MSNBC contributor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-was-war-hero-chopping-wood-when-pulled-out-of-retirement-msnbc-guest-claims/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason Johnson</a> jumped the gun on Tuesday afternoon, claiming that the election results in Georgia would not be fair before the polls had even closed in that state.
Johnson claimed that voter suppression in Georgia was far worse than it had been in 2018, arguing that Governor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/brian-kemp-blasts-stacey-abrams-after-she-loses-court-battle-against-georgia-voter-integrity-laws/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brian Kemp</a> (R) and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) had put policies into place that would keep people from voting.
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&quot;The level of voter suppression [in Georgia] is beyond anything that we saw in 2018&#8230;We can’t say that whatever happens tonight is a fair and equitable election.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/BataCvchTf">pic.twitter.com/BataCvchTf</a>
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&#8220;In the state of Georgia, thanks to Brian Kemp and Raffensperger, they changed the state law so that you cannot get a provisional ballot in Georgia before 5 o&#8217;clock,&#8221; Johnson began. &#8220;So if you waited in line for two and a half hours, got there, and they said, &#8216;Oh, there&#8217;s some sort of mistake,&#8217; you can&#8217;t get a provisional ballot here.&#8221;
&#8220;The level of voter suppression is beyond anything that we saw in 2018, so I think it&#8217;s completely up in the air,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;There has been youth turnout at levels we haven&#8217;t expected. Democrats feel confident, Republicans I&#8217;ve spoken to feel confident. But we can’t say that whatever happens tonight is a fair and equitable election because there have been too many laws passed by election deniers to keep people from being able to express themselves.&#8221;
The <a href="https://sos.ga.gov/how-to-guide/how-guide-voting#Provisional%20Ballot%20Voting%20Guide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">provisional ballot rule</a> Johnson mentioned, according to the Georgia Secretary of State&#8217;s office, applies to voters who are registered in the county where they are trying to vote, but are attempting to vote at the wrong precinct. Provisional ballots can be filed at the wrong precinct after 5 p.m. — but the voters can also choose to leave the wrong precinct and cast a standard ballot at the correct precinct at any time during polling place hours.
Second-time Georgia gubernatorial hopeful Stacey Abrams (D) has also spoken out ahead of the election, claiming that the record turnout in early voting did nothing to assuage her fears that <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/democrats-georgias-record-voter-turnout-is-actually-voter-suppression/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voter suppression</a> was still happening on a grand scale.

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Justice prevailed when a jury of his peers declared <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-latest-on-the-kyle-rittenhouse-trial">Kyle Rittenhouse</a> not guilty after defending himself from three left-wing attackers in the midst of fiery riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin. What the rioters began, the legacy media seemed eager to finish, attacking the 18-year-old man a symbol of “white nationalist terror,” a “white nationalist coward,” and a “murderous little white supremacist.” (Notice a trend?)
Here are the worst media meltdowns since the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict:
1. The “loudest warning” about the “rise of white nationalist terror” killing “race-traitors”
MSNBC’s Joy Reid took the day of the verdict, <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/transcript-reidout-11-19-21-n1284319">November 19</a>, off — but she turned her hosting duties over to the equally outlandish Jason Johnson, who said that “the single most important thing to understand about today’s ruling” is that it allows white supremacists to shoot minorities and white liberals with abandon.
“By allowing him to go free and potentially commit other crimes, this jury sent the final and loudest warning to white America about the dangerous rise of white nationalist terror in this country, one I suspect will be ignored by most thought leaders, politicians, and the press,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1461879116030951424">said</a>. “Kyle Rittenhouse was able to kill Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and face no consequences because those men were race traitors.”
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Jason Johnson: &quot;By allowing [Rittenhouse] to&#8230;potentially commit other crimes, this jury sent the final and loudest warning to white America about the dangerous rise of white nationalist terror[.]&quot;
He adds Rittenhouse won b/c the white guys he shot were seen as &quot;race traitors&quot; <a href="https://t.co/fpMcL8Uf1O">pic.twitter.com/fpMcL8Uf1O</a>
&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1461879116030951424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2021</a></blockquote>
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2. “White nationalist coward little kid with an AR-15”
Jason Johnson could not limit himself to only one offensive statement. On the same episode of “The ReidOut,” Johnson said that innocent social justice protesters must now live in fear of being liquidated:
<blockquote>The first thing that occurred to me after this ruling is, “Oh, well, OK, now it’s just open season.” Like, if I’m walking around and I’m a white nationalist coward little kid with an AR-15, and I see someone drive by with a “Black Lives Matter” bumper sticker and I feel threatened, I can open fire. If I go by a youth group standing outside a local Target and they’re chanting, “Black Lives Matter,” and I feel threatened, I can open fire.</blockquote>
Rittenhouse’s surviving accuser, Gaige Grosskreutz, admitted that Rittenhouse only opened fire after Grosskreutz drew a handgun, pointed it at Rittenhouse (who was then 17), and advanced on him.
