The Washington Post&#8217;s longtime &#8220;conservative blogger&#8221; Jennifer Rubin announced on Monday that she had resigned from the paper, effective immediately, to launch a new outlet that was &#8220;not owned by anybody.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/conservatives-washington-post-jennifer-rubin-not-joseph-curl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rubin</a>, who became an outspoken <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wapos-jen-rubin-blasted-for-wild-claim-republicans-want-to-kill-your-kids-its-actually-true" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advocate for Democrats</a> in her efforts to &#8220;resist&#8221; Donald Trump, lionized President Joe Biden until the very end, and then went so far as to fawn over Vice President Kamala Harris even before she was foisted on the Democratic Party as their de facto nominee.
But the media landscape has begun to change with Trump&#8217;s re-election — and even some legacy media personalities and outlets have started to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-reveals-what-was-discussed-in-meeting-with-scarborough-brzezinski" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show signs of coming around</a>, resigning themselves to the fact that if they don&#8217;t at least attempt to speak to Trump and his allies in good faith, they may find themselves ousted by podcasters, citizen journalists, and other less traditional media outlets.
Rubin, according to her Monday announcement, is having none of that — in addition to launching her new outlet, she declared her intention to leave X altogether in protest of Trump&#8217;s alliance with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.
&#8220;BIG NEWS. I have left the Post. Corporate and billionaire media are failing to meet the moment,&#8221; she claimed in her post to X. &#8220;With @normeisen.bsky.social I&#8217;m launching @contrariannews.bsky.social. We&#8217;ll have politics but also cooking, humor, film and even pets. Please subscribe and join the fight. And because I want to be true to my values I am leaving X. I refuse to enable the Elon-Trump presidency.&#8221;
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BIG NEWS. I have left the Post. Corporate and billionaire media are failing to meet the moment. With <a href="https://twitter.com/NormEisen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@normeisen</a>.bsky.social I&#39;m launching <a href="https://twitter.com/contrariannews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@contrariannews</a>.bsky.social. We&#39;ll have politics but also cooking, humor, film and even pets. Please subscribe and join the fight.…
&mdash; Jen &#39;now @jenrubin9&#39; Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1878810056596111658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In a lengthier post via her <a href="https://contrarian.substack.com/p/i-have-resigned-from-the-washington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">substack</a> page, Rubin offered more by way of explanation — specifically blaming WaPo&#8217;s billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, for bending the knee to Trump and Musk.
<blockquote>Corporate and billionaire owners of major media outlets have betrayed their audiences’ loyalty and sabotaged journalism’s sacred mission — defending, protecting and advancing democracy. The Washington Post’s billionaire owner and enlisted management are among the offenders. They have undercut the values central to The Post’s mission and that of all journalism: integrity, courage, and independence. I cannot justify remaining at The Post. Jeff Bezos and his fellow billionaires accommodate and enable the most acute threat to American democracy—Donald Trump—at a time when a vibrant free press is more essential than ever to our democracy’s survival and capacity to thrive.</blockquote>
Rubin went on to name a number of her collaborators at the new outlet — George Conway and Laurence Tribe, among others — before taking another swing at Bezos on her way out the door.
<blockquote>In closing, I want to reiterate that I have been honored to work for over fourteen years alongside the finest writers and editors in journalism. Above all, I was blessed to work for The Post under the Graham Family ownership and Fred Hiatt’s leadership of the editorial section. My admiration for their collective integrity, dedication to craft, courage, patriotism, and decency is boundless. But when new leaders sully the reputation of institutions entrusted to them and the fate of democracy is in the balance, we all must reevaluate our careers and our obligations to the world’s most essential nation.</blockquote>
&#8220;History calls us all,&#8221; she claimed.
Rubin signaled the coming move in December when she criticized elected Democrats — who are in the minority in both the Senate and the House — for suggesting that they might work with Trump during the coming administration.
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&#8220;A depressingly high number of elected Democrats are declaring their intent to find &#8216;common ground&#8217; with President-elect Donald Trump and his crackpot Cabinet picks. Their naive, tone-deaf declarations epitomize an infatuation with bipartisanship for bipartisanship’s sake. Sometimes, it’s better not to bend the knee before the bidding even gets underway,&#8221; she complained.
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A depressingly high number of elected Democrats are declaring their intent to find “common ground” with President-elect Donald Trump and his crackpot Cabinet picks. Their naive, tone-deaf declarations epitomize an infatuation with bipartisanship for bipartisanship’s sake.…
&mdash; Jen &#39;now @jenrubin9&#39; Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1871195157153849354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
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She also whined loudly — and often — about the fact that her own outlet was among those that had refused to offer an outright endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris.
&#8220;If a news organization offers up financial tribute or shies from endorsing an opponent, readers and viewers have every right to question its impartiality, aggressiveness and spine. The sort of behavior we have witnessed from many legacy outlets will not help win back audiences who have lost faith in them. (Progressives are horrified; right-wingers will never patronize them.) Maintaining financial and personal distance from the president, whom news organizations are obligated to investigate and hold accountable, should not be difficult,&#8221; she said. &#8220;If people in positions of public trust, whether in elected office or in media, do not demonstrate — in deed and word — sufficient courage, fidelity to democracy and resistance to authoritarian manipulation, we will tip into a kakistocracy without much of a fight. Sadly, the past few weeks have not been encouraging.&#8221;
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If a news organization offers up financial tribute or shies from endorsing an opponent, readers and viewers have every right to question its impartiality, aggressiveness and spine.
The sort of behavior we have witnessed from many legacy outlets will not help win back audiences…
&mdash; Jen &#39;now @jenrubin9&#39; Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1870121385801998359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Her insistence on absolute opposition to Trump led to repeated demands of absolute fealty to Democrats — despite the fact that for years, she had claimed to be the WaPo&#8217;s &#8220;conservative&#8221; voice.
&#8220;The idea we have to understand how or why Trump won to prepare to fight him is a category error,&#8221; Rubin said just after the 2024 election.
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The idea we have to understand how or why Trump won to prepare to fight him is a category error.
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Jen Rubin

