Left-leaning comedians are a dime a dozen.
It’s also true that some woke jokesters are more extreme than others. Stand-up stars may try to appeal to the widest audience, meaning they’ll dial it back on the partisan jokes. However, plenty of comedians have become activists, especially following the 2016 election.
Many comedians claim to have no explicit bias, saying they don’t belong to either party while technically espousing views that are way more liberal than conservative. Ahead, these are the most outspoken leftist comedians who currently think they’re hilarious.
<h3>Jon Stewart</h3>
Back in the late 90s, Stewart took over hosting Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” and quickly became one of the preeminent political comedy stars in the country. He was a satirist, but his young, liberal, male audience trusted him to tell the truth about what was going on in politics.
In a 2002 <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/02/11/is-it-funny-yet">interview</a> with The New Yorker, Stewart described himself as the voice of “the disenfranchised center.” But even then his politics leaned left. At one point the late night host called his beliefs more independent or socialist than Democrat.
Later, Stewart <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/show-tracker/story/2012-05-30/late-night-jon-stewart-clarifies-his-support-for-socialism">clarified</a> that while he doesn’t support “state control of industry or collectivizing farms,” he is in favor of the single-payer healthcare system and was a huge proponent of the Affordable Care Act.
Over the years, Stewart became more cynical and bitter and less funny. His new AppleTV+ show “The Problem With Jon Stewart” has mostly been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jon-stewarts-new-apple-tv-show-rumored-to-be-a-huge-flop-report">a ratings disaster</a> kept afloat solely because of nostalgic fans who miss “The Daily Show” and the ignorance of youth.
<h3>Jimmy Kimmel</h3>
Speaking of universal healthcare supporters, fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is yet another example of a leftist comedian. The 54-year-old “Jimmy Kimmel Live” star used the story of his son being born with a congenital heart condition to make the case for overhauling healthcare in the U.S.
“If your baby is going to die and it doesn’t have to, it shouldn’t matter how much money you make,” he <a href="https://youtu.be/MmWWoMcGmo0">said</a> in 2017. “I think that’s something that whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat or something else, we all agree on that, right?”
He’s also in favor of “common sense” gun laws, which he <a href="https://youtu.be/ruYeBXudsds">spoke</a> about following the Las Vegas shooting. 
“What I’m talking about tonight isn’t about gun control; it’s about common sense,” Kimmel said at the time. “Common sense says no good will ever come from allowing a person to have weapons that can take down 527 Americans at a concert. Common sense says you don’t let those who suffer from mental illness buy guns.”
<h3>John Oliver</h3>
Emmy Award winner John Oliver is British but has become a staple on American television thanks to stints on “The Daily Show” and the HBO series “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.”
Though he’s not originally from this country, Oliver endorsed Joe Biden for president and openly celebrated his and Kamala Harris&#8217;s win in the 2020 US presidential election. He described Donald Trump’s defeat as a “reverse 9/11” because of all the celebrating in the city of Manhattan.
&#8220;It was like that all day here in New York,&#8221; he said, per <a href="https://www.distractify.com/p/john-oliver-political-views">Distractify</a>. &#8220;There was a mood here that can only be described as a reverse 9/11. Why? Because it combined complete euphoria, an abiding disgust for Rudy Giuliani, and this time people actually were dancing on the rooftops in New Jersey. It was a really good day. Never forget.&#8221;
In 2021, Oliver <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hbo-host-john-oliver-calls-parents-opposed-to-school-mask-mandates-idiots">called</a> parents who opposed school mask mandates “idiots,” and said “We are only fighting about masks in school right now because there are a bunch of foolish adults who have decided not to get the vaccine, and to all of them, I can only say, to quote a bunch of upsettingly loud idiots, ‘We know who you are, and you’re the f***ing problem.’”
<h3>Samantha Bee</h3>
It may be controversial to describe Samantha Bee as a comedian seeing as how very few people find her funny. But the far-left activist has certainly expressed her feelings on a wide range of topics such as gender theory and women’s rights.
“This year, we’re seeing a tidal wave of transphobic legislation targeting kids, largely in retaliation for President Biden’s executive order to protect trans rights,” she said, telling conservatives to “mind their own f***ing business” when it came to protecting female sports, per <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-samantha-bee-tells-republicans-to-stop-transphobic-bills-and-mind-their-own-fing-business">The Daily Wire</a>. 
“They falsely claim trans women automatically have more testosterone and therefore more muscle mass than cis women,” Bee continued. “But studies don’t show a consistent relationship between testosterone and athletic performance.”
The comedian accused Republicans of “fear-mongering” in regard to trans sports debates just like they did with bathroom bills.
<h3>Lewis Black</h3>
No one seems angrier than a screaming Lewis Black, who made his brand of “rage comedy” into a recognizable brand. He’s also a <a href="https://www.dailypress.com/entertainment/dp-xpm-20130920-2013-09-20-dp-fea-lewis-black-0920-20130920-story.html">self-described</a> socialist who has no love for either party but is pro-gun control and pro-healthcare reform. Basically, Black hates everyone – especially Republicans.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve done something with these two political parties that really is unbelievable. No other country has done it. No other country,” he <a href="https://www.wpr.org/comedian-lewis-blacks-conundrum-how-do-you-satirize-satirical">observed</a> during a standup act last year. “We used to have parties that argued ideas. Not anymore. Now we have two separate political parties that actually exist in two totally different realities.&#8221;
That’s one thing this left-leaning comedian gets absolutely right.
<h3>David Cross</h3>
Best known for his role on “Arrested Development,” David Cross is also a leftist who is happy to bring politics into his standup routine, even if it means people walking out of his shows all the time. During a 2016 <a href="https://www.avclub.com/david-cross-on-why-his-comedy-tour-pissed-off-people-ri-1798250771">interview</a> with The A.V. Club, the comedian described himself as, “more socialist Democrat” than a “centrist” like Hillary Clinton.
“I think regulation for banks and those platforms that Bernie Sanders had are good for the whole of America. I’m not going to benefit from free college education, but I think all those things are good for the country,” he said.
<h3>Sarah Silverman</h3>
Like so many others, Sarah Silverman became especially political during the 2016 election, aggressively campaigning first for Bernie Sanders and then accepting Hillary Clinton as her next best option. She supported Sanders again in 2020.
Silverman is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, though she said she’s become increasingly fed up with both parties.
“I just, I don’t know that I want to be associated with any party. I really, I think I don’t want to be associated with any party anymore,” Silverman told <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2021/03/15/sarah-silverman-is-right-democrats-are-the-party-of-absolutism/">viewers</a> in 2021. “It just, it comes with too much baggage. Every party, it comes with so much f***ing baggage that no ideas can be taken at face value.”

