John Oliver comments on Republican far right
The gist
Last Week Tonight host John Oliver devoted his October 25 episode to extremism rising in the Republican Party.
It aired nine days before the November 3 midterms.
How it unfolded
- Nov 11, 2015Peter Oberacker, a Republican candidate for New York's 19th congressional district, posted a Veterans Day photo of his grandfather in a German World War II uniform; the post was later deleted.
- 2021Rep. Paul Gosar delivered the keynote address at Nick Fuentes's America First conference.
- 2022Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene followed Gosar as a speaker at Fuentes's America First conference.