WaPo’s Pretend Conservative Resigns — And Rage-Quits X — Over Trump-Musk Alliance

WaPo's Pretend Conservative Resigns — And Rage-Quits X — Over Trump-Musk Alliance

Jennifer Rubin

Media

Politics

Washington Post

Washington Post opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin warned Democrats that if they wanted to get through to voters, they would have to deliver their message in a way that would resonate.
&#8220;You have to boil it down to nuts and bolts and you have to be pithy,&#8221; she said on a recent episode of her podcast, Jen Rubin&#8217;s Green Room. She then offered an example of what she meant by &#8220;pithy&#8221; when she added, &#8220;Republicans want to kill your kids. It&#8217;s actually true.&#8221;
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WaPo Opinion columnist Jen Rubin on how Democrats should be messaging to people who don’t follow politics:
“You have to be pithy, what do I mean by pithy? How about this, Republicans want to kill your kids. It’s actually true.” <a href="https://t.co/T45OJUhTi0">pic.twitter.com/T45OJUhTi0</a>
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&#8220;For people who don’t get political news, who never pick up a newspaper, who never turn on CNN, who never even bother with Fox News, those people really have no idea what’s going on,&#8221; she said, arguing that Democrats had to do everything they could to make sure that they were at least able &#8220;to communicate the basic facts.&#8221;
&#8220;You don’t have a vaccine because, you’re not getting a child tax credit because,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;All the good things that are happening at the state level, they have to know why they’re getting those things. Oh, you have a chip manufacturing plant because a Democratic president put that into effect and a Democratic governor went out and solicited bids. And now you have X number of thousands of jobs. It’s that simple.&#8221;
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Rubin went on to say that the way they communicated was important as well, arguing that it couldn&#8217;t just be true, it also had to resonate.
&#8220;You can’t talk broad themes. You have to boil it down to nuts and bolts and you have to be pithy. What do I mean by pithy? How about this? Republicans want to kill your kids. It’s actually true,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;If you’re going to oppose vaccinations, if you’re going to stop breakthrough medical research, if you’re going to allow minors and all sorts of people to get semi-automatic weapons, which they use to shoot up schools, well then you are responsible for kids&#8217; health and death, unfortunately. It has to be that simple and that direct, and it has to be over and over and over again.&#8221;
A number of social media users on X were not impressed with Rubin&#8217;s take and said so.
&#8220;The Washington Post should be dismissed as a legitimate or serious publication for willfully platforming this deranged individual for the last decade,&#8221; The Federalist&#8217;s Mollie Hemingway said.
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The Washington Post should be dismissed as a legitimate or serious publication for willfully platforming this deranged individual for the last decade. <a href="https://t.co/OpF7B4yz7y">https://t.co/OpF7B4yz7y</a>
&mdash; Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href="https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1859265042157338652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Every once in a while it’s worth reminding ourselves that the Washington Post pays this woman to share her thoughts with the world,&#8221; GOP communications strategist Matt Whitlock added.
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Every once in a while it’s worth reminding ourselves that the Washington Post pays this woman to share her thoughts with the world. <a href="https://t.co/R5iRE4pxMu">https://t.co/R5iRE4pxMu</a>
&mdash; Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1859094886785405403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro added, &#8220;Meanwhile, Democrats literally set up a mobile abortion clinic outside their national convention.&#8221;
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Meanwhile, Democrats literally set up a mobile abortion clinic outside their national convention <a href="https://t.co/49auAAw360">https://t.co/49auAAw360</a>
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1859237485395550399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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WaPo’s Jen Rubin Blasted For Wild Claim: ‘Republicans Want To Kill Your Kids. It’s Actually True’

