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jpak

(41,742 posts)
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 12:40 PM Mar 2016

Samantha Bee hits back at MSNBC host for Clinton 'smile' comment

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/16/samantha-bee-full-frontal-hillary-clinton-smile

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had a good Tuesday, but MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough evidently didn’t think she celebrated properly: “Smile,” he wrote on Twitter. “You just had a big night. #PrimaryDay.” Comedian Samantha Bee didn’t 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, it’s 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, she’s 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 hasn’t 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.

“We’ve 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 don’t 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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Enrique

(27,461 posts)
4. the problem is that Joe is very likely looking for this response
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 03:23 PM
Mar 2016

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...
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 03:26 PM
Mar 2016

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,
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 03:34 PM
Mar 2016

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.

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