“Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver became the latest in a line of political comedians to condemn Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ “objectively awful” directives at the U.S. border with Mexico on Sunday. Part of the recent outrage over government officials separating families of immigrants when they cross into the U.S., a practice that had already been garnering immense criticism, stems from Sessions’ use of the Bible to justify such inhumane actions.

“Lots of things are said in the Bible, but that doesn’t mean you should do them,” Oliver said. “And the Trump administration might want to go a little easy on holding the Bible up as a moral code. Because let’s remember, the Bible is not a big fan of adultery, gluttony, coveting your neighbor’s wife, pride or wrath.” As the comedian listed off these sins, photographs of Trump exemplifying them flashed across the screen.

Oliver is not alone in the late-night comedy sphere when it comes to condemning the Trump administration’s latest practice. Stephen Colbert and Samantha Bee also used humor tinged with anger to highlight the border crisis, with Colbert reminding us that the U.S. is “the only country in the whole damned world doing it, because it’s plain wrong.”

Watch clips by all three comedians in the video player above.

— Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata

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