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04-27-2016, 04:59 AM
Samantha Bee slams 'bigots' who oppose Harriet Tubman on the new $20 bill
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Badass abolitionist Harriet Tubman is set to join (http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/harriet-tubman-badass/) Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, and everyone is cheering, right? **t so, said Samantha Bee (http://mashable.com/category/samantha-bee/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) on Monday night's episode of Full Frontal.
Instead, Bee said, some Republicans are condemning the decision as disrespectful to the former president — and those are the tamest opposers. Reminder: Tubman isn't even replacing Jackson on the bill. She's just joining*him.
And Bee is having **ne of this dissent. "[Andrew Jackson] was **t a founding father; he was a ge**cidal prick who forced the relocation of **n-whites and fomented populist rebellion, kind of like a Donald Trump with better hair," she said, referring to Jackson's Native American removal policy (a.k.a. the Trail of Tears). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/26/samantha-bee-harriet-tubman-money/)
More about Harriet Tubman (http://mashable.com/category/harriet-tubman/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Viral Videos (http://mashable.com/category/viral-videos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Samantha Bee (http://mashable.com/category/samantha-bee/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Watercooler (http://mashable.com/watercooler/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/6su8CItFjKc
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Badass abolitionist Harriet Tubman is set to join (http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/harriet-tubman-badass/) Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, and everyone is cheering, right? **t so, said Samantha Bee (http://mashable.com/category/samantha-bee/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) on Monday night's episode of Full Frontal.
Instead, Bee said, some Republicans are condemning the decision as disrespectful to the former president — and those are the tamest opposers. Reminder: Tubman isn't even replacing Jackson on the bill. She's just joining*him.
And Bee is having **ne of this dissent. "[Andrew Jackson] was **t a founding father; he was a ge**cidal prick who forced the relocation of **n-whites and fomented populist rebellion, kind of like a Donald Trump with better hair," she said, referring to Jackson's Native American removal policy (a.k.a. the Trail of Tears). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/26/samantha-bee-harriet-tubman-money/)
More about Harriet Tubman (http://mashable.com/category/harriet-tubman/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Viral Videos (http://mashable.com/category/viral-videos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Samantha Bee (http://mashable.com/category/samantha-bee/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Watercooler (http://mashable.com/watercooler/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/6su8CItFjKc