ACLU Lawyer Lee Gelernt Joins Samantha Bee to Discuss the ‘Muslim Ban’ (Video)
The "Full Frontal" host talks with the attorney who argued against Trump's executive order to ban people from seven countries from entering the U.S.“Full Frontal” host Samantha Bee talked with Lee Gelernt, the ACLU key counsel who spent Saturday arguing against Donald Trump’s executive order to ban people from seven countries from entering the U.S.
At the end of a somewhat heartening interview, in which Bee pointed out that civil rights lawyers like Gelernt will be “nipping” at Trump’s heels, the host warned her guest, “If you come at the king, you best not miss.”
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