No offense to Mr Oliver but stunts like these are bullshit. They cloud that water and ultimately don't further the conversation. It's polarizing. Tho' Oliver would be the last to admit it.
That said, following the Merrick Garland nomination debacle, it's hard to imagine what "taste" even means any more. Not only did they hold up a nomination for many months in order to derail it, the voters rewarded them for it.
So yeah, it's polarizing. But it's already maximally polarized, and I don't see any point in pretending to take a "high road" that nobody cares about.
I lean left...I'm no longer laughing.