Trump DHS Gives Absolutely Stunning Clap-Back To John Oliver On Bizarre Darth Vader Video
President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security gave an absolutely stunning response when HBO host John Oliver asked them about a bizarre Darth Vader-themed social media video.
The Trump administration co-opted so-called “Star Wars Day” this year to put a pop culture sheen on their immigration crackdown with a slew of memes and social media “May the 4th Be With You” videos, including one posted by a California Border Patrol commander that featured a brutal scene from the film Rogue One:
On this week’s edition of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, Oliver tackled the Trump deportation force as his “main story,” during which he ridiculed the Star Wars video:
JOHN OLIVER: Others have been getting in on these shitposting with perhaps the most telling example coming from a regional border patrol office, which posted this celebration of its agents in Southern California’s premier sector.
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JOHN OLIVER: If I may quote an insufferable man on a first bumble date, “Have you ever seen Star Wars?”.
Because that’s pretty famously the bad guy.
Imagine how morally bankrupt you have to be to watch the most famous villain in cinematic history murdering a bunch of people, some of whom are literally begging for help, and think “He is so us.”.
Later in the show, Oliver revealed that the only question DHS would answer was the one about the Rogue One video, and shared their stunning response:
JOHN OLIVER: While DHS ignored most of our questions, when we asked about that Darth Vader video, they said… “.
Not to spoil the plot, but as any Star Wars fan knows, Darth Vader is also Anakin Skywalker. I don’t think DHS needs to regale the American public on the heroism of Skywalker. They know.”.
Which is just an incredible, deeply shitty response. I’d honestly love to know their disingenuous takes on other movie villains.
Actually, if you think about it, Thanos was the real hero of the Avengers movies, because as any Marvel fan knows, Thanos used to be a baby, and babies aren’t evil.
Watch above via HBO’s Last Week Tonight.
