The fact that scores of conservatives and Republicans have come out and condemned both the violence at the Capitol, as well Donald Trump himself, is apparently lost on MSNBC. Rachel Maddow on Wednesday night smeared the entire GOP as “fascist,” “violent, insurrectionist party.” Joy Reid mocked Republican condemnations, saying they “don’t matter.”
But first, Maddow slimed, “I mean the idea that the Republican Party is going to somehow defy the label of being a violent, insurrectionist party with fascist markers is hard to see when their internal discipline is stern speeches and no rebukes.”
In reality, conservatives and Republicans on Wednesday immediately condemned the dark events in Washington.
Reid made it clear that no level of outrage from Republicans against the attack on our democracy will be enough:
This whole spectacle that's supposed to talk about the strength of our democracy is a sham as long as this is still going forward. I don't know how this turns out, but I just hope that they complete the certification of Biden and Harris winning the election. Let's just get that done. I think at this point that's the priority. Get it done. I don't think we need the ceremony and the speeches. I think Romney's speech was fine. But this doesn't matter.
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Rachel Maddow
1/6/2021
9:45 PM ETRACHEL MADDOW: And we are hearing, Chris, reports that there may be resignations, that some people are thinking about their future. To have had the only resignations in the wake of this act today be the White House social secretary, the First Lady's chief of staff, and a deputy press secretary — to have that be it, I mean we are advised — NBC is reporting that others at a higher level are considering it. But there's -- I mean when Republicans went to Richard Nixon and said, “Listen, we caught you cheating and trying to cover up that crime and everybody's heard that tape. You got to go.”
Think about the magnitude of that act by the President versus what we just had today from President Trump. And to have Republicans not asking for his resignation other than the Republican governor of Vermont, to have senators — Senator Hawley at least not having his resignation demanded for having started this entire thing in the Congress, but him sticking with it, staying with this. I mean the idea that the Republican Party is going to somehow defy the label of being a violent, insurrectionist party with fascist markers is hard to see when their internal discipline is stern speeches and no rebukes.
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JOY REID: You know, unfortunately there are still people who feel that there's some sort of political sort of future maybe in Trump world far-right media, farther right than Fox media in keeping going. But I'm with you and Chris. I think that, you know, this whole spectacle that's supposed to talk about the strength of our democracy is a sham as long as this is still going forward. I don't know how this turns out, but I just hope that they complete the certification of Biden and Harris winning the election. Let's just get that done. I think at this point that's the priority. Get it done. I don't think we need the ceremony and the speeches. I think Romney's speech was fine. But this doesn't matter. The rest of the world has seen this. They can't unsee it. They see what we are now.
