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John Oliver Explains Why Voters Should Be 'F***ing Outraged' by Trump's Scandals, Not Clinton's

Think Trump and Clinton's scandals are equally bad? Not so fast, says John Oliver on 'Last Week Tonight.'

All eyes were on John Oliver's Last Week Tonight on Sunday, as the recent Emmy winner turned his award-winning investigation skills to giving viewers a much-needed reality check on the vast differences between presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Though some voters might argue that both candidates would seem on the surface to have comparable scandals hindering cross-party appeal, Oliver decided to spend 21 minutes of his show detailing exactly why that's simply not true at all.

The key difference, Oliver explained, is that Clinton has repeatedly been hit with overblown mini-controversies instead of actual scandals. "We've spent several frustrating weeks trolling through all the innuendo and exaggerations surrounding [Clinton's] email and foundation scandals and the worst thing you can say is: They both look bad, but the harder you look, the less you actually find," Oliver said. "There's not nothing there, [but] what is there is irritating rather than grossly nefarious. And this is where it is instructive to compare her to her opponent: Donald Trump."

As Oliver noted, Trump and his scandals are "quantifiably worse" for a multitude of reasons. Not only do voters know practically zero about Trump's finances, but the ongoing lawsuits against "that bullshit university" and the alleged "illegal $3.5 million loan from his father" should give voters great hesitance.

"The point is this: the campaign has been dominated by scandals, but it's dangerous to think there is an equal number on both sides," Oliver said. "You can be irritated by some of Hillary's. That's understandable. But you should be fucking outraged by Trump's."

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