John Oliver celebrates 5 years of conservatives wrongly predicting “the end of Obamacare” with epic video montage

With SCOTUS upholding the Affordable Care Act last week, Oliver gave a special shout-out to some of the naysayers

Published June 29, 2015 12:51PM (EDT)

  (HBO)
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Last week, in a 6–3 decision, the Supreme Court upheld a critical part of the Affordable Care Act. No one was happier about this than President Obama, who was spotted moments after the news broke fist-bumping and hugging Chief of Staff Denis McDonough.

On Sunday's "Last Week Tonight," John Oliver used the historic moment to take a look back at all of the conservative naysayers through the last five years who wrongly predicted that "the end of ObamaCare" was just around the corner.

Featured in the greatest hits collection: Mitt Romney stating "ObamaCare will end" in 2012, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) stating "It could happen next week in the United States Congress" in 2011, and former Florida attorney general Bill McCollum stating "I am confident that the court is going to declare the new health care reform law unconstitutional" in 2010.

Watch the clip courtesy of HBO below:


By Colin Gorenstein

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