John Oliver Scorches Alabama Governor’s Anti-Trans Law: ‘What the F– Is Wrong With You?’ (Video)
thewrap.comhere and above.“Look, there are lots of understandable reasons that someone in Alabama might be criminally punished,” Oliver said. “For murder, say, or for running a Ponzi scheme, or for creating this actual statue at an Alabama McDonald’s, of Ronald McDonald reimagined as a giant boll weevil.
But no one should ever be facing criminal punishment for providing health care to young people.”To illustrate how Ivey focuses on anti-trans messaging, Oliver pulled up a clip of one of her re-election ads, in which she says “Some things are just facts.
Summer’s hot, the ocean’s big, and gender is a question of biology, not identity. Here in Alabama, we’re gonna go by how God made us, because we identify with something liberals never will: reality.”“First, f— you,” Oliver replied. “Second, ‘Summer’s hot, ocean’s big’ doesn’t sound like the wind-up to denying trans people their rights.
It sounds like a children’s book the author wrote while hungover. ‘Summer’s hot, ocean’s big, I don’t know, what more do you f—ing kids want from me?'”Oliver then pointed out how many medical associations oppose bans on gender-affirming care.
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