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Left-wing late-night show host Samantha Bee&#8217;s &#8220;Full Frontal with Samantha Bee&#8221; recently got canceled after seven years on air, way past the <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/full_frontal_with_samantha_bee/s01">high</a> of her popularity during the early days of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s time in office.
Last week, a spokesperson for TBS described the reason for the cancellation as a &#8220;new programming strategy,&#8221; reported <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tbs-cancels-samantha-bees-full-frontal-in-latest-collapse-for-late-night-shows">The Daily Wire</a>. 
&#8220;As we continue to shape our new programming strategy, we’ve made some difficult, business-based decisions,&#8221; the TBS statement read on July 25.
Long before Bee&#8217;s late-night show on TBS was done, the TV host&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/samantha-bees-ratings-are-terrible-so-why-exactly-james-barrett">ratings were nowhere close to any other late night show</a>.
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After 7 seasons, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will not be returning to TBS this fall. We’re so thankful for our loyal audience, our amazing team, and that we got to annoy the right people every week—that there wasn&#39;t wrestling or baseball or a very special episode of Big Bang.
&mdash; Samantha Bee (@realsambee) <a href="https://twitter.com/realsambee/status/1551607482388303874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In 2018, the host&#8217;s Nielsen ratings were down 34 percent from the prior year among the coveted age demographic of adults 18-49. When it came to overall viewership, the show was down 29 percent compared to the year earlier.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/samantha-bee-hollywood-perpetuates-anti-asian-racism">Bee&#8217;s</a> dramatic ratings decline over the last few years seemed to come after the host was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/samantha-bee-apologizes-ivanka-trump-so-does-tbs-ben-shapiro">forced to apologize</a> for her attack in May 2018 about Trump&#8217;s daughter Ivanka Trump. During her show she called the former first daughter a &#8220;feckless c**t&#8221; and more. The comments drew a huge backlash against Bee&#8217;s show.
&#8220;Let me just say, one mother to another, do something about your dad&#8217;s immigration practices you feckless c***,&#8221;  Bee shared before the <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/samantha-bee-sponsors-full-frontal-tv-ratings/">episode was removed</a> from the internet. &#8220;He listens to you. Put on something tight and low cut and tell your father to f***ing stop it. Tell him it was an [Barack] Obama thing and see how it goes.&#8221;
After the comments, Bee started losing sponsors right and left, including one of her biggest supporters, Autotrader. The <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/samantha-bee-sponsors-full-frontal-tv-ratings/">Wrap</a> noted, at the time, the host couldn&#8217;t afford to lose anymore. It happened after her show had lost sponsor State Farm who announced it was taking a break from the show following her Ivanka comment, <a href="https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/samantha-bee-full-frontal-apology-advertising-1202835551/">Variety</a> noted.
Independent journalist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/glenn-greenwald">Glenn Greenwald</a> recently <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1551686204738895875?s=20&amp;t=IXpofUjcnnSW2UoB2Bx3iQ">tweeted</a>, Bee&#8217;s anti-Trump show was &#8220;a feminist legacy as trivial and inconsequential as it was failed and pointless.&#8221;
&#8220;This program was typically dead last in the ratings for late-night shows, barely attracting an audience size of a mid-level YouTuber,&#8221; Greenwald <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1551684510529556480?s=20&amp;t=IXpofUjcnnSW2UoB2Bx3iQ">responded</a> to the show ending. “Even the barely-visible Don Lemon has more people watching. This show will be missed by a few dozen liberals.&#8221;
Glenn also <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1551684929653800961?s=20&amp;t=IXpofUjcnnSW2UoB2Bx3iQ">posted a chart</a> that proves as late-night TV hosts go hardcore left, their ratings suffer. It shows audiences just aren&#8217;t tuning in by the millions because late-night TV is no longer a place to escape from the echo chamber of the left-wing propaganda that&#8217;s everywhere from news outlets to TV shows/movies and more.
The <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1551684929653800961?s=20&amp;t=IXpofUjcnnSW2UoB2Bx3iQ">graphic</a> showed Bee was in 13th place the week of June 13-19, 2022. In September 2021, she was in <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1437893981346672643?s=20&amp;t=XmrWzdgSb2tGMbNhE4HR3A">12th place</a> in late-night TV when it was announced her show would be renewed. Her June audience of 285,000 paled in comparison to that of Fox News&#8217; Greg Gutfeld on &#8220;Gutfeld!&#8221; who brought in 1,973,000 during the same time frame. 
The show &#8220;Full Frontal&#8221; debuted in February 2016 and had a lot of buzz at first. But by her third season of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/samantha-bee-host-president-obama-hank-berrien">attacks on Republicans</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/racist-monsters-samantha-bee-compares-president-paul-bois">then-President Trump</a>, viewers, especially the liberal ones, had stopped tuning into the show for dissenting commentary, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/8-reasons-why-full-frontal-230027410.html">Yahoo</a> noted.
&#8220;Full Frontal&#8221; ratings peaked in the fourth season from 2018 to 2019, when the host was bringing in 4 million viewers per episode, the outlet noted. That was comparable to the numbers the show had from Season 1 and 2 with more than 3.3 million viewers, But by 2020, the show had sunk back to 3.5 million, before falling to a series low of 2.9 million in 2021.
Retired veteran late-night comedy writer, Ned Rice, said that Bee&#8217;s show &#8220;never really caught on,” per Yahoo. 
&#8220;I never saw it in the press,&#8221; Rice shared. &#8220;I never saw Samantha quoted really anywhere, except for [the &#8216;feckless c***t&#8217; incident]. I don&#8217;t think that show made much of an impact. And they certainly gave her a good several years to work to find an audience, but she never did.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-samantha-bee-tells-2020-underdogs-stop-paul-bois">Bee&#8217;s</a> show&#8217;s cancellation comes as part of the great WarnerMedia Discovery merger reshuffle, which includes TBS, TNT and TruTV, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tbs-cancels-full-frontal-with-samantha-bee-1235185694/">Hollywood Reporter</a> noted. Bee&#8217;s show&#8217;s business model was basically anti-Trump and with Trump out of office now for almost two years, the show doesn&#8217;t work, the <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/samantha-bee-faces-the-trump-slump">Washington Examiner</a> noted.
If you were to read <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/07/28/1113910604/samantha-bees-cancellation-hints-at-tough-times-for-women-and-poc-in-late-night-">NPR&#8217;s</a> report about the show&#8217;s cancellation, it surmised that it wasn&#8217;t the comedian&#8217;s inability to find an audience or stop attacking anyone that doesn&#8217;t push  left ideologies. 
Instead it suggested Bee&#8217;s show getting pulled is an attack on women hosts in late-night and &#8220;hints at tough times for women and POC [people of color] in late-night TV.&#8221;
However, instead of the host taking a different approach than all the other late-night hosts by mocking the aging, bumbling President Joe Biden, she was more interested in pushing her leftist agenda about why we need abortion and labeling <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdVVlHg0PIA">transgender kids</a> issues, &#8220;human rights.&#8221; There&#8217;s simply no difference between Bee&#8217;s show and something a person can find on CNN or MSNBC, which people have made clear they don&#8217;t want.
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The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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TBS announced Monday that it is canceling <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/samantha-bee">Samantha Bee&#8217;s</a> late-night show &#8220;Full Frontal&#8221; after seven seasons.
“As we continue to shape our new programming strategy, we’ve made some difficult, business-based decisions,” TBS said in a statement. “We are proud to have been the home to ‘Full Frontal With Samantha Bee’ and thank Sam, and the rest of the Emmy-nominated team for their groundbreaking work. We celebrate this extraordinarily talented cast and crew and look forward to exploring new opportunities to work with them in the future.”
Bee acknowledged the news on social media, writing: &#8220;We’re so thankful for our loyal audience, our amazing team, and that we got to annoy the right people every week — that there wasn&#8217;t wrestling or baseball or a very special episode of Big Bang.&#8221;
&#8220;To our loyal fans — we love you, you’re very special,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Go home, and go home in peace.&#8221;
Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/samantha-bee-canceled-full-frontal-1235324772/">reported</a> that the show&#8217;s cancelation is the latest cutback for late-night shows after WarnerMedia canceled Conan O’Brien&#8217;s “Conan” last year and Comedy Central trimmed its late-night lineup from three shows down to one.
Bee was most known for her hardcore leftist views and vile rants against Republicans and conservatives, including <a href="https://slate.com/culture/2018/05/samantha-bee-calls-ivanka-trump-a-feckless-cunt-white-house-responds.html">calling</a> then-President Donald Trump&#8217;s daughter Ivanka Trump a &#8220;feckless c**t.&#8221;
Bee&#8217;s remark about Ivanka Trump generated so much backlash that the White House put out a <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/samantha-bee-sarah-sanders-white-house-vile-vicious-tbs-time-warner/">statement</a> condemning Bee.
“The language used by Samantha Bee last night is vile and vicious,&#8221; the White House said in a statement. &#8220;The collective silence by the left and its media allies is appalling. Her disgusting comments and show are not fit for broadcast, and executives at Time Warner and TBS must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned on its network.”
Bee effectively <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/06/24/hollywood-panic-tbs-late-night-host-samantha-bee-terrified-of-trump-2-0-ron-desantis/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR3ej0fLEDGqOdkQiyaE1q-4ztjxzr5oNu_PnyCy1lcSd8vFOCTR-EK63ck">admitted</a> that she was more afraid of Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis than former President Donald Trump which many conservatives viewed as a ringing endorsement of DeSantis. Bee said DeSantis had &#8220;Trumpian ability&#8221; when it came to energizing Republican voters but that &#8220;compared to Trump, research has found that DeSantis is 35 percent less likely to trip over his own d**k while&#8221; enacting his policies.
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This report has been updated to include additional information.

