Jonathan, Jonathan: you're not supposed to say this kind of stuff on live national TV!
Save it for whatever is the dark web successor to JournoList, where liberal media types can reach consensus on the approved lib talking points of the day!
In a bizarre bit of saying the quiet part out loud, on today's Morning Joe, Jonathan Lemire, MSNBC's Way Too Early host and Politico's White House bureau chief, issued marching orders to the rest of the liberal media.
"I do think we need a moratorium here in the media about Donald Trump's -- praising Donald Trump's new tone. That doesn't ever happen on this show, mind you."
So Morning Joe's worried that, after an incredibly successful RNC in which Trump struck a softer tone, the media might actually report that, giving Trump an electoral boost.
Then there was Lemire's equally hilarious and superfluous addendum:
"That doesn't ever happen on this show, mind you."
Don't worry, Jonathan. No reminder necessary. We're all too aware that Morning Joe will never give Trump an even break!
Lemire continued to expose Morning Joe's theory of the case: Trump's RNC speech was a missed opportunity in which, softer tone notwithstanding, he didn't reach out beyond his base. And so, the keep-hope-alive Democrats are declaring, "this is the guy we can beat!" So don't go messing that up by offering praise of Trump, faint as it might be!
Lemire ended with one more unsubtle point. The belief among some Dems that Trump is beatable explains, "why, of course, there's so much scrutiny about President Biden's upcoming decisions."
Translation: We can beat this guy with the right candidate. All the more reason to dump Biden, STAT!
