Samantha Bee talks with female world leaders to learn what nonsense President Hillary Clinton can expect

Sam Bee and Madeleine Albright discuss female leaders

(Image credit: Full Frontal)

published 26 October 2016

The United States appears on the verge of electing its first female president, and not everyone's cool with that, Samantha Bee said on Monday's Full Frontal. She illustrated that point with a series of clips of people talking about Hillary Clinton, from Fox News talking heads to people at Donald Trump rallies saying really gross things. "To learn more about the downside of lady leaders," Bee said, she went to meet with former secretary of state, current Clinton supporter, "and fellow nasty woman" Madeleine Albright.

"So, does playing into her woman-ness help Hillary, or does reminding people that she's a woman hurt her chances of winning the election?" Bee asked Albright, after they settled in at a mythical U.N. ladies' lounge. "I think it's very hard to tell, frankly," Albright said, but Trump making disparaging comments on Clinton's voice or looks sort of feeds the beast. "Does this pulsing cancer of misogyny go away, or does it just embolden people, like the racists during Obama's presidency?" Bee asked. "I think that you might ask some of the women heads of state what's happened in their countries," Albright said, reasonably.

"Women heads of state — I forgot other countries have those," Bee said, but she found several who would go on camera with her: Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, President Hilda Heine of the Marshall Islands, and Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic. Based on their experiences, a President Hillary could expect a little added indignity in her first few months in office, but nothing worse than she has experienced during the campaign. Still, she should be grateful she doesn't have any celebrity doppelgängers, and it looks like she would get the most respect from her nation if her nation were the Marshall Islands. Watch below. 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.