Trump over Comey firing: ‘Does he really think we … are this stupid?’
Stop that boy, now."Late-night comedians have had no shortage of material after President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey this week. White House press secretary Sean Spicer appeared unprepared to explain why former FBI director James Comey was fired. James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press! President Trump said former FBI Director James Comey told him he was not under investigation during an exclusive interview with NBC News on May 11. Lock me up!'"The comedian was also aghast that Trump told Holt that he was thinking of the Russia investigation when he fired Comey.
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John Oliver weighed in on President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey on his show Sunday, blasting the president for flip-flopping over the reasoning behind the firing. Oliver started by dissecting the letter the White House released dismissing Comey, which said that the ousted FBI director had informed Trump on three separate occasions that he was not under investigation. "It is just inherently suspicious to try and put words in Comey's mouth as you kick him out the door," Oliver said. Lock me up!'" However, Trump later contradicted all of them in an interview with Lester Holt of NBC News when he said that he made the decision to fire Comey because "this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story.""Trump is so desperate to appear dominant, he will rush to take the credit for anything, no matter how bad it is," Oliver said.
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John Oliver blasts Donald Trump for Comey firing
John Oliver weighed in on President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey on his show Sunday, blasting the president for flip-flopping over the reasoning behind the firing. Oliver started by dissecting the letter the White House released dismissing Comey, which said that the ousted FBI director had informed Trump on three separate occasions that he was not under investigation. "It is just inherently suspicious to try and put words in Comey's mouth as you kick him out the door," Oliver said. Lock me up!'" However, Trump later contradicted all of them in an interview with Lester Holt of NBC News when he said that he made the decision to fire Comey because "this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story.""Trump is so desperate to appear dominant, he will rush to take the credit for anything, no matter how bad it is," Oliver said.
John Oliver Blasts Congress for Not Checking or Balancing 'Crazy' Trump After Comey Firing (Video)
The comedian targeted House Speaker Paul Ryan, in particular, for refusing to facebook/" target="_blank">comment on Trump's Twitter threat to Comey: "James Comey better hope there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press." "And that brings us to Congress: 534 people less annoying than Ted Cruz, and also, Ted Cruz," Oliver said. That's what he does, it is not going to stop, and it's going to be exhausting for everyone." John Oliver tore into Congress on Sunday night for failing to even make an effort to keep Donald Trump in check in wake of the President's decision to fire James Comey, the former director of the FBI. "It is too easy to point at Trump being crazy.
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