<p>Co-host Gwen Ifill first broached the subject on Bee’s political leanings by asking if she was “a Democrat, Republican or neither” to which Bee comically responded:<strong> “I would, I mean, I definitely I think my leanings are very clear from the show but I prefer to think of myself in a more independent way, I think.”</strong></p>

<p><em>Full Frontal </em>host Samantha Bee joined the set of Wednesday’s <em>PBS NewsHour </em>to promote her TBS show and in the process, she claimed to be an <strong>“independent” </strong>despite being<strong> “excited for Hillary”</strong> and defended her show’s near constant use of <strong>“salty language” </strong>despite a drove of critics (which she argued she ignores). </p>

<p><em>See more in the <a href=" http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2016/07/27/samantha-bee-cl… ; target="_blank">cross-post</a> on the NewsBusters blog.</em></p>

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