John Oliver Roasts Donald Trump’s RNC As Controversy Roils DNC Opening

There’s only one problem with that narrative: His convention was a “mismanaged sh*tshow”.

Last week’s Republican National Convention has been mercilessly picked apart by pundits and comedians alike-including Jon Stewart-but even though a few days have passed since Donald Trump’s 75-minute closing speech (which included 24 minutes of applause), John Oliver still felt there was something left to consider. Oliver pointed out that most of the numbers and statistics Trump used were incorrect. “But that’s not reassuring”, he continued.

“Before you laugh, you can not say Trump isn’t a visionary”, the British comedian said. “I don’t believe he follows the god that I love and the Jesus that I love”. He admitted that those things aren’t based on facts but instead “feelings”.

For insight, he turned to Antonio Sabato Jr.

Besides recapping generous amounts of “bile and race-baiting”, Oliver summarizes a theme that weaves its way through most of the speeches: that “the implication that believing something to be true is the same thing as it being true”.

“It’s like making a New Year’s Resolution to eat healthy and then spending the next year eating meals so large that they’re free if you can eat them in one sitting”, Oliver said.

Oliver countered, saying “It is worth noting that since President Obama took office, crime rates, the flow of illegal immigrants over our borders, and claims for unemployment benefits have all declined”. The latter may not seem like a planning issue, but Trump revealed later on Twitter that he’d seen Cruz’s speech before the show and saw the refusal as “no big deal”. He concludes that his facts, which are inaccurate, are facts just like the CNN reporter citing the FBI’s actual facts. He cuts to a cringe-worthy display of walking-cringe-worthy-display Newt Gingrich’s aversion to fact-checking.

What do you think of John Oliver’s take on the RNC?

Overall, Oliver found the convention to be a “four-day exercise in emphasizing feelings over facts” when analyzing the nation.