What’s worse than a backlog of more than 400,000 untested rape kits? After Samantha Bee skewered some notably oblivious politicians in a Full Frontal segment Monday night, there’s this: After women survive the four-hour post-rape exam, police in all 50 U.S. states can destroy those rape kits like they’re Marie Kondo–ing their offices. “Does this rape kit spark joy? No. Into the trash it goes. Thank you for your service.”
Watch Bee use hard evidence to call out some truly inept local officials and one “giant pink hamster fetus of a man” (surprise! None of their reelections are contested this November) while she sharply highlights the most important issue: “Most rapists are not college boys who were confused about consent that one time. They’re serial rapists, and testing old rape kits is how you catch them.”
