--- title: Watch John Oliver on Republican Party, Robert Morrow VIDEO description: John Oliver shined the spotlight on a pair of newly elected Texas Republicans who are creating somewhat of an image issue for the GOP. canonical: https://time.com/4713720/john-oliver-on-republicans/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-27T16:32:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T10:18:52.000Z og:title: John Oliver Rips Apart New 'Trump on Steroids' Republican og:description: And shows off some of his tweets og:url: https://time.com/4713720/john-oliver-on-republicans/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3dfd06b1084dbee6/6988bff7e20a87a156a949a7/screen-shot-2017-03-27-at-10-11-19-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2017-03-27 at 10.11.19 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John Oliver Rips Apart New 'Trump on Steroids' Republican twitter:description: And shows off some of his tweets twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3dfd06b1084dbee6/6988bff7e20a87a156a949a7/screen-shot-2017-03-27-at-10-11-19-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # John Oliver Absolutely Unloads on Conspiracy Theories 'Embarrassing' the Republican Party  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:18 AM UTCPublished: Mar 27, 2017 4:32 PM UTC  HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:18 AM UTCPublished: Mar 27, 2017 4:32 PM UTC [John Oliver](http://time.com/4706273/john-oliver-budget-last-week-tonight/) shined the spotlight on a pair of newly elected [Texas](http://time.com/4711237/rick-perry-texas-am-student-election/) Republicans whose [conspiracy theories](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-who-claimed-obama-was-gay-prostitute-loses-texas-education-n580101) are creating somewhat of a public image issue for [the GOP](http://time.com/4712852/ahca-donald-trump-obamacare-repeal-failure/). During an episode of _Last Week Tonight_ from last year, the host first introduced viewers to Travis County Republican Chairman Robert Morrow with a segment from a controversial 2016 interview. “I’m like Donald Trump on steroids, sweetheart,” Morrow says in the clip. “So get ready to have some fun reading my Twitter feed.” Oliver then moved on to Mary Lou Bruner, a candidate for the Texas State Board of Education who has previously written that baby dinosaurs lived on Noah’s ark. “Say what you will about that woman, I would read any history textbook she had a part in creating,” he joked. Watch the full clip below. **Correction:** The original version of this story misstated the date this clip aired _on Last Week Tonight_. 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