The jibe at the Florida politician was cut by 'Last Week Tonight' lawyers for being too controversial, host John Oliver said.
A Last Week Tonight joke about Florida congressman Matt Gaetz was cut by lawyers, according to host John Oliver.On the October 15 episode, Oliver mocked Congress's ongoing internal struggles. The comic compared Republican infighting to Netflix's political thriller House of Cards, and Gaetz to the show's leading man, Kevin Spacey.'I guess it's true in that it was kind of fun to watch at first, but now I'm just exhausted by it,' Oliver said.
The politician said that he had been targeted by blackmailers. 'Over the past several weeks, my family and I have been victims of an organized criminal extortion involving a former DOJ official seeking $25 million while threatening to smear my name,' Gaetz tweeted.'We have been cooperating with federal authorities in this matter and my father has even been wearing a wire at the FBI's direction to catch these criminals,' Gaetz added.
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