John Oliver returned to the Last Week Tonight desk on Sunday night after a two-week absence to address a concerning trend within the Republican Party. Oliver stated that the Republican Party has become too comfortable with what he described as Nazi-adjacent content.
The host argued that Israel's war in Gaza has allowed far-right figures to promote antisemitic conspiracy theories. A Manhattan Institute analysis found that 37% of current GOP members believe the Holocaust was either greatly exaggerated or did not occur as historians describe.
Among men under 50 in the Republican Party, 54% hold the same view regarding the historical accuracy of the Holocaust. Leaked group chats from Young Republican leaders revealed the use of racial epithets and praise for Adolf Hitler.
Only three of 28 Republican officials denounced Marshall Rawson, who marched with neo-Nazis in Charlottesville. Two of those three officials who responded to the question about Rawson actually stood by him.
JD Vance remarked that kids do stupid things in response to the controversy.
