MSNBC Senior Washington Correspondent and incoming The Weekend Host Eugene Daniels gave us a preview of what to expect, as he lamented the “missed opportunity” by Democrats while on the Meet the Press panel. In the process, proving that Musk Derangement Syndrome is alive and well.
Watch as Daniels, Democrat pollster Cornell Belcher and host Kristen Welker lament the Democrats’ misfortunes in near unison:
New MSNBC senior Washington correspondent, ex of @Politico and still @WHCA President, @EugeneDaniels2 playing Democratic operative on #MTP rued “another missed opportunity” by Dems to attack Trump and @ElonMusk over Teslas on the South Lawn: “Immediately the next day there should… pic.twitter.com/qSuIB3R3rA
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NBC MEET THE PRESS
3/16/25
10:57 AM
CORNELL BELCHER: And the idea that what Biden did at The White House is similar to- to Trump basically being a salesman and hawking the Teslas on the front lawn of The White House is completely different.
KRISTEN WELKER: Yeah. BELCHER: The ad writes itself.
WELKER: Yeah.
EUGENE DANIELS: Right? But Democrats aren’t doing it. Immediately, the next day, there should’ve been just- that ad, destroy that over and over again.
WELKER: You’re saying another missed opportunity for Democrats. Shocking!
DANIELS: Another missed opportunity to get on the same--
BELCHER AND DANIELS, IN UNISON: Shocking that the Democrats are bad on messaging!
DANIELS: But I mean, you know, like, when you talk to them behind the scenes they explain the Elon of it all in a much better way than they do when they go on television- they don't talk about him as a oligarch behind the scenes, right? They talk about him as someone who is, in their eyes, doing this- doing DOGE because he wants to help his businesses at the end of the day, right? They talk about that conflict of interests. That’s something that the American people actually understand but they, again, continue to miss an opportunity to do that.
Daniels serves a public purpose here by reminding us that what passes for "news analysis" in the Acela Media is really a bunch of liberal Democrats talking to each other and sometimes cosplaying as fantasy political consultants. Hence, you get an NBC corporate correspondent (remember, MSNBC is not yet fully spun off of NBC) foaming at the mouth about "destroying" Elon Musk's appearance at The White House alongside President Donald Trump and a bevy of Teslas.
Daniels pseudostrategized not once but twice. First, by fantasizing about an ad, then chiding Democrats for how they talk about DOGE- urging them to frame Musk as a robber baron who wants to plunder the federal government. Without evidence.
If this is what Daniels is spitting out on Sunday show panels, we can't wait to see him unburdened by what has been next to Jonathan Capehart every weekend on MSNBC air. "Men on Politics" is going to be EPIC.
