POLL: What was the worst media take of the week? (Vote below)
NOMINEES:
1. Elie Mystal: Chief Justice John Roberts Is the “Biggest Enemy Towards Black People” Since Dred Scott Decision
“John Roberts has been an enemy of the Voting Rights Act – as you pointed out in your opening – for his entire career. John Roberts is the biggest enemy towards black people that this court has seen since Chief Justice Roger Taney, who authored the Dred Scott decision….Whenever black people are asking to have equal representation….in this country, John Roberts is the man standing at the door telling us no.”
— The Nation’s justice correspondent Elie Mystal on MSNBC’s Velshi, October 19.
2. Robert De Niro Rages Against Donald Trump and His Jewish “Nazi” Stephen Miller
Host Jonathan Capehart: “You said earlier, Mr. De Niro, about the President, he will not leave the White House. This is where you and I are on the same wavelength.”
Actor Robert De Niro: “No way. He will not. We see it, we see it, we see it every – we see it all the time. He will not want to leave. He set it up with his, I guess he’s the [Joseph] Goebbels of the cabinet, Stephen Miller. He’s a, he’s a Nazi. Yes, he is, and he’s Jewish, and he should be ashamed of himself.”
— MSNBC’s The Weekend, October 19.
3. Sunny Hostin: Trump’s Rise Due to “Racism and White Supremacy”
“Trump’s rise – in part – was based in racism and white supremacy. And that is the truth!”
— Co-host Sunny Hostin on ABC’s The View, October 16.
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