Next year, the United States will see citizens voting in the nation’s mid-term elections, which is why “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” decided to tackle the ongoing topic regarding voting rights.
John Oliver called out Democrats and Republicans, telling the politicians that the system is broken and President Joe Biden needs to take real action toward fixing the issue.
Oliver described the actions of states making it difficult to vote “some of the biggest efforts to undermine voting rights” following the 2020 election. In addition, the HBO host points out how these new laws disproportionately affect specific populations, primarily people of color.
He then shifted his wrath toward President Biden for claiming that people would show up and show out because 2020 had a large voter turnout.
“Sure, Joe! Maybe! Or maybe they’ll show up and get turned away because of everything that we’ve been talking about here!” Oliver said.
“Biden’s White House even reportedly told voting rights groups that it is possible to ‘out-organize voter suppression.’ But the problem is, it isn’t. It just isn’t. That is what voter suppression is.”
Oliver then stated that because 2020 saw a vast voting turnout, it’s the reason why these voting laws were put into place, and the solution shouldn’t only be to vote.
“The solution to voter suppression cannot be to ‘just vote’ — for the same reason that the solution to being locked out of your home can’t be to tell someone ‘Just go inside and get the keys,'” Oliver said.
“What the f— are you talking about? I’m locked out! How are you not understanding this situation?”
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