Samantha Bee has some pretty NSFW things to say about the GOP reaction to Antonin Scalia's death

Sam Bee slags Republicans for stonewalling Obama&#039;s pick to replace Scalia

(Image credit: Full Frontal)

last updated 17 February 2016

On Monday's Full Frontal, Samantha Bee kicked off her second show with a profane look at the political hullabaloo surrounding the death of Justice Antonin Scalia and the jockeying over who will replace him. According to Article 2 of the Constituion, President Obama "just appoints a new one," Bee said — except that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has already ruled that out. Bee noted the poetic discord of that pre-emptive no: "Yes, because what better way to honor America's greatest champion of original intent than by wiping your obstructionist a-- on the document he holds so dear."

While Bee had some pretty NSFW things to say about McConnell, she was relatively respectful of the dead justice, even ending the Scalia segment with some nice words about the conservative jurist: "Whether or not you hated his narrow literalism about a document written before machine guns and gay people were invented, Scalia was by all accounts a nice guy with a wicked sense of humor — people liked him."

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.