With impeachment proceedings for Donald Trump potentially on the horizon, comedian and talk show host Samantha Bee is taking careful note of just how many people are paying attention to political news and issues these days.
“I’ve covered so many elections and I’ve never experienced the level of people caring and reading about it and learning about it. I mean, our engagement in the actual voting process could be improved. There’s room for improvement, for sure,” Bee said at New York Comic-Con on Saturday.
But, she is heartened to see that people caring more now has “ripped the blinders off largely for large portions of the population,” which is progress because “we are all in this together,” she noted.
A few days ago on an episode of Bee’s TBS late-night show, “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,” she declared, “This week American democracy exploded like a Mentos in a Diet Coke.
“I’ve covered so many elections and I’ve never experienced the level of people caring and reading about it and learning about it. I mean, our engagement in the actual voting process could be improved. There’s room for improvement, for sure,” Bee said at New York Comic-Con on Saturday.
But, she is heartened to see that people caring more now has “ripped the blinders off largely for large portions of the population,” which is progress because “we are all in this together,” she noted.
A few days ago on an episode of Bee’s TBS late-night show, “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,” she declared, “This week American democracy exploded like a Mentos in a Diet Coke.
- 10/5/2019
- by Elizabeth Taylor
- Variety Film + TV
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