WaPo's Jen Rubin Blasted For Wild Claim: 'Republicans Want To Kill Your Kids. It's Actually True'

Donald Trump

Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin took some serious backlash on Saturday after she suggested in an X post that the GOP was somehow responsible for creating the conditions that led to Hamas&#8217; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-launches-operation-iron-swords-against-palestinian-terrorists-as-hamas-gains-controls-of-israeli-towns-reports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unprovoked attack</a> on Israel.
Rubin appeared to be lashing out at Republicans, many of whom had suggested that President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-expresses-support-for-palestinian-terrorists-murdering-israeli-citizens-after-biden-gave-iran-6-billion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden&#8217;s failures</a> in foreign policy — particularly the disastrous <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-ultimate-disrespect-gold-star-families-trash-biden-admin-over-afghanistan-withdrawal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">withdrawal from Afghanistan</a> in 2021 and the recent deal freeing up $6 billion in Iranian oil money — had ultimately led to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pray-for-us-american-woman-hides-for-hours-in-home-near-gaza-as-hamas-terrorists-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attack on Israel</a>, a close ally.
&#8220;How about this: With US House in chaos and US military promotions on hold, Hamas struck. Republicans&#8217; weakness invites terror,&#8221; Rubin posted.
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How about this: With US House in chaos and US military promotions on hold, Hamas struck. Republicans&#39; weakness invites terror.
&mdash; Jen &quot;We aren&#39;t going back &quot; Rubin 🥥🌴 (@JRubinBlogger) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1710735911418315152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;You seriously think this operation was planned in a week and that the principal variables in the decision were Hamas&#8217;s fear of Kevin McCarthy &amp; some US generals not getting promoted?&#8221; Dan McLaughlin <a href="https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1710767884975100213" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a>.
&#8220;Yeah, those young angry men half a world away were just waiting for our House of Representatives to be leaderless over a holiday weekend in order to take action,&#8221; another posted. &#8220;How about this: You&#8217;re an idiot.&#8221;
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Yeah, those young angry men half a world away were just waiting for our House of Representatives to be leaderless over a holiday weekend in order to take action. 
How about this: You&#39;re an idiot. <a href="https://t.co/tM6x5SsV3q">https://t.co/tM6x5SsV3q</a>
&mdash; Leslie McAdoo Gordon 🇺🇸 (@McAdooGordon) <a href="https://twitter.com/McAdooGordon/status/1710764887859765446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Hamas struck because someone didn&#8217;t get another gold star?&#8221; Margot Cleveland <a href="https://twitter.com/ProfMJCleveland/status/1710767170831958316" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wondered</a>.
&#8220;Somebody’s off the meds,&#8221; added Real Clear Politics co-founder and president Tom Bevan.
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Somebody’s off the meds. <a href="https://t.co/4k0fPH3z4K">https://t.co/4k0fPH3z4K</a>
&mdash; Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomBevanRCP/status/1710789049902886981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The crap is wrong with you? First of all, Hamas was not sitting around waiting for the GOP to do a song and dance to start a blood-lust hatred for the Jews,&#8221; @Artist_Angie posted. &#8220;And 2nd of all if ANYONE showed weakness it was Joe &#8216;Let&#8217;s leave a crap ton of military equipment in Afghanistan and flee&#8217; Biden.&#8221;
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The crap is wrong with you? First of all, Hamas was not sitting around waiting for the GOP to do a song and dance to start a blood-lust hatred for the Jews. 
And 2nd of all if ANYONE showed weakness it was Joe &#39;Let&#39;s leave a crap ton of military equipment in Afghanistan and… <a href="https://t.co/bkBoYpDKnr">https://t.co/bkBoYpDKnr</a>
&mdash; Artist_Angie: Sensei of sARTcasm (@Artist_Angie) <a href="https://twitter.com/Artist_Angie/status/1710761662326661444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;You are a heinous traitor to your people,&#8221; Ben Domenech <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1710766204451770527" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
&#8220;Look, I’m no Republican and the fact that military promotions are on hold is horrific, but Hamas definitely doesn’t care. And as someone who actually worked with Mossad and Shin Bet, they don’t either,&#8221; former CIA and FBI agent Tracy Walder said.
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Look, I’m no Republican and the fact that military promotions are on hold is horrific, but Hamas definitely doesn’t care. And as someone who actually worked with Mossad and Shin Bet, they don’t either
&mdash; Tracy Walder (@tracy_walder) <a href="https://twitter.com/tracy_walder/status/1710758688942682490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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‘Somebody’s Off The Meds’: Jennifer Rubin Blames GOP For Hamas Attack, Gets Roasted