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Far-left comedienne Samantha Bee excoriated Republicans on Wednesday for pushing &#8220;transphobic&#8221; bills while telling them to &#8220;mind their own f***ing business.&#8221;
According to Bee, Republicans have introduced bills barring biological men from participating in women&#8217;s sports as well as barring children from having their bodies mutilated through hormone treatment simply out of &#8220;retaliation&#8221; for the Biden administration protecting transgender rights.
“This year, we’re seeing a tidal wave of transphobic legislation targeting kids, largely in retaliation for President Biden’s executive order to protect trans rights,&#8221; she said.
Even though conservatives have cited multiple <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-weightlifter-has-a-genuine-chance-for-a-womens-olympic-medal">examples</a> of biological men (not to mention scientific evidence) having an advantage over women in sports, Bee simply said that conservatives made up a &#8220;problem that absolutely doesn’t exist.&#8221;
&#8220;Conservatives are staging a coordinated attack on trans kids by making up a problem that absolutely doesn’t exist. … Most of the legislators who sponsored anti-trans bill this year can’t even cite a single instance where trans girls competing in sports has caused problems,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Rather, these laws stem from the very incorrect misconception that trans women are not women.”
“They falsely claim trans women automatically have more testosterone and therefore more muscle mass than cis women,” Bee continued. “But studies don’t show a consistent relationship between testosterone and athletic performance.&#8221;
Bee then accused Republicans of simply &#8220;fear-mongering&#8221; in order to gin up votes.
&#8220;So why are conservatives actually targeting trans athletes? Fear-mongering, baby. Just like with the bathroom bills, Republicans are trying to scare their base into voting for people like Governor if-life-didn’t-go-well-Pat-Sajak,&#8221; she continued, referring to Republican Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves.
“Let’s be real. Conservatives don’t actually care about this. They just want to politically profit from excluding trans people from yet another public space. At the end of the day, Republicans need to stop policing other people’s bodies, mind their own f***ing business, and let trans people live their lives,” Bee concluded.
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Bee made this exclamation on the same day that The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/may/05/trans-weightlifter-laurel-hubbard-set-to-make-history-at-tokyo-olympics">published a report</a> about New Zealand transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard being a strong contender to win a medal at the summer Olympics in Tokyo. Hubbard lived 35 years as a man and did not enter international weight lifting until after transitioning.
“The insider said that while teams did not have to be named until 5 July, under the new qualification rules, which had come into effect after several competitions were lost because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Hubbard was sure of a place in Tokyo if fit,” reported the outlet. “It means Hubbard, who won silver at the 2017 world championships and was sixth after a severe injury in 2019, is almost certain to become the first transgender athlete to compete at an Olympics. And while she will be the oldest weightlifter at the Games, she will also have a genuine chance of a medal given her qualifying lifts rank her fourth out of the 14 qualifiers in the 87kg-plus super heavyweight category for Tokyo.”
Former Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner, previously Bruce Jenner before identifying as transgender, has publicly stated their opposition to biological boys competing in women’s sports.
“This is a question of fairness,” Jenner told TMZ. “That’s why I oppose biological boys who are trans competing in girls’ sports in school.”
“It just isn’t fair and we have to protect girls’ sports in our schools,” Jenner continued.
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Comedienne Samantha Bee blamed Hollywood for anti-Asian sentiments in the United States, lambasting the industry for its history of racism toward Asians while calling for better representation.
Throughout Samantha Bee&#8217;s speech, she highlighted the many examples throughout Hollywood history in which Asians were typecast as seductive villains, prostitutes, or submissive servants. She also noted the many times that white actors (such as John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, and Mickey Rooney) were cast to play Asian characters. One particular story was that of Anna May Wong, who was denied the lead role in &#8220;The Good Earth&#8221; due to laws forbidding non-white actors playing opposite white actors.
&#8220;Instead, she was offered the stereotypical role of Lotus Flower, a villainous concubine, which she admirably turned down, something a lot of actors wouldn&#8217;t have had the integrity to do,&#8221; she said.
Beyond Old Hollywood&#8217;s history, Bee then cited the many stereotypes of Asians in recent years, such as one particular scene in 2012&#8217;s &#8220;Ted.&#8221;
Bee concluded by calling on Hollywood to be better about Asian representation.
&#8220;Some people think what happens in Hollywood doesn&#8217;t matter,&#8221; she said. &#8220;But seeing yourself reflected in the culture does matter. And seeing other people’s stories makes it harder to deny their humanity.&#8221;
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While there have been some (long overdue) apologies made for America’s former anti-Asian policies, the racist sentiments they reflected continue to be perpetuated in our movies, TV shows, and popular culture. It’s about time Hollywood took a walk of shame. <a href="https://t.co/C6fyx1pLht">pic.twitter.com/C6fyx1pLht</a>
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Bee&#8217;s criticism of Hollywood follows that of former basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who said that Hollywood should create better Asian characters for actors to play.
“How having characters like Hop Sing (Bonanza) and Hey Boy (Have Gun Will Travel) shuffling about happily serving their white bosses gave the impression that Asian males were grateful, sexless servants,” he wrote. “Asian women were generally beautiful, demure, sexy servants in need of protection from the gun-toting white males. Bruce did his best to destroy those stereotypes by becoming the virile action hero in Hong Kong movies that Hollywood wouldn’t let him be.”
“Flash forward 55 years and, with a few notable exceptions, the demeaning stereotypes remain and have born bitter fruit: The recent mass murder of Asian Americans in Atlanta is only one of the thousands of racially motivated incidents against the AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders) community in the past year,” he continued. “Fueled by moronic politicians’ references to COVID-19 as the ‘China virus’ or ‘Kung flu,’ hate crimes against Asian Americans increased in 2020 by 150 percent and, as daily attacks around the country show, it’s only getting worse. Sadly, the most disturbing part isn’t the increase in violence, it’s how little it takes to trigger that violence — as if attackers are just waiting for an excuse to express their ignorance.”
Abdul-Jabbar said that some misperceptions about Asians could be solved if only Hollywood would put out more nuanced Asian characters. He also called for the removal of any and all past stories that featured harmful racial stereotypes.
“The most egregious ones should be pulled from circulation, and those that have some historical value should come with a warning in the beginning that the content features harmful racial stereotypes, as has been done for films like Gone With the Wind that perpetuated dangerous Black stereotypes,” he wrote.
Related:<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kareem-abdul-jabbar-urges-hollywood-to-combat-asian-stereotypes"> Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Urges Hollywood To ‘Combat Asian Stereotypes’</a>
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Samantha Bee: Hollywood Perpetuates Anti-Asian Racism

