“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” made its return Sunday night on HBO after a momentous couple months off the air, and Oliver started things off with the most pressing issue of the moment: that the Democrats, who currently control both the White House and both houses of Congress, don’t seem as committed to defeating Republican attempts to restrict voting rights.
“Republican legislatures across the country have responded to what’s been called the most secure election in U.S. history by pushing new laws to make voting significantly more difficult,” Oliver said during his opening segment. “In Arizona, they put forward 19 bills to restrict voting rights.