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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSamantha Bee hits back at MSNBC host for Clinton 'smile' comment
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/16/samantha-bee-full-frontal-hillary-clinton-smilePresidential candidate Hillary Clinton had a good Tuesday, but MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough evidently didnt think she celebrated properly: Smile, he wrote on Twitter. You just had a big night. #PrimaryDay. Comedian Samantha Bee didnt agree with his suggestion, so she responded to his tweet by posting a picture of her scowling face back at the Morning Joe co-host. Ladies, its very important that you #SmileForJoe, she wrote.
Bee currently hosts TBS late-night show Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, where she takes a satirical look at current events. Since the show premiered in early February, shes tried to understand Donald Trump supporters, visited a Syrian refugee camp, and put on a play about lawmakers refusing to pass gun reform.
After posting her initial unsmiling photo, Bee began reposting similar photos from other women. Scarborough hasnt directly responded to Bee, but he did attempt to clarify his smile comment after some Twitter users pointed out that telling a woman to smile is a common refrain heard from street harassers.
Weve hammered all candidates on their style and substance. We try to hold all candidates to the same standard, he said in a series of tweets. I dont look at [Clinton] as a woman anymore than I did Thatcher. I look at her as a tough candidate who can handle it.
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Samantha Bee hits back at MSNBC host for Clinton 'smile' comment (Original Post)
jpak
Mar 2016
OP
she is so much funnier than the stiffs they had to replace Colbert and Stewart nt
geek tragedy
Mar 2016
#8
WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)1. Dead intern Joe demands
smiles? I leave it there.
winstars
(4,220 posts)2. Hey Joe! NOBODY REMEMBERS THATCHER!!! WHO IS UNDER 60... what an asshole
REP
(21,691 posts)3. I'm liking her more and more every day ... and I was already a fan
Smile? Fuck you, Joe.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)4. the problem is that Joe is very likely looking for this response
maybe he and Mika are right now rehearsing how she's going to take him to task and how he's going to come back, etc. If that's the game, why should we play along?
TipTok
(2,474 posts)5. She is becoming less and less funny over time...
She has some really good stuff in the earlier Daily Show days but seems to be on a downward trend.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)6. This is an old theme with Joe, picking, picking,
picking at Hillary for being so unfortunately repellent and unattractive. If only she'd at least smile. He'd be right at home on GD-P. In fact, maybe he comes by now and then for ideas.
Monk06
(7,675 posts)7. Come on a little smile ain't gonna kill ya
Sam does Hannibal Lecter
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)8. she is so much funnier than the stiffs they had to replace Colbert and Stewart nt