John Oliver Opens Last Week Tonight With a Midterm Victory Lap
John Oliver spent the start of Sunday's Last Week Tonight cheering Democratic wins from last week's midterm elections. The HBO comedy show, which Oliver hosts each week, opened with a recap of the results from the vote held on Tuesday, 3 November.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Oliver said Democrats won so big that it was sometimes hard to take in all the positive results. He also said Texas had turned blue, meaning the state's results had moved toward the Democrats.
He turned next to Elon Musk. Oliver said the tech billionaire spent half a billion dollars trying to buy the election, and that the money went up in flames faster than a parked Cybertruck. He also said Musk is ending production of the Cybertruck, the electric pickup made by Tesla.
Oliver also flagged the Mississippi Senate race between Democrat Scott Colom and Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith. That contest is still too close to call, meaning no winner has been declared. Oliver said Hyde-Smith appeared to have declared victory too early, on Wednesday. Asked about that, Colom replied "Bless her heart," in a clip the show aired.
Variety reported that the segment celebrated the Democrats' wins while mocking Republicans.
The Mississippi count is the open thread. Until a winner is confirmed, the race stays unresolved, and the show's jokes about the early declaration are the only word from the program on it so far.