3. Kyle Rittenhouse is like a bank robber shooting his way out
MSNBC legal analyst Joyce Vance likened Rittenhouse to a bank robber being given the right to blow away law enforcement officers on the November 19 episode of “MTP Daily.”
“&#8230; [T]his strikes me as an odd situation for self-defense,” she opined. “It&#8217;s something akin to saying that if you go in a bank and rob it, and people are trying to apprehend you, you can shoot your way out and claim self-defense. That&#8217;s a little bit what Kyle Rittenhouse did. He created this problem, and then proceeded to threaten people to get out.”
“Typically, you can&#8217;t claim self-defense in a situation where you&#8217;ve provoked the incident,” she said, without evidence. Despite the prosecution’s best efforts, there is no evidence Rittenhouse broke any law before opening fire in self-defense on August 25, 2020.
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4. “Murderous little white supremacist”
MSNBC’s Tiffany Cross denounced Kyle Rittenhouse as “a murderous little white supremacist” on “The Cross Connection” the day after the verdict. “I’m disgusted at what I’m seeing” from members of Congress offering Rittenhouse an internship. “The fact that white supremacists roam the halls of Congress freely and celebrate this little murderous white supremacist, and the fact that he gets to walk the streets freely, it lets you know these people have access to instituting laws, they represent the legislative branch of this country.”
“This happened because this is what the white justice system was designed to do,” agreed her guest, Nation magazine “justice correspondent” Elie Mystal. “This is not a miscarriage of justice. This is justice working as intended for white people.”
<a href="https://newsmax.com">Newsmax</a> contributor Jenna Ellis later <a href="https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1462270106751410189">noted</a>, “Murder is a legal definition. Kyle was acquitted. This is textbook defamation with actual malice.”
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Murder is a legal definition. Kyle was acquitted. This is textbook defamation with actual malice. <a href="https://t.co/ZCEzPcizUs">https://t.co/ZCEzPcizUs</a>
&mdash; Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) <a href="https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1462270106751410189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2021</a></blockquote>
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5. “Gun laws” giving white people the right to “inflict violence” are “foundational” to America
Although she relinquished the host’s chair, Joy Reid made a special guest appearance on her own show to insult both Rittenhouse and the essence of the United States.
“This is what we expected to happen because I think we have to keep in mind when we’re watching the criminal justice system at work that it was designed to do exactly what it did today,” she said on November 19, imputing racial machinations to a trial in which every major player was white. “Gun laws helped to enhance the design to allow this verdict to happen today. This country was built on the idea of white men had a particular kind of freedom and a particular kind of citizenship that only they have,” she said. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fact-checking-joe-bidens-misleading-second-amendment-claims">Gun rights, enshrined in the Second Amendment</a>, allegedly gave “slave catchers” and other malefactors “the right to inflict violence in the name of protecting property. That’s, like, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kZlmUiBPgg">the foundational creation of the United States</a>.”
6. “The poster child for reactionary white men”
MSNBC guests, as well as hosts, took turns belittling Kyle Rittenhouse, while insisting the right to self-defense will lead to murder.
“&#8230; [M]ake no mistake, Rittenhouse will be the poster child for reactionary white men who want to take the law in their own hands, who want to bring assault weapons to Black Lives Matter protests, and who think that violence is a legitimate form of political discourse,” said MSNBC legal analyst Paul Butler on “The ReidOut” hours after the teenager’s acquittal on all charges.
“In the eyes of the law, Rittenhouse is now actually the victim of the three men who he shot, even though the evidence suggest[s] that Rittenhouse went to Kenosha spoiling for a fight,” he said. “I think we should be troubled that other people who want to take the law into their own hands might view this verdict as an invitation.”
As offensive as these comments were, they are but a sample of the vitriol poured out 24/7 on cable news networks like MSNBC and its lower-rated competitor, CNN.
