John Oliver’s HBO late-night show has again bought ad time on Fox & Friends in the Washington D.C. area, which will target an audience of exactly one person. On Wednesday’s F&F, Last Week Tonight character Catheter Cowboy will explain to President Donald Trump how devastating the GOP’s American Health Care Act will be for millions of Americans. In particular, it will hit older people in rural areas, who voted for him, and who have medical conditions that require ongoing treatment.
Tackling the GOP push to repeal and replace Obamacare for the second time in three weeks, Oliver noted Trump has been largely absent on the subject.
Oliver was dubious Trump knows what’s in the plan, given that he recently said, on camera, “We have come up with a solution that’s really, really, I think, very good. Now I have to tell you it’s an unbelievably complex subject, nobody knew that health care could be so complicated.”
“Everybody knew!” Oliver corrected.
Trump is so noticeably absent from the whole process, his surrogate Kellyanne Conway told NBC News’ Chuck Todd she would call it Trumpcare if he wanted, but insisted she has not heard Trump saying to anyone on his team, ‘Hey, I want my name on that’.”
“Holy ****! Trump is not clamoring to put his name on this bill!” Oliver ranted, noting Trump puts his name on practically everything.