John Oliver Blasts 'Garbage Lady' Kay Ivey for Anti-Trans Law
signed in April, then said, “That is absolutely appalling. Nobody should ever be facing criminal punishment for providing health care to young people.” Those who violate the law face a prison sentence of up to 10 years and a fine of up to $15,000.Oliver noted that Ivey has made her anti-transgender stances a cornerstone of her campaign as she runs for reelection this year.
He played a commercial in which she says, “Some things are just facts. Summer’s hot, the ocean’s big, and gender is a question of biology, not identity.
Here in Alabama, we’re gonna go by how God made us, because we identify with something liberals never will: reality.”He commented, “First, fuck you.
Second, ‘Summer’s hot, ocean’s big’ doesn’t sound like the wind-up to denying trans people their rights. It sounds like a children’s book the author wrote while hung over.”“As for her point there that we have to respect how God made us, do we?” he added. “Really?