'Somebody's Off The Meds': Jennifer Rubin Blames GOP For Hamas Attack, Gets Roasted

Hamas

House Republicans

Israel

Kevin McCarthy

The Washington Post&#8217;s resident &#8220;conservative blogger&#8221; <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/even-jen-rubin-now-admits-covid-19-is-not-deadly-or-even-severe-for-most-responsible-americans/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jennifer Rubin</a> claimed in a Tuesday article that the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/aging-rocker-lobs-fascist-grenade-at-magats-it-blows-up-in-his-face-instead/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MAGA</a> slogan — &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221; — was no different than the post-Civil War South&#8217;s battle cry: &#8220;The South will rise again.&#8221;
Rubin asserted in her <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/07/republican-threat-civil-war-democracy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opinion piece</a>, titled &#8220;The GOP’s threat to the American idea is nothing new,&#8221; that &#8220;MAGA followers&#8221; were no different than 1860s Confederates — with the possible exception being that former President Donald Trump&#8217;s supporters had been more successful with regard to attacking the nation&#8217;s capital for their cause.
&#8220;It takes no imagination to draw the line between the South’s mythical <a href="https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/lost-cause-definition-and-origins" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lost Cause</a> and the chant to &#8216;Make America Great Again.&#8217; Indeed, the MAGA movement venerates the Confederacy and managed to accomplish what the South never did: stage an assault on the U.S. Capitol bearing the Confederate flag and organize an effort to stave off the peaceful transfer of power,&#8221; Rubin explained.
&#8220;Both the old Confederacy and the MAGA movement pine for a fraudulent past and dress up base racism in a gauzy wrapping of honor, masculinity and military virtue,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And the paranoia about an existential crisis that so many MAGA followers share tracks with the Confederacy’s fear that their way of life (slavery) was endangered by Northern forces.&#8221;
Rubin was far from the only one to leap to Civil War conclusions in the wake of President Joe Biden&#8217;s comments essentially dividing the country in half. Biden has repeatedly referred to &#8220;election deniers&#8221; as a threat to democracy and accused MAGA Republicans of embracing &#8220;semi-fascism.&#8221;
The White House has attempted to clarify in the days since that his remarks were aimed at GOP leadership and elected officials rather than Republican voters, but the answers coming from Press Secretary <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/its-not-just-republican-leadership-press-secretary-appears-to-admit-extremist-threat-is-the-people/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karine Jean-Pierre</a> seem to have done more to muddy the water than to clear the air.
&#8220;I mean, the president has been really clear about the leadership, right, the MAGA Republicans in leadership. They’re the ones who have the platform, they’re the ones who — again, the extremist part of the Republican Party,&#8221; Jean-Pierre told Real Clear Politics reporter Phillip Wegmann.
But just seconds later, she appeared to contradict her own position, adding, &#8220;Well, let me be very clear: it’s not just Republican leadership. It’s not just that blanket, right, he is talking about an extreme portion, an extreme part of the party. He’s been very, very clear about that.&#8221;