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Leftist comedienne Samantha Bee, who infamously referred to Ivanka Trump as a &#8220;feckless c**t&#8221; and suffered no repercussions for it, admitted that she takes a light approach to President Joe Biden compared to her intense criticisms of former President Trump.
Speaking with Dan Rather on his SiriusXM program, Bee said that she &#8220;can&#8217;t deny&#8221; that she has avoided mocking Joe Biden because she approves of his agenda.
&#8220;Do you, or do you not, find yourself sometimes at least tempted to kind of pull your punches?&#8221; Rather asked. &#8220;In other words, you, myself, and a lot of people, more or less free-swingers against President Trump. But now that Biden is in, I don’t know, do you find yourself sometimes saying, ‘Oh boy, there’s a nasty comedy bit I can unload on Biden,’ but saying to yourself, ‘I approve of him so much I’m going to pull this punch?’&#8221;
&#8220;I can’t deny that that has happened, I think that’s probably true across the board,&#8221; Bee responded, as reported by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/samantha-bee-biden-pulls-punches">Fox News</a>. &#8220;You’re like, ‘OK, well, we could be making jokes about the infrastructure plan,’ but in general, I’m like, ‘Wow, this is great.&#8217; Why would I purposefully undermine something that seems to be a great idea, pretty much across the board?&#8221;
Bee said she prefers to &#8220;make jokes&#8221; toward &#8220;more worthy targets&#8221; while saying she will hit the Biden administration when she feels its necessary.
&#8220;I like to make really targeted jokes,&#8221; she said. &#8220;There are more worthy targets right now.&#8221;
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In 2018, Samantha Bee found herself at the center of controversy when <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/samantha-bee-tears-into-feckless-cunt-ivanka-trump">she called Ivanka Trump</a> a “feckless c**t” for allegedly not confronting her father on his immigration policy, prompting a massive backlash from conservatives and even some members of the mainstream media.
“Ivanka Trump, who works at the White House, chose to post the second most oblivious tweet we’ve seen this week,” Bee said. “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 feckless c**t! He listens to you. Put on something tight and low-cut and tell your father to f***ing stop it. Tell him it was an Obama thing and see how it goes, OK?”
After significant backlash, <a href="https://qz.com/1299620/samantha-bees-apology-for-calling-ivanka-trump-a-feckless-c-word-is-perfect/">Bee eventually apologized</a> for using the word “c**t” as an insult rather than a word she hoped to reclaim.
“A lot of people were offended and angry that I used an epithet to describe the president’s daughter and adviser last week. It is a word I have used on the show many times, hoping to reclaim it. But this time I used it as an insult. I crossed the line. I regret it and I do apologize for it,” Bee said. “The problem is that many women have heard that word at the worst moments of their lives, and a lot of them don’t want that word reclaimed — they want it gone. And I don’t blame them. I don’t want to inflict more pain on them. I want this show to be challenging and I want it to be honest.”

