Samantha Bee tore into NBC for their role in normalizing Donald Trumps racism, sexism and xenophobia through banal TV appearances on Full FrontalMonday.
With general election polls tightening, Hillary Clinton once again repudiated Trumps divisive rhetoric, but Bee pointed out that while a majority of Americans agree that Trump is biased against women and minorities, they dont care. A lot of voters have decided that racism and sexism arent great, but theyre not a dealbreaker kinda like a sandwich with too much mayo, Bee cracked. They think they can just scrape off the extra white nonsense.
As for why Americans are so comfortable with such hateful ideology, Bee suggested its the implicit message they receive from a network like NBC. The network propped up Trumps celebrity long before his presidential run, but while he was still promoting birtherism.
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While NBC did cut ties with Trump after he called Mexicans rapists and criminals, the network has continued to welcome him onto flagship shows like Saturday Night LiveandThe Tonight Show, where he recently returned to discuss board games and his childhood home and get his hair mussed by Jimmy Fallon.
Sure, hes making life palpably dangerous for Muslims and immigrants, but hey, hes good entertainment, Bee said. Heres a thought: When Holocaust survivors are telling you, Hey, this guy gives me deja vu, maybe dont invite him up into your house to play with your adorable children. Bee then cut to Trumps recent interview with Fallon.
Network execs, and a lot of their audience, can ignore how very dangerous Trump is because to them, he isnt, Bee added. Theyre not gonna be deported. Theyre not gonna live under a president who thinks of them as a collection of sex toys. Theyre not racist they just dont mind if other people are. Which is just as bad.
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