Samantha Bee Learns She Should Have Criticized Obama’s Record on Deportations Sooner (Video)
The "Full Frontal" host got a hard dose of reality Wednesday night when she realized Democrats have also been doing some not-so-great things to immigrants.“Full Frontal” host Samantha Bee got a hard dose of reality Wednesday night when she realized Democrats have also been doing some not-so-great things to immigrants. As former immigration judge Bruce Einhorn tells a befuddled Bee, “Mr. Obama actually has a lot more in common with Mr. Trump than people know.”
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