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President Trump Calls on TBS to Fire “Full Frontal” Host Samantha Bee

HeadlineJun 01, 2018

President Trump called today for the firing of comedian Samantha Bee after she called Ivanka Trump the c-word on her TBS show “Full Frontal.” Trump tweeted, “Why aren’t they firing no talent Samantha Bee for the horrible language used on her low ratings show?” On her program Wednesday, Bee blasted the president’s daughter—who’s also a senior White House adviser—over child-parent separations at the U.S. border, showing an Obama-era photo of young people sleeping in cages and a photo of Ivanka Trump and her son posted to Instagram last weekend. This is a clip from Samantha Bee’s program.

Samantha Bee: “After decades of ignoring the issue, Americans are finally paying attention. Well, most of us. Ivanka Trump, who works at the White House, chose to post the second most oblivious tweet we’ve seen this week. You know, Ivanka, that’s a beautiful photo of you and your child, but let me just say, one mother to another, do something about your dad’s immigration practices, you [bleep]. He listens to you. Put on something tight and low-cut, and tell your father to [bleep] stop it.”

Bee apologized for her comments Thursday on Twitter, saying, “I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it.”

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