Morning Joe: ‘Dangerous’ to Prosecute Trump, Might Flee Country!
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough warns against prosecuting President Trump, saying that criminalizing politics, and jailing Trump, even if he deserves to be in jail, takes us down a "dangerous road." Guest Tom Rogers, former president of NBC Cable, advocates prosecuting Trump at the state and local, rather than the federal, level. He adds that if Trump is indicted, "there is a chance he would…
Swalwell: Calling Capitol Breachers Rioters Is 'Insulting to Rioters'
When Jonathan Capehart, on his MSNBC show this morning, called the people who breached the Capitol "rioters," Dem Rep. Eric Swalwell responded: "that's insulting to rioters and generous to terrorists." Swalwell also says that the only kind of unity he wants is people "uniting against you," meaning Republicans including President Trump, Kevin McCarthy, Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley.
MSNBC's Nance Fears MAGA Will Infiltrate Secret Service Under Biden
On her MSNBC show, Tiffany Cross expresses concern about QAnon believers or MAGA supporters "infiltrating" the Secret Service. MSNBC terrorism analyst Malcolm Nance replies: "What I'm afraid of as a counter-terrorism specialist is that they're going to get an Indira Gandhi situation, where one of her bodyguards killed her. Rajiv Gandhi, one of the guests, one of the bodyguards allowed a woman…
NBC Historian Beschloss: Maybe Trump Used Twitter To Get 'Kickbacks'
On Ari Melber's MSNBC show, "NBC News presidential historian" Michael Beschloss, speaking of Twitter permanently banning President Trump, says: "It's been an enormous weapon for him which he's abused, and abused, and abused. And the problem is two things. Number one, Twitter is instant. So, of he wants to have a sudden impact on people, or to move the stock market: maybe he's got friends who…
Politico Hires Lib Sam Stein to Head WH Coverage, Morning Joe Thrilled
Morning Joe is thrilled by Politico's hiring of the openly-liberal Sam Stein to head its coverage of the Biden White House. Joe Scarborough, far from questioning Stein's impartiality in his new job, was "really excited" about the move, adding that Politico is "really humming" now that Stein is aboard. "You never lose investing in Sam Stein," said Willie Geist.
Media Mostly Ignore a Key Reason Kenosha Cop Was Not Charged
Between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, as all the broadcast evening and morning news casts informed viewers of the news that the Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake in August would not be charged in the incident, most shows ignored one of the most critical details given for why his actions were considered justifiable self-defense.
Vile MSNBC Guests: Police Actively Decided to Allow Capitol Violence
Continuing its theme of smearing police as conniving savages who allowed Wednesday’s U.S. Capitol attack, MSNBC decided on Thursday’s ReidOut to take it up a notch with two Black Lives Matter activists declaring police made “an active choice” “by design” to welcome violence from “vanilla ISIS” and all but gave them “milk and cookies.”
MSNBC Gushes: Stacey Abrams Defeated Voter Suppression in Georgia
On Wednesday's MSNBC Live, Errin Haines, editor-at-large of The 19th, a self-described "nonpartisan newsroom reporting at the intersection of gender, politics and policy," theorized with host Stephanie Ruhle that Stacey Abrams and the Democrats did not just defeat Republicans in Tuesday's Senate runoffs, but also voter suppression.
MSNBC Dismisses GOP Denunciation, Whole Party Is Now ‘Fascist'
The fact that scores of conservatives and Republicans have come out and condemned both the violence at the Capitol on Wednesday, as well Donald Trump himself, is apparently lost on MSNBC. As Rachel Maddow smeared the entire GOP as “fascist,” “violent, insurrectionist party.” Joy Reid mocked Republican condemnations, saying they “don’t matter.”
Joe Scarborough: 'Arrest,' 'Jail' Trump 'Today'
On today's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough went on an impassioned speech about yesterday's events. In the course of his broadside, Scarborough said, "He should be arrested today. He should be sent to jail today for insurrection against the United States of America."
NBC ‘Historian’ Suggests Police Wanted Violence, Trump Will Use Nukes
Just past midnight Thursday after one of the more surreal days in U.S. history, NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss all but donned a tinfoil hat on MSNBC to offer some utterly unhinged conspiracy theories, all cheered by 11th Hour host Lyin’ Brian Williams. Over the course of 11 and a half minutes, Beschloss suggested U.S. Capitol Police wanted and ensured violence took…
Reid Goes on Hateful Rants Against Police, Comparing GOP to al-Qaeda
When it comes to liberals and progressives, this is what hate in their heart looks like. Early Wednesday evening amidst the acts of sedition and violence, MSNBC’s ReidOut host Joy Reid went on two rants that served as early entries into our year-end Notable Quotables package. Over the course of nearly nine minutes, she insisted police officers are almost exclusively concerned about…
Disgusting: Todd Trashes ‘Empty’ GOP ‘Rhetoric’ Denouncing Violence
Wednesday afternoon during live coverage of the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol, NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd took a ghoulish victory lap of sorts, discarding any and all conservative and Republican denunciations of the Capitol violence as “a lot of empty rhetoric” and “empty concern” that, in his mind, means absolutely nothing.
Sharpton: Georgia Result Shows USA Not Going Back to 'Legal Apartheid'
On Morning Joe, asked by Joe Scarborough to comment on the meaning of Georgia having voted "to elect America’s first black Vice-president in November, and . . . the Democratic party’s first black senator after four years of Donald Trump," Sharpton responded: "It means that this country has really come back unto showing that we’re not going backwards to the days of legal apartheid or…
