John Oliver has some stark thoughts about the 2020 elections

"It's dangerous I think giving it too much attention right now..."
By Sam Haysom  on 
John Oliver has some stark thoughts about the 2020 elections
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Are the 2020 elections worth going into in any great detail at the moment?

John Oliver isn't so sure.

"The bar's pretty low now," the comedian and Last Week Tonight host told Seth Meyers. "Whenever anyone announces for president now you just go, 'Sure, fine -- yeah, added to the list, you're fine. Kamala Harris, great. Bernie Sanders, great. A tortoise, walking across an abandoned Wendy's parking lot? Has he got an exploratory committee? You would work as well.'"

Oliver thinks that right now, there isn't much to see when it comes to new candidates putting themselves forward.

"It's dangerous I think giving it too much attention right now when there's plenty of other **** we should be looking at," he said.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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