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[Sigh] This is also full of nonsense, in classic John Oliver fashion.
So, let's take a look at just how wrong this is on #OliverDebunked
So, let's take a look at just how wrong this is on #OliverDebunked
Oliver opens fairly strongly by pointing out what a huge disaster the withdrawal was... until about 2:00 when he quotes Gen. Milley claiming that everyone got Afghanistan wrong.
I don't make intel assessments, but I was right about this
I don't make intel assessments, but I was right about this
The reality is every intel agency told Biden what would happen. He denied it.
And it then happened exactly as the intel agencies predicted. And it happened on Biden's watch.
And it then happened exactly as the intel agencies predicted. And it happened on Biden's watch.
Ok, I'll explain why @LastWeekTonight's claims about guns are total junk in this thread going point by point...as is tradition.
#2A
#2A
The first false claim is at just 0:19 seconds, when Oliver claims "we all know" that the problem is "guns, bc we let basically whoever wants to buy a gun have one."
NOBODY who has EVER bought a gun thinks that.
This is a lie.
NOBODY who has EVER bought a gun thinks that.
This is a lie.
Under federal law, licensed gun dealers ARE REQUIRED to conduct background checks on all buyers and store the resulting records for two decades.
fbi.gov/services/cjis/…
fbi.gov/services/cjis/…
