Old news alert: Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election on Saturday, November 7, 2020.
We had to wait one, entire day until five-time Emmy Award-winningJohn Oliverreacted to the win (viaYoutube).
It was well worth it.
And remember that time that he madeThe Guardianfor calling Trump’s COVID-19 leadership “borderline sociopathic?”
It’s not that we had any agonizing doubts about how Oliver would feel about Trump’s loss.
Then he shifted to footage of anti-Trump and pro-Biden protesters celebrating in the streets.
Because it combines complete euphoria and an abiding disgust forRudy Giuliani," the talk show host continued.
He wasn’t done yet.
“And this time people were actually dancing on the rooftops in New Jersey,” he finished.
Dancing on rooftops in New Jersey?
That was Oliver alluding to one of Trump’s first outright lies.
You probably don’t remember.
But, back in 2015, an incredulous George Stephanopoulos fact-checked Trump for one of the first times.
“I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down.
Thousands of people were cheering,” Trump had insisted.
So did you misspeak yesterday?"
Stephanopoulos asked the then-presidential candidate (viaThe Washington Post).
Trump wouldn’t back down.
“It was on television.
I saw it,” he said.
