Last Week Tonight satirizes Republican politics and Abdul El-Sayed with a joke about canceling Christmas
A November 3 comedic segment from Last Week Tonight uses absurdist satire to comment on Republican politics and Abdul El-Sayed, built around a joke that El-Sayed won't be canceling Christmas — framing that as the job of a figure the show dubs 'President No Pencils.'
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