In the wake of the Hawaii nuclear missile warning that turned out the be a false alarm, the radical fringe of liberal media has decided that the only person that really deserved the blame was President Trump. Despite the fact that he had no influence on the state employee who pushed the button, and who idiotically still has a job, the liberal panel on MSNBC’s Hardball not only blamed Trump for the false alarm but claimed he didn’t care about the state because they supported Hillary Clinton.
Host Chris Matthews began the segment by taking issue with the President accurately stating that the false alarm was a state mistake and praising them for taking responsibility. “As Harry Truman would not have said, the buck stops at Honolulu. Jason, wouldn't take any responsibility for it,” Matthews chided as if there was something for Trump to take responsibility for.
“He took no responsibility for it. And he could have a said something comforting,” whined Jason Johnson from The Root. He discounted Trump’s words as nothing more than “government gobbledygook. I don’t know what that means if I live in Honolulu. I want to hear a president say, ‘I'll keep you safe no matter the circumstances.’ He didn’t do that.”
But in grounded reality, there was nothing for Trump to take responsibility for. It wasn’t a call from the White House, the federal government, or the Department of Defense that triggered the warning. It was a Hawaii state employee who accidentally clicked the button on his computer. And by the way, that guy still has a job there. He was only “reassigned” and not fired for sending millions of people into a panic with the thought they were about to die.
NBC reporter Vivian Salama wet off the deep end and asserted that President Trump really didn’t care about Hawaii because they didn’t vote for him in 2016. “I keep on thinking is President Trump has a tendency now to respond quicker to states where he pulled off a win in 2016,” she speculated. “Texas, Florida. Not Puerto Rico. That's for sure. Not California.” What made her assumption ridiculous was the fact that the parts of Texas that were hit hardest, like Houston, had actually voted for Clinton and Puerto Rico couldn’t vote for president period.
Salama’s second loony theory was that he didn’t care about them because they didn’t support his travel ban. “And second of all, they voted against the travel ban,” she claimed, but they never had such a vote. “They are one of the states that has filed a lawsuit against the travel ban. And so I think a number of factors may be at play here,” she then seemed to correct herself.
After they were done kicking Trump around with Hawaii, Matthews wanted them to kick him around for what he was doing on Martin Luther King Day. “Look, I'm not big on this completely, the Trump bashing. But I do—I guess sometimes I am,” he bumbled. “What do you make of this playing golf on Martin Luther King day?”
Johnson didn’t have a problem with that since so many other people treated the day the same way, but he was adamant that he didn’t want Trump talking to African Americans. “I would rather Trump be himself than continue to dishonor Martin Luther King by giving disingenuous speeches in front of people who don’t believe him,” he spat. “I would rather him not be at the statue, I would rather him not be at a museum jumbling through threw history he didn’t care about and only checked through Wikipedia.”
Transcript below:
MSNBC
Hardball
January 15, 2018
7:44:27 PM Eastern(…)
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Here’s how the President responded hours later.
DONALD TRUMP: Well, that was a state thing. But we're going to now get involved with them. I love that they took responsibility. They took total responsibility. But we're going get involved. Their attitude and what they want to do, I think it's terrific. They took responsibility. They made a mistake. We hope it won't happen again. But part of it is that people are on edge. But maybe eventually we'll solve the problem so they won't have to be so on edge.
MATTHEWS: As Harry Truman would not have said, the buck stops at Honolulu. Jason, wouldn't take any responsibility for it.
JASON JOHNSON: He took no responsibility for it. And he could have a said something comforting. I’m thinking—
MATTHEWS: He is the head of state.
JOHNSON: He is the head of state. He could say, “Hey, look, we're going to make sure Korea is not a threat.” I’m thinking like, if Reagan had said this is –
MATTHEWS: He did sort of say that. He said, “We hope it won't happen again, but part of it is people are on edge, but maybe eventually we'll solve the problem so they won't have to be on edge.”
JOHNSON: Which is like government gobbledygook. I don’t know what that means if I live in Honolulu. I want to hear a president say, “I'll keep you safe no matter the circumstances.” He didn’t do that.
MATTHEWS: Those people were running, Vivian.
VIVIAN SALAMA: They were terrified, rightfully. And you know what, I keep on thinking is President Trump has a tendency now to respond quicker to states where he pulled off a win in 2016. And so here you have Hawaii.
MATTHEWS: You mean like Texas? Unlike California.
SALAMA: Texas, Florida. Not Puerto Rico. That's for sure. Not California. And so here you have a situation in Hawaii where first of all he did not get a win there. And second of all, they voted against the travel ban. They are one of the states that has filed a lawsuit against the travel ban. And so I think a number of factors may be at play here.
MATTHEWS: What do you think about-- Look, I'm not big on this completely, the Trump bashing. But I do—I guess sometimes I am. What do you make of this playing golf on Martin Luther King day? Treating it as a sunny holiday in Florida, not as anything respectful or honoring of a difficult challenge to our country which has been race and civil rights. And it’s still a challenge. And treated as sort of a day to baste in the sun.
JOHNSON: Well, first of all, a lot of people do that. Not just the president of the United States. A lot of people barbecue. I would rather Trump be himself than continue to dishonor Martin Luther King by giving disingenuous speeches in front of people who don’t believe him.
MATTHEWS: You don't want him at the statue?
JOHNSON: I would rather him not be at the statue, I would rather him not be at a museum jumbling through threw history he didn’t care about and only checked through Wikipedia.
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