President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account to call for Washington Post columnist and MSNBC contributor Eugene Robinson’s firing after he attempted to “justify the waste, fraud, and corruption” at USAID.
On Friday’s edition of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Robinson railed: “They don’t care what happens to the people of the world because they don’t vote in the United States. They don’t care that hundreds of millions of people are going to have to be on the edge of starvation if these programs aren’t restored immediately.”
A look through Robinson’s recent past shows he has an abiding hatred of all things Trump. The frequent MSNBC panelist also loves to defend Democrats like former Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, as well as Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
The following is just a few of the most obnoxious outbursts (via the MRC’s archive) from Robinson:
Trump Is a “Really Damaged Person” and That Makes Him “Really Dangerous”
“Beneath all that bluster — who am I to diagnose him, I’m not a psychologist. But there’s clearly some deep insecurity and, and feeling of inadequacy that causes him to, to, to continually lash out and puff himself up, and adopt this air of infallibility, which is, which is absurd. But that’s who he is. I think he is a really, really damaged person. And, you know, because of that, and for a lot of other reasons, he’s a really, he’s really dangerous. He proved that in four years as President. He would prove it again if he were ever allowed near the White House again. This is, this is not a well man.”
— MSNBC’s Morning Joe, August 2, 2024.
Journalists Are Too Soft on Trump’s “Non-Stop Lies, Ominous Threats” and “Utter Gibberish”
“Harris was criticized for not doing enough interviews — so she did multiple interviews….She was criticized for not doing hostile interviews — so she went toe to toe with Bret Baier of Fox News. She was criticized as being comfortable only at scripted rallies — so she did unscripted events, such as the town hall….Trump, meanwhile, stands before his MAGA crowds and spews non-stop lies, ominous threats, impossible promises and utter gibberish. His rhetoric is dismissed, or looked past, without first being interrogated.”
— Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, October 25, 2024.
Trump-Vance = One of the “Weirdest Tickets”
“So he [J.D. Vance] says this really kind of stupid, geeky, weird, dorm room, late at night kind of thing, right? He tosses off this insult about childless cat ladies, trying to be clever with Tucker Carlson. And it comes back to haunt him. And he can’t just take it back....He kind of doubles down and doubles down, because that’s what he’s expected to do if you’re Donald Trump’s running mate....I think this is going to keep sort of cropping up. So now, we have in Vance and Trump, one of the, like, weirdest tickets that I can recall. These are two really unusual people who say and do weird things.”
— MSNBC’s Morning Joe, July 30, 2024.
Democrats “Can Really Slam Donald Trump” In this Election!
“What are Democrats doing? They are, they are voting with their dollars. They’re voting with their feet. There is an excitement, and enthusiasm, and optimism. A feeling for the first time in many months that this is not only a winnable race but that they can — they can really slam Donald Trump in this election coming up.”
— Washington Post columnist on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, July 23, 2024.
Biden Is “Sharp As a Tack”
“Anybody who spent any time with Joe Biden since he’s been in the Oval Office knows that the reality is [he is] nothing like the, the, the dystopian picture that the Republicans are trying to paint, of this senile, doddering president. And he’s as sharp as a tack.”
— Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, July 14, 2024.
Time to Sound “Alarm” of Trump’s Nazi Threat
Host Joe Scarborough: “When is the time to sound the alarm? When is the time to start saying, well, does this look like Germany in 1932? Does this look like Germany in 1933? Is now the time to start asking that question?”
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson: “Well, the time to start sounding an alarm, a general alarm, was some time ago. And people should be screaming now. The alarm should be at full volume. You know, one thing you — most columnists wisely resolve, is don’t bring out the Hitler/Germany analogy, you know? That’s — you never use that. We’re getting close.”
— MSNBC’s Morning Joe, July 23, 2019.
Upset That Democrats Didn’t Attack “Lord Voldemort” Trump
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson: “The absence of Trump in this discussion actually surprised me a lot. – ”
Host Brian Williams: “Almost he who will not be mentioned.
Robinson: “Exactly. It was like Lord Voldemort. You know, you couldn’t say his name whereas for a lot of people in the country that is the main issue.”
— MSNBC’s Democratic Debate: Post-Debate Analysis, June 26, 2019.
Nancy Pelosi Has Made Ours A More Perfect Union
“Along with thick skin and a wicked sense of humor, these skills helped make Pelosi by far the most consequential Speaker of our time….When she said she prayed for the presidents she supported and those she opposed, including [Donald] Trump, she was serious. Nancy Pelosi is a believer. And her belief has made ours a more perfect union.”
— The Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson in November 17, 2023 article “Nancy Pelosi was the Most Consequential Speaker of Our time.”
“American People” Acting Like “Spoiled Brats” Under Obama
“According to polls, Americans are in a mood to hold their breath until they turn blue. Voters appear to be so fed up with the Democrats that they’re ready to toss them out in favor of the Republicans — for whom, according to those same polls, the nation has even greater contempt. This isn’t an ‘electoral wave,’ it’s a temper tantrum....The American people are acting like a bunch of spoiled brats.”
— Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, September 3, 2010.
Missing Obama…
Hardball host Chris Matthews: “I’m going to start right across the table. American eloquence certainly.”...
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson: “It is wonderful to hear that man [Barack Obama] speak. I mean, the eloquence is so impressive. This was basically a speech to my ears about the Affordable Care Act, about health care, and that was the one area of substance that he really went into and he said it is a profile in courage for the freshmen Democratic members of Congress who voted for the ACA to do so knowing that they were risking their political careers.”
— MSNBC’s The Profile in Courage Award: Barack Obama, May 7, 2017.
