Samantha Bee has developed a political-comedy crush on 'walking hug' Tim Kaine

(Image credit: Full Frontal)

published 26 July 2016

Samantha Bee didn't like Donald Trump's VP selection, Gov. Mike Pence, any more than she likes Trump himself. On Monday's Full Frontal, she took an initially skeptical look at Hillary Clinton's running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine. After last week's Republican National Convention, "who did Hillary tap for VP as I was in the shower trying to wash the fear pheromones off?" she asked. "Aha, some white guy. Damnit woman."

"You had a historic chance to shut white men out of the executive branch," Bee chided Clinton. "You could have turned the men's room into a pedicure-and-Gilmore Girls-screening room. We want transformation and excitement! Instead, it feels like Hillary is trying to set America up with the son of a coworker she barely knows." Then she let the "Nilla Wafer" speak for a bit himself. "Oh, god, this guy is a walking hug," she said, but not in a bad way. "Would you look at that? Tim Kaine has so much humanity, it's actually flowing into Hillary. He's human enough for the both of them!"

Bee was initially "meh" on Kaine, but she seems to have changed her mind over the weekend. "Guys, it is possible that Hillary nailed this?" she asked. "The woman that could ban all guns and still manage to shoot herself in the foot? Her safe, boring slice of white bread is actually kind of exhilarating, like a Ferrari minivan with airbags. I can't wait for the far right, and the far left, to tell me why he should be in jail." Watch below, but be advised, Bee uses some NSFW language. Peter Weber

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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.