Bear in mind, these media assaults come after weeks of similar insults, assaults, and imputations against the teenager. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-epitome-of-white-privilege-the-medias-worst-reactions-to-the-kyle-rittenhouse-trial">I noted</a>, even before the verdict:
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<li>CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/12/opinions/kyle-rittenhouse-crying-ahmaud-arbery-killed-joseph/index.html">posted</a> an article stating that Kyle Rittenhouse “represents the epitome of [w]hite privilege in America run amok”;</li>
<li>Elie Mystal branded Judge Bruce Schroeder “a biased, racist judge”; and</li>
<li>MSNBC’s ReidOut blog rated Kyle Rittenhouse’s breakdown on the witness stand as “<a href="https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/kyle-rittenhouse-tears-murder-trial-rcna5239">white crocodile tears</a>.”</li>
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The legal system backed Kyle Rittenhouse when he defended himself against his attackers once before. Perhaps it will smile on him again if he files a defamation lawsuit against his assailants in the <a href="https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2007/11/30/drive_by_media_explained/">drive-by media</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-epitome-of-white-privilege-the-medias-worst-reactions-to-the-kyle-rittenhouse-trial">‘The Epitome Of White Privilege’: The Media’s Worst Reactions To The Kyle Rittenhouse Trial</a>
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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While the Democratic Party has attempted to distance itself from its advocacy of defunding the police, an MSNBC host said on Wednesday that he supports “abolishing the police” and “getting rid” of law enforcement “entirely.” He also asserted without evidence that officers deliberately “prey” on the same black families “over and over and over.”
“I have always made it abundantly clear I believe in abolishing police, getting rid of it entirely, starting from the beginning. We have done that before. We have done it with the Department of War,” said Jason Johnson, the guest host of “The Beat with Ari Melber.”
It was not the first time that Johnson, a <a href="https://www.morgan.edu/school_of_global_journalism_and_communication/academics/multimedia_journalism/our_faculty/staff_/jason_johnson.html">professor</a> of journalism at Morgan State University and frequent MSNBC contributor, had proposed eradicating the police force as the anchor of an MSNBC show. While filling in for Melber on June 24, Johnson <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/transcript-beat-ari-melber-6-24-21-n1272347">affirmed</a>, “I’m on the abolish the police side” of the debate, as contrasted with those who merely wish to “reform” the system.
His comments could hardly have come at a less opportune time for Democrats, who have desperately tried to deflect criticism over the nation’s rising crime rate, which followed a year of police funding reductions in Democrat-controlled cities.
A meager <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/07/usa-today-ipsos-poll-just-18-support-defund-police-movement/4599232001/">18%</a> of Americans support the movement to defund the police, according to an Ipsos/USA TODAY poll released in March. The survey also found only 28% of black Americans and 34% of Democrats wish to “Defund the Police.” Abolishing the police likely attracts lower support yet.
As a result, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki and other Democrats have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/psaki-blasted-for-deflecting-blame-for-crime-wave-by-claiming-gop-defunded-the-police">accused</a> Republicans of defunding the police, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-fact-checker-debunks-biden-administrations-claim-that-republicans-support-defunding-the-police">claim</a> The Washington Post’s fact-checker rated “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/three-pinocchios-even-legacy-media-calling-out-white-house-on-defund-the-police-lie">Three Pinocchios</a>.” Johnson&#8217;s comments make that fallacious assertion even less tenable.
Johnson and his guest continued their character assassination against police officers by claiming that U.S. law enforcement has been designed to repeatedly victimize the same innocent black families.
Johnson’s latest remarks came while reporting that the uncle of Darnella Frazier, the teenager who filmed the death of George Floyd, tragically died after getting into a car accident with a police officer. “George Floyd’s girlfriend used to teach Daunte Wright,” he said. “The police seem to prey on the same black people over, and over, and over again.”
His guest, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, agreed, saying, “The lesson the nation needs to learn in this moment is that the system is working precisely as it was designed.” The alleged choice of law enforcement officers “to revisit the same black families, black people, and black communities is not happenstance. It’s not an accident. This is intentional. This is a choice.”
“What we need to understand is that this system, this system that continues to visit and revisit black people with intention, is working precisely and exactly as it was designed,” she concluded.
“Exactly, as always planned,” <a href="https://youtu.be/P8tP_lMcTG0?t=2182">agreed</a> Johnson, ending the show.
