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Samantha Bee finally got to weigh in on President Donald Trumps address to the Joint Session of Congress and TV news reaction MSNBC got scorched in the process.

Last week, Americas one-man white supremacist employment program managed to talk about his dystopian agenda using an indoor voice, without mentioning his electoral college win or deporting anyone from Congress, Bee said at the top of TBSs Wednesday night Full Frontal.

For this astonishing feat, the pundits rained golden compliments down on him in the warmest shower hes ever had outside of Moscow. The segment then cut to clips of TV news talking heads foaming over at Trumps performance.

Look, I know its extraordinary that he learned to read something, finally. I didnt think he could do it either! But you dont have to gush like hes a toddler who just made a boom boom on the big-boy potty, she scolded.

According to Bee, only one person in all of TV-news punditry wasnt buying it that night.

Cut to a clip of a black woman in the audience at a CBS News post-speech town hall, complaining: Thats not the Donald Trump that Ive seen for the past 30 days. Where is that guy that says what he wants to say, that is loud? Im gonna look for him on Twitter tomorrow, and see what he really thinks. Great job to the speech writer, but I will see Donald Trump at 12 AM!

Shhh! Dont tell the truth! It sounds biased! Bee cautioned. Then, she added, You know, maybe cable news should hire more black women. Except not you, MSNBC! No, you just sweep her out of the way to make room for whichever Roger Ailes harassment survivor pops out of your underground railroad next week.

Trump did not long get to enjoy his victory over his own tongue, Bee regretted.

Enraged by more leaks, this time having to do with Russia and his new Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Trump became steaming, raging mad. And, as a nervous nation started to wonder if Tiffany was the only one of Trumps acquaintances not talking to the Kremlin, the president did what any strong leader would: hightailed it to Florida faster than a Jewish grandmother in November, Bee continued.

From there, POTUS tweeted on Saturday that former President Barack Obama had wiretapped his office at Trump Tower just before his electoral college win.

Oh, thats new: white guy shoots himself in the dick, tries to pin it on a black guy. When has that ever happened? Bee snarked, rhetorically.

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Samantha Bee Explains Donald Trump's Obama Wiretap Tweet: White Guy Shoots Self In D*ck, Tries To Pin It On ... - Deadline

Former president Barack Obama responded to President Donald Trump's accusation that Obama ordered the wiretapping of Trump Tower phones while still in office .

"A cardinal rule of the Obama Administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice," Obama spokesperson Kevin Lewis said in a statement on Saturday. "As part of that practice, neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen. Any suggestion otherwise is simply false."

Earlier Saturday morning, Trump posted a series of tweets claiming that Obama in October sidestepped a court ruling to wiretap the then-presidential candidate's phones on a level that was "Nixon/Watergate." Trump did not include any evidence or links to back up his assertion.

"I'd bet a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!" Trump tweeted just before 7 a.m. eastern. "How low has President Obama gone to tapp [sic] my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!" the president added.

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President Barack Obama speaks during a naturalization ceremony at the National Archives in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015.(Photo: Evan Vucci, AP)

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson caused a stir Monday when he referred to slaves as "immigrants" but he wasn't the first person to do that.

In December 2015, then-President Obama made similar comments during a naturalization ceremony at the National Archives.

The president did not specifically say "slaves" during his speech, but instead mentioned "those of African heritage who had not come here voluntarily" who "in their own way were immigrants themselves."

The full quote, per the Obama administration's archives:

"And perhaps, like some of you, these new arrivals might have had some moments of doubt, wondering if they had made a mistake in leaving everything and everyone they ever knew behind. So life in America was not always easy. It wasnt always easy for new immigrants. Certainly it wasnt easy for those of African heritage who had not come here voluntarily, and yet in their own way were immigrants themselves. There was discrimination and hardship and poverty. But, like you, they no doubt found inspiration in all those who had come before them. And they were able to muster faith that, here in America, they might build a better life and give their children something more."

The similarities between Carson's comments and Obama's speech were first reported by Breitbart News.

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Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz sparked fury online Tuesday after saying Americans may have to choose between buying a new iPhone and health insurance yet the criticism glossed over similar remarks made by then-President Barack Obama.

Chaffetz was speaking after House Republicans revealed their plan to replace ObamaCare. Responding to claims the plan doesnt guarantee access to care for low-income Americans, he said:

"Well, we're getting rid of the individual mandate. We're getting rid of those things that people said that they don't want. ... Americans have choices, and they've got to make a choice. So rather than getting that new iPhone that they just love and want to go spend hundreds of dollars on that, maybe they should invest in their own health care.

Chaffetzs remarks to CNN sparked a firestorm on social media as iPhones quickly became a top trending topic, as did TrumpCare.

The controversy was widely reported, with some outlets expressing outrage at the congressmans comments.

The Washington Posts Philip Bump wrote that Chaffetzs comment revives the poverty is a choice argument." Meanwhile, Slate declared: GOPs most embarrassing Congressman strikes again while Yahoo Newswent so far as to break down the exact cost of an iPhone, both for a Verizon contract and an AT&T contract, to compare the cost to health insurance.

Yet left unsaid was that Obama made similar comments in 2014. In a town hall meeting with Spanish-language outlets, Obama was asked about a man who had written in saying he still couldnt afford insurance.

In a lengthy answer, Obama speculated about someone making $40,000-$50,000 a year, who thinks an insurance option that costs $300 a month is too much.

I guess what I would say is if you looked at that persons budget and you looked at their cable bill, their telephone cell phone bill, other things that theyre spending on, it may turn out that they just havent prioritized health care because right now everybody is healthy," he said.

Nobody actually wants to spend money on health insurance until they get sick, he added.

Chaffetz later clarified his comments on Fox News "Americas Newsroom," and conceded he didnt make his remarks as smoothly as he could.

"What we're trying to say -- and maybe I didn't say it as smoothly as I possibly could -- but people need to make a conscious choice and I believe in self-reliance," he said. "And they're going to have to make those decisions."

Adam Shaw is a Politics Reporter and occasional Opinion writer for FoxNews.com. He can be reached here or on Twitter: @AdamShawNY.

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