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sufrommich

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Tue Jul 26, 2016, 01:59 PM Jul 2016

Samantha Bee schools her network on sexist Hillary tweet.

Well, this might make things a bit awkward around the water cooler for a day or two.

Samantha Bee ended up locking horns with TBS, the network that broadcasts her show, over a tweet from their official account that compared Hillary Clinton‘s laugh to that of a hyena.

The Full Frontal host has been passionate in her political takedowns since the launch of her show, and her recent episodes have been all about the coverage of the Republican National convention last week. This week marks the start of a very contentious Democratic National Convention, and TBS network tweeted out a video from The Heckler on Monday night that was captioned “Move over Donkey! There’s a new mascot in town…#ImWithHyena.”

The video is called “Hillary Clinton’s Call of the Wild,” and it juxtaposes Clinton’s laugh with the calls from a pack of wild hyenas. Bee apparently did not appreciate this, and she took a leaf out of Clinton’s book when she gave her network a little bit of advice:

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Samantha Bee schools her network on sexist Hillary tweet. (Original Post) sufrommich Jul 2016 OP
TBS's official Twitter account put that sexist horseshit out there? geek tragedy Jul 2016 #1
I was pretty surprised too. Seems pretty stupid and destructive sufrommich Jul 2016 #2
That was shitty. Good on Bee. n/t Orsino Jul 2016 #3
I don't get it. Whats the new mascot? aikoaiko Jul 2016 #4
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