John Oliver Delivers Emotional Plea to Trump and America in Wake of Dayton and El Paso Mass Shootings

06 August 19

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John Oliver Delivers Emotional Plea to Trump and America in Wake of Dayton and El Paso Mass Shootings 

Marlow Stern, The Daily Beast
Stern writes: "The 'Last Week Tonight' host was close to tears, pinning some of the blame for the shootings that left 29 dead on the president's xenophobic rhetoric."














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