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Samantha Bee Admits She ‘Pulls Punches’ On Joe Biden

Late Night TV has aggressively chased half of America away in the age of Trump. The hosts’ anti-conservative rhetoric all but drowns out what used to come first from the format.
Jokes.
The Kimmel-Meyers-Noah-Colbert-Bee-Oliver-Maher Borg spins progressive narratives before any gut-busting gags. It’s why the term “<a href="https://ricochet.com/210993/archives/laughter-vs-clapter/">clapter</a>” captures the new format so well.
The current crisis finds some of these far-left hosts doubling down on their anti-Trump rhetoric. Seth Meyers, for example, called President Trump a “sociopath.”
The host of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” attempted to savage Trump for his handling of the pandemic … before Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/crenshaw-wrecks-bill-maher-over-trump-coronavirus-response-internet-erupts-likely-run-for-president-one-day">Dan Crenshaw schooled him</a>.
Something else is sneaking into these late-night sermons – an elitist streak that could turn off even some left-leaning viewers.
Maher himself inadvertently kicked it off last year when he cheered on a recession in order to topple Trump. That arrogance multiplied in recent days thanks to the pandemic.
For example, the host of TBS’s “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” served up a disturbing rant earlier this month. The far-left comic, as Trump-obsessed as her peers, trashed the President for a curious reason.
Trump has been offering a beleaguered nation hope of a better tomorrow via his daily pressers. He’s the Optimist in Chief, and a nation literally shut down by COVID-19 could use a dash of that pluck.
Enter Bee, who <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/samantha-bee-trump-hope/">fired back</a> against that sentiment.
“He IS a cheerleader. He even came up with his first cheer!” she cried, then played a clip of Trump spelling out COVID.
Here’s betting some of Bee’s viewers hope the president is right.
We think.
Over at Colbert’s “Late Show,” the Trump-hating host <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/colbert-trump-coronavirus-protestors-985703/">took his fury out on average Americans</a> struggling to pay their bills. Colbert is collecting his usual paycheck, which <a href="https://deadline.com/2019/10/stephen-colbert-extends-cbs-contract-host-the-late-show-august-2023-1202762277/">last year got a sizable bump</a>. He previously earned <a href="https://money.com/stephen-colbert-net-worth/">$15 million a year</a>.
The progressive host punched down, big time, by attacking Ohio and Michigan residents eager to get back to work.
Protestors demonstrated outside their respective state houses, blocked traffic (not that there’s much traffic right now with shelter-in-place orders in effect), and waved giant flags, including Confederate ones. “Because nothing says ‘never surrender’ like a Confederate flag,” Colbert said with a wink.
Meanwhile, a clueless James Corden turned to the women who, on Feb. 24, endangered many lives with these <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-hits-pelosi-for-urging-crowds-to-assemble-in-chinatown-as-coronavirus-spread">public statements</a>.
“It’s exciting to be here, especially at this time, to be able to be unified with our community,” Pelosi told reporters. “We want to be vigilant about what is out there in other places. We want to be careful about how we deal with it, but we do want to say to people ‘Come to Chinatown, here we are – we&#8217;re, again, careful, safe – and come join us.&#8217;”
Yes, multi-millionaire Nancy Pelosi, also known as the Speaker of the House, appeared on “The Late, Late Show” for a stilted, laugh-free segment.
The “highlight?” Viewers got a glimpse of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-shows-off-eating-ice-cream-rubio-expertly-trolls-her-cruz-joins-in">Pelosi’s massive refrigerators</a>, stuffed to the brim with ice cream.
Marie Antoinette would be proud.
These hosts thrive, in part, due to our increasingly splintered landscape. “The Late Show” typically rules the ratings roost today, but its numbers can’t compare to Johnny Carson’s audience in his “Tonight Show” prime.
That’s no longer the goal.
Colbert and co. can afford to chase away large numbers of viewers as long as their far-left base sticks around. Those fans will cling to their monologues in perpetuity.
Independent viewers, or just those feeling the vise-like grip of the national shutdown, may seek out different shows should their elitism continue.

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In a prerecorded interview featured on Wednesday&#8217;s “Full Frontal,” host Samantha Bee joined Senator Elizabeth Warren to mock Senator Ted Cruz, saying that the benefit of members of Congress self-isolating because of the coronavirus was they would not have to be around him. Bee stated, “Are you able to at least take comfort in the fact that self-isolating reduces the risk of having to have a conversation with Ted Cruz?” Warren sniped, “You remember Ted Cruz was one of the first to go into quarantine, and it did not make things worse in the Senate.” Bee added, “You know, it&#8217;s always important to find brightness where you can. You just look for those little points …” Warren: “Little points of light.”
Warren should know better than to tangle with Cruz; in January, growing more and more desperate as she slid down the polls in the Democratic presidential race, she stated that on the first day in office after she were elected president she would cancel student loan debt for up to 42 million Americans and simply ignore what Congress had to say about it.
As The Washington Examiner reported, “The Democratic presidential candidate said, in <a href="https://elizabethwarren.com/plans/student-loan-debt-day-one?source=soc-WB-ew-tw-rollout-20200114">a plan released Tuesday, </a>that she would direct her secretary of education to &#8216;compromise and modify&#8217; federal student loans consistent with her plan to cancel up to $50,000 in debt for 95% of student loan borrowers.”
Warren bragged on Twitter:
<blockquote>When I was elected to the Senate, I used every opportunity and tool available to ease the burden of student debt. I fought to lower interest rates, refinance loans, and hold loan servicers and debt collectors accountable for breaking the law and hurting borrowers … Understand this: The Department of Education has broad authority to end the student loan debt crisis. When I&#8217;m president, I plan to use that authority.</blockquote>
Pulling out her identity politics card, she stated, “Canceling student loan debt is a racial justice issue.” Warren pontificated that she would simply ignore Congress, stating, “We have a student loan crisis—and we can&#8217;t afford to wait for Congress to act. I’ve already proposed a student loan debt cancellation plan, and on day one of my presidency, I’ll use existing laws to start providing that debt cancellation immediately.”
Cruz fired back on Twitter, “Which clause of the Constitution gives a President the authority to give away a trillion $ w/o Congress? And if you like this policy, how would you feel if/when a GOP president does it for something you don’t like? Here’s a better idea: follow the Const &amp; don’t be a dictator.”
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Which clause of the Constitution gives a President the authority to give away a trillion $ w/o Congress? And if you like this policy, how would you feel if/when a GOP president does it for something you don’t like? Here’s a better idea: follow the Const &amp; don’t be a dictator. <a href="https://t.co/HT5pTEXxGp">https://t.co/HT5pTEXxGp</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1217151342071963649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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One month later, Warren submitted a question to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who presided over President Trump’s impeachment trial. Roberts read aloud Warren&#8217;s query, &#8220;At a time when large majorities of Americans have lost faith in government, does the fact that the chief justice is presiding over an impeachment trial in which Republican senators have thus far refused to allow witnesses or evidence contribute to the loss of legitimacy of the chief justice, the Supreme Court, or Constitution?&#8221;
Cruz <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-cruz-goes-over-the-4-critical-questions-he-asked-during-impeachment-qa">chortled</a>, “Elizabeth Warren helped defeat the impeachment of the president of the United States. That stunt helped deliver the votes of Lisa and Lamar,&#8221; referring to Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Sen. Lamar Alexander, both of whom were sought by Democrats to demand more witnesses be called in the trial.
In addition to their snarky comments about Cruz, the show on Wednesday featured Bee genuflecting at Warren’s feet, as <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/print/255710">Newsbusters</a> reported. Introducing the interview, Bee gushed, &#8220;So, in search of calming and meaningful leadership, I called my President, Elizabeth Warren, and she answered.&#8221;
Bee stated to Warren, &#8220;I wanted desperately to vote for you, and you dropped out of the race, and it felt like the end of the world.” She continued later, “I know that you dropped out of the race, but is there a way that you could drop back in? It&#8217;s just a thought I had.”

