“Full Frontal” host Samantha Bee explores America’s war on drugs and Sessions’ role in compounding the problem VIDEO
As all of America prepared for James Comey’s testimony Thursday before the Senate intelligence committee, “Full Frontal” host Samantha Bee pivoted and dedicated most of her show Wednesday to the war on drugs the Trump White House is reviving. “While the legislative branch’s baby proofing is holding up, the executive side still offers Donald Trump unfettered access to all the matches, oily rags and flammable chemicals he needs to burn down society. His latest co-arsonist? Apple-cheeked hate-goblin Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, ” Bee said to start her monologue. The late-night comedian then told an appropriate phallic joke that perfectly encapsulates the problem with mandatory minimums: “Sessions doesn’ t realize that prison sentences aren’ t like penises. Longer isn’ t always better. 7 inches, sure. 56 inches? That is not good for anyone.” Bee argued that the worst weapon in the decade-long war on drugs has been mandatory sentences, “America’s worst idea since mandatory farmer jobs, ” she said.