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Neither one explained how the &#8220;system&#8221; supposedly arranged the automobile accident, which occurred while officers were pursuing an active carjacker.
But both guests have a history of spreading <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/opinion-the-american-media-has-spread-russian-propaganda-more-effectively-than-russia-itself">misinformation</a> about the police. In April, Johnson <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/transcript-11th-hour-brian-williams-4-12-21-n1263907">told</a> “The 11th Hour” host Brian Williams, “I’m just as likely to get shot by that cop as I am with a potential intruder. That’s just the reality. That’s the reality of it that I live with every day.”
Late last month Brittany Packnett Cunningham, whom former President Barack Obama appointed to his Task Force on 21st Century Policing, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-msnbc-perplexed-why-portland-police-are-quitting-en-masse">told</a> MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle that “this rising crime … is actually the fault of the police.”
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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MSNBC contributor Jason Johnson has been benched from appearing on the network after bashing Sen. Bernie Sanders&#8217; (I-VT) staffers.
According to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/msnbc-benches-contributor-jason-johnson-who-said-bernie-sanders-staffers-are-island-of-misfit-black-girls">The Daily Beast</a>, Johnson, who serves as an editor at The Root, came under fire last week after during an appearance on Sirius XM&#8217;s &#8220;The Karen Hunter&#8221; show, where he referred to Sanders&#8217; supporters as “racist white liberals” while charging the senator with doing “nothing for intersectionality.” He reserved his harshest critique for the black women on Sanders&#8217; staff.
“I don’t care how many people from the island of misfit black girls you throw out there to defend you,” Johnson said.
Shortly thereafter, Sanders’ national press secretary Briahna Joy Gray accused Johnson of racism and sexism. “I hope we can have political disputes without engaging in open racism and sexism. This misogynoir is disappointing, but not surprising from [Jason Johnson],&#8221; she tweeted.
Though calls erupted for Jason Johnson&#8217;s firing, MSNBC ultimately sidelined him and issued no official comment on the matter.
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<blockquote>Johnson’s temporary sidelining included him not being involved in coverage of last weekend’s Nevada caucuses or the post-game coverage of Tuesday evening’s South Carolina debate, which aired on CBS. In an email to media outlets hyping its post-debate plans, Johnson’s name was nowhere to be found.
The punishment appears to have also cost Johnson his chance to be on-air during the network’s coverage of this past Saturday’s Nevada caucuses, which Sanders won in a landslide.
Johnson’s absence has been noticeable, as he has become a staple of MSNBC’s Democratic primary analysis roster. Prior to his benching, he made nearly 40 appearances on the network in 2020 alone.</blockquote>
Prior to his benching, Jason Johnson was regularly featured on programs like &#8220;Morning Joe,&#8221; &#8220;The Beat with Ari Melber,&#8221; and &#8220;The 11th Hour.&#8221; He was also regularly featured on panels during the Nevada primary debate. His last appearance came on February 21, just hours before his comments about Sanders&#8217; staffers.
Most recently, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/msnbc-contributor-goes-bonkers-trump-could-shut-down-voting-in-california">Johnson asserted</a> that President Trump would shut down voting in California after the president’s attorney Alan Dershowitz argued during the impeachment trial that &#8220;abuse of power&#8221; was not an impeachable offense if the president did not commit a crime.
&#8220;And when people spout nonsense, whether its Dershowitz or whether it’s Fox News, Donald Trump always listens,&#8221; said Johnson. &#8220;The scenario that he set up yesterday, by basically saying the president can do what he wants; imagine Donald Trump deciding, sometime in June, well, I heard this conspiracy theory that a whole lot of illegal immigrants voted in California. So, I’ve decided that, during the presidential election, California has to undergo extreme vetting because we can’t trust their votes. We’re going to shut down voting in a state. This is literally the kind of thing he will do now. We’re not talking hypotheticals, anymore.&#8221;
He continued, “And that’s the part that I think disturbs me; for all of these people who were worried about their elections, we’re talking about the actual country. And anything he’ll do to Joe Biden, he’ll do to a senator, he’ll do to a senator in his own party. So why people aren’t concerned, why people don’t realize that this is step one to actual autocracy. Not the theoretical one, not the one we talk about in class, but an actual president who will say, ‘This state’s votes don’t count. These people don’t have a right to vote. These people can’t come into the country.’ That is what they are allowing to happen here. And I don’t understand how anyone can not be terrified, not just angry, but literally terrified about what the future’s gonna bring.”

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