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Left-wing late-night comedian Samantha Bee launched a &#8220;full frontal&#8221; attack last week on conservative nonprofit PragerU over its popular series of informational videos, which have amassed <a href="https://www.prageru.com">over a 3 billion views</a> (one of the new series stars The Daily Wire&#8217;s Michael Knowles).
While Bee&#8217;s critique of PragerU was supposed to convince her audience that its informational videos are &#8220;actually dangerous,&#8221; the organization&#8217;s founder Dennis Prager told Fox News Sunday that Bee has only &#8220;validated&#8221; what PragerU has frequently stated about left-wing censorship and further confirmed the importance of its videos. PragerU has also noted online that Bee&#8217;s attack has resulted in some strong fundraising numbers.
In a 6-minute segment on her show Wednesday, Bee warned the &#8220;Full Frontal with Samantha Bee&#8221; audience about PragerU&#8217;s supposedly &#8220;dangerous&#8221; informational videos. Her show tweeted out a summary of her talking points afterward:
<blockquote>While Fox continues its lifelong quest to scare your grandparents into hoarding Franklin Mint coins, one growing conservative outlet is using colorful graphics and social media to appeal to a new generation. That outlet is Prager U. Prager U’s website says &#8220;Prager University is not an accredited academic institution…but it is a place where you are free to learn.&#8221; That describes every single place! The last place Sam learned something for free was in a bra store. She learned she’s been wrong for 35 years. Prager U is actually dangerous. They’re reaching a new, younger audience with bullshit conservative propaganda. They trick kids into thinking their videos are educational even though Prager U is as much of a real college as Monsters University</blockquote>
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Prager U is actually dangerous. They’re reaching a new, younger audience with bullshit conservative propaganda. They trick kids into thinking their videos are educational even though Prager U is as much of a real college as Monsters University.
&mdash; Samantha Bee (@realsambee) <a href="https://twitter.com/realsambee/status/1227801470097117184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In an appearance on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends Weekend&#8221; Sunday, Prager described Bee&#8217;s criticism as both a &#8220;compliment&#8221; and &#8220;depressing&#8221; &#8212; and more evidence of conservatives&#8217; complaint about the Left&#8217;s &#8220;arguments.&#8221;
&#8220;I do take it as a compliment, but I want to open up my heart to you, it’s actually a bit depressing,&#8221; said Prager, as reported by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/prageru-rakes-in-donations-after-samantha-bee-diss">Fox News</a>. &#8220;This is the level of criticism that always comes from the left. Not from liberals, but from the left. It’s mockery and lies. That’s all it consists of.&#8221;
In the end, the anti-free speech attack by Bee, which failed to counter conservative argument with actual facts, just &#8220;validates&#8221; conservatives&#8217; characterization of the Left.
&#8220;The left validates what we say all the time,&#8221; said Prager. &#8220;They reconfirm the need for PragerU, why it’s so effective. They never actually answer what we say. All they do is mock. ‘Oh, PragerU, it’s a right-wing propaganda site.’ No, it’s not.&#8221;
Prager went on to explain that people involved in the videos represent a wide range of political and ideological backgrounds, including &#8220;never Trumpers&#8221; and Democrats. Among those who have helped PragerU &#8220;teach what isn’t taught&#8221; by the increasingly left-wing school system are &#8220;four Pulitzer Prize winners&#8221; and &#8220;three former prime ministers,&#8221; Prager pointed out. &#8220;It’s a very serious place to learn,&#8221; he said.
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Thank you, Samantha! <a href="https://t.co/z25JXyBYl9">https://t.co/z25JXyBYl9</a>
&mdash; PragerU (@prageru) <a href="https://twitter.com/prageru/status/1229412379697405953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Shortly after Bee targeted the organization last week, PragerU gave &#8220;Full Frontal&#8221; a big &#8220;THANK YOU&#8221; for helping them bring in big money:
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THANK YOU <a href="https://twitter.com/fullfrontalsamb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FullFrontalSamB</a>! $25,000+ raised &amp; counting to ensure we continue to reach more young people with our &quot;dangerous&quot; videos.
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation in honor of Samantha Bee to help us continue our impact.
DONATE HERE: <a href="https://t.co/fbR6gnH36A">https://t.co/fbR6gnH36A</a> <a href="https://t.co/j8Oiymoo4g">pic.twitter.com/j8Oiymoo4g</a>
&mdash; PragerU (@prageru) <a href="https://twitter.com/prageru/status/1228132092132741120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Criticism of Bee&#8217;s PragerU attack isn&#8217;t only coming from the nonprofit. Among those who&#8217;ve blasted Bee for her attempt to tear down the organization is Daily Wire contributor Christian Toto, who asked, sincerely, over the weekend, &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/toto-is-samantha-bee-late-night-comedy-at-its-very-worst">Is Samantha Bee Late Night Comedy At Its Very Worst?</a>&#8221; (formatting adjusted)
<blockquote>PragerU’s real crime, to Bee, is its unparalleled success. So, weeks after The New York Times (a former newspaper) railed against PragerU, Bee took her own bat to the YouTube channel. She called PragerU a “dangerous” outlet brimming with “brainwashing” content.
PragerU rolled with the punches, announcing it received $25,000 in new donations as a result of Bee’s attack. Game, set, match PragerU.
Not so fast. It’s worth noting WHAT Bee said on the broadcast and how it captures a progressive mindset that can’t defend its own positions and lashes out in the cruelest of ways.
The six-plus minute segment is Bee at her very worst – no small statement. Out of context news clips. Personal attacks. Faux outrage. And an obvious distaste for the First Amendment.
Why else savage PragerU? Is there a dearth of progressive YouTube channels? Is she afraid the “other side” will be heard? That’s rhetorical.</blockquote>
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Samantha Bee Attacks PragerU; Dennis Prager: She Just Validated What We Say About Left, And Made Us A Lot Of Money

