Samantha Bee Mocks Scarborough’s Advice to Hillary by Getting Women to #SmileForJoe

Josh FeldmanMar 16th, 2016, 2:08 pm

During Hillary Clinton‘s big victory speech last night, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough tweeted out this criticism of how she presented herself:

Smile. You just had a big night. #PrimaryDay

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) March 16, 2016

Naturally, a man telling a woman to smile more––even if, as he pointed out, he’s criticized Bernie Sanders for being “grumpy” too––didn’t really go over well, and Samantha Bee kick-started the Scarborough mockery this morning:

.@JoeNBC pic.twitter.com/YZHVIKxE8O

— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) March 16, 2016

Ladies, it's very important that you #SmileForJoe.https://t.co/hy6CBbLwdY pic.twitter.com/Z8asKguNdv

— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) March 16, 2016

You can guess what happened from there:

@FullFrontalSamB Here's me not smiling for @JoeNBC #SmileForJoe pic.twitter.com/zVcNWxTaWT

— Karen Wolfe (@kwolfepack) March 16, 2016

@FullFrontalSamB Smiling as hard as I can #smileforjoe pic.twitter.com/fradvaNd6T

— Ashley Black (@ashleyn1cole) March 16, 2016

@FullFrontalSamB @JoeNBC #smileforJoe pic.twitter.com/reyKvQluUs

— Ana Breton (@missbreton) March 16, 2016

@FullFrontalSamB @JoeNBC #smileforjoe pic.twitter.com/QcFZ6JFJ1I

— leah (@suchapunk) March 16, 2016

.@FullFrontalSamB @JoeNBC #smileforJoe I don't smile, but I do glisten in the sun. pic.twitter.com/Tr5OEdhKok

— J.S (@msjuliasag) March 16, 2016

Since men demand facial cues to understand emotion, let's all #SmileForJoe so he knows how we really feel. @JoeNBC pic.twitter.com/mAYXMfCPLI

— Alaina Broderson (@laina_loves_you) March 16, 2016

#smileforjoe because my grandma's priest always used to tell me to smile. It was creepy then and it's creepy now. pic.twitter.com/xWTiHSOtOw

— stephanie banghart (@stephaniebang) March 16, 2016

@joeNBC @FullFrontalSamB #smileforjoe we don't need to smile to get it done! pic.twitter.com/gpxDAAxTS7

— LoudestMamaInTheRoom (@elkeown_mama) March 16, 2016