It's been less than two weeks since Trump falsely claimed that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Ohio on national television during his first, and apparently only, presidential debate with Kamala Harris.
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The claim itself has been debunked several times, but its impact on Springfield are tangible, ranging from Haitian families in the state fearing for their wellbeing to the community at large living in fear after at least 33 bomb threats linked to the false rumors.
John Oliver, host of HBO's Last Week Tonight, is the most recent personality who chimed in on the subject on Sunday after his show's hiatus prevented him from speaking out on the issue before.
After showing a clip of the now infamous words uttered by Trump on the debate stage, Oliver bashed the Republican candidate, going as far as to suggest that he should have been disqualified from the election:
"Can you even remember a time when something like that would have been disqualifying? Because I can't anymore. Republicans have now nominated Trump three times. Democrats have so far lost to him half the time. And the election is still inexplicably close because unfortunately, some Americans watched that and thought, 'I don't like how Kamala laughed when he called immigrants dog eaters. That wasn't very presidential.'"
He then...
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