Dennis Prager

Prager University

Samantha Bee kicked off her TBS series “Full Frontal” in 2016 by calling Sen. Ted Cruz a “<a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/video/samantha-bees-tbs-show-debuts-vile-slam-fish-faced-horses-salesman-cruz">fish-faced, horses*** salesman</a>.”
The show inexplicably got worse from there.
That hasn’t stopped the industry from fawning over Bee’s far-left shtick. The show earned an Outstanding Writing Emmy, a WGA Award for its two “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner” specials, plus 17 Emmy nominations in total.
More awards will likely follow given the show’s progressive posture. It’s how Team Bee speaks, though, that is both vile and unlike any of its far-left peers, even Stephen Colbert.
Most people know “Full Frontal” from its host calling First Daughter Ivanka Trump a “feckless c-word.”
“Cancel Culture” hurt its neck looking the other way, something that wouldn’t be the case had the daughter in question’s name been Obama or Clinton. Bee offered a limp apology directly after the kerfuffle, but later joked to NBC’s morning show team that she <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2019/12/17/sam-bee-admits-she-didnt-learn-much-after-vile-attack-ivanka-trump">hadn’t learned much</a> from the incident.
Bee’s show also caught heat for calling a cancer patient a Nazi due to his attendance at CPAC and hairstyle choice. Turns out the style in question was due to <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/03/10/cancer-patient-kyle-coddington-criticizes-samantha-bee-apology/98998822/">radiation and chemotherapy treatments</a>.
Once again, the Social Justice Mob pretended to hear their mothers calling them and ignored that slight.
Those brutal truths came to mind this week when Bee launched a “cancel culture” style attack on PragerU.
The online video series offers political and cultural lessons from a right-of-center, Judeo-Christian perspective. Some are whimsical, to a degree, like Adam Carolla’s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9G3xufj3Z4">Change Your Life</a>” featurette advocating personal improvement.
Others debunk Fake News memes like a five-minute lesson on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM6k8uNAQBA&amp;t=17s">“Charlottesville Lie</a>.” YouTube routinely marks the lessons for adult eyes only, even if nothing in the episodes is remotely R-rated or offensive.
PragerU’s real crime, to Bee, is its unparalleled success. So, weeks after The New York Times (a former newspaper) railed against PragerU, Bee took her own bat to the YouTube channel. She called PragerU a “dangerous” outlet brimming with “brainwashing” content.
PragerU rolled with the punches, announcing it received $25,000 in new donations as a result of Bee’s attack. Game, set, match PragerU.
Not so fast.
It’s worth noting WHAT Bee said on the broadcast and how it captures a progressive mindset that can’t defend its own positions and lashes out in the cruelest of ways.
The six-plus minute segment is Bee at her very worst – no small statement. Out of context news clips. Personal attacks. Faux outrage. And an obvious distaste for the First Amendment.
Why else savage PragerU? Is there a dearth of progressive YouTube channels? Is she afraid the “other side” will be heard?
That’s rhetorical.
Bee says the many PragerU clips are “mostly hosted by the worst people.”
What does that mean? Why are they the worst people? Has her team done an investigation, or is that simply mean spirited to the core?
Again, rhetorical. But President Donald Trump is crushing cultural norms, eh?

TOTO: Is Samantha Bee Late Night Comedy At Its Very Worst?

UPDATE: Prager U announced Thursday evening that they have received over $25,000 in donations, well over the $10,000 in donations originally reported.
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THANK YOU <a href="https://twitter.com/fullfrontalsamb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FullFrontalSamB</a>! $25,000+ raised &amp; counting to ensure we continue to reach more young people with our &quot;dangerous&quot; videos.
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation in honor of Samantha Bee to help us continue our impact.
DONATE HERE: <a href="https://t.co/fbR6gnH36A">https://t.co/fbR6gnH36A</a> <a href="https://t.co/j8Oiymoo4g">pic.twitter.com/j8Oiymoo4g</a>
&mdash; PragerU (@prageru) <a href="https://twitter.com/prageru/status/1228132092132741120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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On Wednesday, liberal comedian and TBS &#8220;Full Frontal&#8221; host Samantha Bee targeted conservative <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/PragerUniversity">Prager University</a> (Prager U), claiming in a lengthy TV segment that the &#8220;dangerous&#8221; outlet is &#8220;brainwashing&#8221; youths with &#8220;conservative propaganda&#8221; via their short educational videos.
The six-and-a-half minute (supposedly comical) bash-fest against Prager U, however, seems to have backfired on Bee. One day after the segment aired, Prager U boasted of bringing in $10,000-plus in donations, seemingly sparked by the Bee video.
&#8220;While Fox continues its lifelong quest to scare your grandparents into hoarding Franklin Mint coins, one growing conservative outlet is using colorful graphics and social media to appeal to a new generation. That outlet is Prager U,&#8221; the Twitter account for Bee&#8217;s &#8220;Full Frontal&#8221; complained, echoing the TV segment.
&#8220;Prager U’s website says &#8216;Prager University is not an accredited academic institution&#8230;but it is a place where you are free to learn.&#8217; That describes every single place! The last place Sam learned something for free was in a bra store. She learned she’s been wrong for 35 years,&#8221; the Twitter thread continued.
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Prager U’s website says &quot;Prager University is not an accredited academic institution&#8230;but it is a place where you are free to learn.” That describes every single place! The last place Sam learned something for free was in a bra store. She learned she’s been wrong for 35 years.
&mdash; Samantha Bee (@realsambee) <a href="https://twitter.com/realsambee/status/1227799974370533376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Prager U is actually dangerous,&#8221; the TBS show warned. &#8220;They’re reaching a new, younger audience with bullshit conservative propaganda. They trick kids into thinking their videos are educational even though Prager U is as much of a real college as Monsters University.&#8221;
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Prager U is actually dangerous. They’re reaching a new, younger audience with bullshit conservative propaganda. They trick kids into thinking their videos are educational even though Prager U is as much of a real college as Monsters University.
&mdash; Samantha Bee (@realsambee) <a href="https://twitter.com/realsambee/status/1227801470097117184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The segment was widely shared by conservatives, who sarcastically thanked Bee for the exposure and coupled their posts with popular Prager U videos. Bee also triggered donations to the outlet, apparently over $10,000 worth.
&#8220;THANK YOU [Full Frontal]!&#8221; Prager U posted via Twitter on Thursday.
&#8220;$10,000+ raised &amp; counting to ensure we continue to reach more young people with our &#8216;dangerous&#8217; videos,&#8221; the outlet said. &#8220;Please consider making a tax-deductible donation in honor of Samantha Bee to help us continue our impact.&#8221;
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THANK YOU <a href="https://twitter.com/fullfrontalsamb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FullFrontalSamB</a>! $10,000+ raised &amp; counting to ensure we continue to reach more young people with our &quot;dangerous&quot; videos.
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation in honor of Samantha Bee to help us continue our impact.
DONATE HERE: <a href="https://t.co/fbR6gnH36A">https://t.co/fbR6gnH36A</a> <a href="https://t.co/fGyM5nRlhA">pic.twitter.com/fGyM5nRlhA</a>
&mdash; PragerU (@prageru) <a href="https://twitter.com/prageru/status/1228055705879318528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In another post, Prager U published portions of the Bee segment in a video clip of their own boasting about their wide reach, which was admitted by the TBS host.
“PragerU is actually dangerous. They are reaching a new, younger audience with bulls**t conservative propaganda,&#8221; Prager U quoted Bee. 
&#8220;The left is TERRIFIED of PragerU!&#8221; the group added. &#8220;This is how you know you&#8217;re making an impact!&#8221;
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“PragerU is actually dangerous. They are reaching a new, younger audience with bulls**t conservative propaganda.&quot; &#8211; <a href="https://twitter.com/fullfrontalsamb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FullFrontalSamB</a>
The left is TERRIFIED of PragerU! 🤣 
This is how you know you&#39;re making an impact! <a href="https://t.co/LwAy08zaMt">pic.twitter.com/LwAy08zaMt</a>
&mdash; PragerU (@prageru) <a href="https://twitter.com/prageru/status/1228097259432099840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Bee seemingly has a raw hatred for conservatives, President Donald Trump, and his family. In May 2018, for example, Bee called eldest Trump daughter and White House advisor Ivanka Trump a &#8220;feckless c***&#8221; on her show.
As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-tbs-samantha-bee-calls-ivanka-trump-feckless-ryan-saavedra">The Daily Wire</a>, Bee attacked Ivanka for &#8220;posting a picture on Twitter of her holding her child while the media was claiming the Trump Administration was cruelly separating children from their parents.&#8221;
“Ivanka Trump, who works at the White House, chose to post the second most oblivious tweet we’ve seen this week,” Bee said on-air. “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 feckless c**t!”
WATCH (Warning: explicit language used):
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-tbs-samantha-bee-calls-ivanka-trump-feckless-ryan-saavedra">WATCH: TBS’ Samantha Bee Calls Ivanka Trump A ‘Feckless C**t’</a>

