John Oliver lashed out again at Fox News host Tucker Carlson for having an on-air meltdown last week over a CNN event involving âSesame Streetâ characters.
âAre you a racist or are you a total fucking moron?â the âLast Week Tonightâ host asked on Sunday night. âThe answer can be â and indeed is â both.â
The CNN segment that set Carlson off involved Elmo speaking with his dad, Louie, who was about to attend a protest for equality.
âAcross the country, people of color â especially in the black community â are being treated unfairly because of how they look, their culture, race and who they are,â Louie explained to Elmo. âWhat we are seeing is people saying, âEnough is enough.â They want to end racism.â
Carlson had a big problem with that message.
âGot that, Bobby?â Carlson asked as if speaking to a child. âAmerica is a very bad place and itâs your fault. So no matter what happens, no matter what they do to you when you grow up, you have no right to complain.â
Oliver, who has gone after Carlson multiple times in recent weeks, wasnât having it.
âFirst, obviously, fuck off Tucker, you one-man homeownerâs association,â Oliver said, adding:
âAnd second, that unspecified âtheyâ in âwhat they do to you when you grow upâ is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. Thereâs basically two options for what that could mean. One, that Tucker and his viewers have benefited from a racist system that renders any specifications of who âtheyâ are unnecessary. Or two, that his show is a badly written piece of garbage.â
That led to Oliverâs blunt question for Carlson:
Oliver then went on to discuss the use of facial recognition technology by police: