Variety: John Oliver Roasts Musk and Stevens Midterm Flops
Variety reports John Oliver called out big midterm spenders and flops on Last Week Tonight.
TL;DR
- Variety reports John Oliver celebrated Democrats’ midterm gains on Last Week Tonight.
- He noted historic firsts including Chris Pappas as the first openly gay man elected to the U.S. Senate.
- Oliver reportedly joked about Elon Musk’s spending and Haley Stevens’ campaign choices.
Variety reports that John Oliver opened his latest Last Week Tonight by celebrating the Democrats’ strong midterm showing and the party’s reported gains in Congress.
According to Variety, Oliver highlighted several firsts, including Chris Pappas as the first openly gay man elected to the U.S. Senate and other historic wins in state races.
Variety notes Oliver also took shots at two names tied to the cycle. He said a Michigan candidate’s victory meant one Democrat “imploded her own political career for nothing.” The same segment reportedly called out Elon Musk for burning cash on races that did not go his way.
Variety adds that Oliver linked Musk’s reported half-billion-dollar spend, including money aimed at one Texas Senate seat, to the candidate’s loss. The comic reportedly joked the money “went up in flames faster than a parked Cybertruck.”
“The half a billion dollars he spent to try and buy the election just went up in flames faster than a parked Cybertruck.”
Oliver also mentioned, per Variety, that Musk is ending Cybertruck production, framing it as another kind of loss.
The Tea
Variety’s recap shows how late-night TV is turning election spending into punchlines. When big tech money and awkward political bets flop in public, the jokes write themselves and keep the water-cooler chat going.