Comedian John Oliver on the Americans Who Still Don’t Even Have the Right to Vote
Inhabitants of U.S. territories, like Guam, Puerto Rico and American Samoa, still don't have voting rights, and surprisingly these aren't the only rights some of them are denied.Inhabitants of U.S. territories, like Guam, Puerto Rico and American Samoa, still don’t have voting rights, and surprisingly these aren’t the only rights some of them are denied. On Sunday’s episode of “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver highlights just how absurd this is and also makes a valid point about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and our loose definition of “immigrant.”
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