Episode
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee: Libertarian Convention
Overview
What can we learn from the mass shooting in Orlando? Whatever it is, you can count on our elected officials to ignore it. We didn't believe it at first either, but a state that seems to be doing a great job with improving mental health is... Florida? Full Frontal visited the Libertarian National Convention in Orlando, FL, where libertarians acted like total libertarians. Breaking News: New York 1's Pat Kiernan is sick of reporting mass shootings. So are we.
Details
- Series
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2016-06-13
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
Libertarian Convention is Episode 15 in Season 1 of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. It aired on 2016-06-13. The runtime is 21 min.
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