Samantha Bee Attacks Conservative ‘Prager U’ In Six Min Segment. It Completely Backfires.

On Tuesday night, as President Trump delivered his State of the Union speech, Hollywood celebrities, unable to control themselves, (as usual), vented their spleens on Twitter with a series of messages displaying their absolute hatred for the president.
Late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel, who responded to Trump&#8217;s 2018 SOTU by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jimmy-kimmel-sinks-new-low-anti-trump-stunt-james-barrett">inviting</a> porn star Stormy Daniels on his show; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-jimmy-kimmel-cries-calls-trump-mentally-ill-amanda-prestigiacomo">called</a> Trump &#8220;Obviously mentally ill&#8221; if he didn&#8217;t adopt Kimmel&#8217;s anti-gun perspective; and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kimmel-mocking-trump-i-dont-think-you-can-go-too-hank-berrien">insisted</a> “Not at all. I don&#8217;t think you can go too far,&#8221; when asked if he regretted anything he had said. He tweeted:
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Look at the face &#8211; even the flag is horrified <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealDonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SOTU</a> <a href="https://t.co/LBYVO05uV8">pic.twitter.com/LBYVO05uV8</a>
&mdash; Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/1224891791263981568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Supposed comedienne Sarah Silverman, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sarah-silverman-bashes-those-christian-motherfers-paul-bois">referred</a> to Bible-believing Christians as &#8220;Mother f******&#8221; and also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sarah-silverman-trump-supporters-belong-cult-shes-paul-bois">referred</a> to many Americans outside of her Hollywood bubble as a Trump-worshiping cult, saying,  &#8221; &#8230; you do realize there is a difference, a bit of a difference between the liars and the lied to. They don’t know they are lied to. It’s like cults. Cults don’t know they’re cults,&#8221; using her typical elegant language:
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fearmongering pig
&mdash; Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) <a href="https://twitter.com/SarahKSilverman/status/1224891614398570501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Another comedienne, Wanda Sykes, an ardent opponent of Trump who <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wanda-sykes-slammed-trump-and-flipped-off-her-booing-crowd-2016-11">once said</a>, “I am certain this is not the first time we’ve elected a racist, sexist, homophobic president. He ain’t the first one. He’s just the first confirmed one,&#8221; and responded to a crowd hostile to her remarks by saying, “F*** you, motherf*****s &#8230; F*** all y’all. F*** all y’all,&#8221; she tweeted:
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I am not watching the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SOTU</a> address. That jackass is not going to ruin my <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TacoTuesday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TacoTuesday</a>.
&mdash; Wanda Sykes (@iamwandasykes) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamwandasykes/status/1224891083848441858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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TV host Bill Maher, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-rich-liberal-bill-maher-wishes-economic-amanda-prestigiacomo">said in June 2018</a>, &#8220;I feel like the bottom has to fall out at some point, and by the way, I’m hoping for it because I think one way you get rid of Trump is a crashing economy. So please, bring on the recession. Sorry if that hurts people but it’s either root for a recession, or you lose your democracy,&#8221; he snapped:
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Now would be a good time for Democrats to take my advice last Friday and start yelling “You lie!”
&mdash; Bill Maher (@billmaher) <a href="https://twitter.com/billmaher/status/1224886447850655744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The feminist brigade also weighed in, with particular praise for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
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Women in Congress are wearing white to celebrate the 19th amendment while the men are white to celebrate being Republicans. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SOTU</a>
&mdash; Samantha Bee (@realsambee) <a href="https://twitter.com/realsambee/status/1224880088522555392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Balls enough for all <a href="https://t.co/EMhu2lGL5b">https://t.co/EMhu2lGL5b</a>
&mdash; Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) <a href="https://twitter.com/EllenBarkin/status/1224904901823729665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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https://twitter.com/DebraMessing/status/1224901192951697408
As David Gelernter wrote in <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-real-reason-they-hate-trump-1540148467">The Wall Street Journal</a>:
<blockquote>The difference between citizens who hate Mr. Trump and those who can live with him—whether they love or merely tolerate him—comes down to their views of the typical American: the farmer, factory hand, auto mechanic, machinist, teamster, shop owner, clerk, software engineer, infantryman, truck driver, housewife. The leftist intellectuals I know say they dislike such people insofar as they tend to be conservative Republicans &#8230;
Mr. Trump reminds us who the average American really is. Not the average male American, or the average white American. We know for sure that, come 2020, intellectuals will be dumbfounded at the number of women and blacks who will vote for Mr. Trump. He might be realigning the political map: plain average Americans of every type vs. fancy ones.</blockquote>
Gelernter concluded by painting a vivid picture of those who hate Trump from their elitist positions:
<blockquote>&#8230; what I see on the left is often plain, unconditional hatred of which the hater—God forgive him—is proud. It’s discouraging, even disgusting. And it does mean, I believe, that the Trump-hater truly does hate the average American—male or female, black or white. Often he hates America, too.</blockquote>

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