John Oliver tore into conservative Tennessee Senator John Stevens’s “desperate” attempt to “play dumb,” after Stevens made an absurd claim about race amid redistricting in the state.
“Now, under the law, they still can’t intentionally redraw districts to disempower people based on race,” Oliver explained on HBO’s Last Week Tonight, “Which led to this incredible exchange between one Democratic state senator and the bill’s sponsor.”
The show panned to footage from a Senate hearing, during which Senator London Lamar questioned Senator Stevens, asking if he was aware that Memphis is “predominantly African American.” Stevens, in turn, said he was not.
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