Monday night was the debut of Daily Show alumna Samantha Bee's new show on TBS, Full Frontal. And as the show's name suggests, Bee isn't dressing up her jokes in pleasantries. In this clip from her inaugural show, Bee takes a whack at the Republican presidential field, which, she said, has "laid out a banquet of all-you-can-eat crazy." Specifically, she mocked Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Marco Rubio (Fla.), starting with Cruz, who was supposed to get a bump from winning the Iowa caucus but didn't.
After playing a cringe-inducing clip of CNN's Dana Bash asking Cruz's wife how she feels about everybody hating her husband, Bee mustered up a little bit of sympathy: "Now look, I dislike Ted Cruz as much as the next everybody, but that's no reason to be rude to Ted's loving wife — and possible hostage." The sympathy did not extend to Cruz, nor to the candidate who "snatched" his Iowa bump, Rubio.
Bee ran through Rubio's meltdown during Saturday night's GOP debate — "He showed up at the debate all but wearing his 'Likely Nominee' crown, and it took Chris Christie 10 seconds to crush him like a bug" — Trump's lack of nouns, and the failure of 43 percent of the candidates to go on stage when their name was called. After pointing out the sad faces of Rubio's kids in the debate audience, Bee ended the segment with a pretty gross, likely NSFW punch line about Rubio and abortion. There is also mildly NSFW language sprinkled throughout, but if none of that bothers you, watch below. Peter Weber
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