Meet the Press – Season 68

Washington Post ‘Conservative’ Says MAGA Is Just 2022’s Version Of ‘The South Will Rise Again’

Jennifer Rubin Says MAGA Is Just 2022's Version Of 'The South Will Rise Again'

Joe Biden

MAGA

Jen Rubin — the Democratic establishment&#8217;s token &#8220;conservative&#8221; who rarely seems to hold any right-leaning opinions  — announced today that &#8220;we can stop agonizing over &#8216;cases&#8217; and focus on those who are hospitalized or at risk of dying&#8221; because we now know &#8220;that covid-19 is not a deadly or even severe disease for the vast majority of responsible Americans.&#8221;
That is nothing new to many Americans — particularly those who actually hold conservative beliefs and critical thinking skills.
But, beyond the obviousness of her statement, it also signals that Democratic media allies are shifting their rhetoric on the virus to benefit President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party.
Jennifer &#8220;pro-voting&#8221; Rubin — as her Twitter name states — advised Biden in her Washington Post op-ed today to quit worrying about &#8220;right-wingers&#8221; skeptical of the vaccine and let them face the consequence of their own actions. She also praised the administration and medical community for a variety of therapeutics and vaccines:
<blockquote>Almost two years after the country first shut down to protect itself against the coronavirus pandemic, President Biden is grasping a changing environment, both medical and political. The result could well encourage responsible Americans to get on with their lives while allowing recalcitrant vaccine refusers to face the consequences of their reckless conduct.
On the medical front, not only have we developed multiple vaccines (including boosters), along with oral treatments for those who get covid-19, but we also now have far more reasonable rules for quarantine.
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He should continue to drive vaccination efforts and treatment breakthroughs, but he cannot keep wringing his hands over those who recklessly endanger themselves. Right-wingers who keep whining that federal mandates are intrusive (or even tyrannical) will see which Americans are responsible and which are not. It will be quite a reflection of the benefits of embracing scientific reality and tuning out right-wing nonsense and MAGA blowhards.</blockquote>
Yet those therapeutics have been created in spite of Biden, not because of any federal initiative.
In fact, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), perhaps the most vocal and well-known anti-mandate conservative, was one of the main drivers of the highly-successful monoclonal anti-bodies treatment and repeatedly <a href="https://www.flgov.com/2021/09/23/governor-desantis-calls-for-biden-administration-to-restore-monoclonal-antibody-supply-to-florida/">criticized</a> the president for his mishandling of the treatments.
As for allowing Americans to make their own choices regarding their health, conservatives have been advocating this since the spring of 2020.
Nonetheless, Rubin presented her opinions as if she had reached a remarkable epiphany:
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As we recognize that covid-19 is not a deadly or even severe disease for the vast majority of responsible Americans, we can stop agonizing over “cases” and focus on those who are hospitalized or at risk of dying.<a href="https://t.co/S4OQD7R58u">https://t.co/S4OQD7R58u</a>
— Jennifer &#8216;pro-voting&#8217; Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1475851939371962368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2021</a></blockquote>
For this, Rubin was mocked profusely.
The Daily Wire&#8217;s Ian Haworth noted, &#8220;Like @brianstelter, @JRubinBlogger is a member of our pseudo-intellectual class of elites who think that the first time they have a politically-advantageous thought, it&#8217;s the first time ANYONE has had that same thought.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;ve known exactly what Rubin is saying for a year, btw,&#8221; he added.
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Like <a href="https://twitter.com/brianstelter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@brianstelter</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JRubinBlogger</a> is a member of our pseudo-intellectual class of elites who think that the first time they have a politically-advantageous thought, it&#8217;s the first time ANYONE has had that same thought.
We&#8217;ve known exactly what Rubin is saying for a year, btw. <a href="https://t.co/VT8KVF34Rm">https://t.co/VT8KVF34Rm</a>
— Ian Haworth (@ighaworth) <a href="https://twitter.com/ighaworth/status/1475910330001891332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2021</a></blockquote>
Writer and Claremont and Hoover Institute alumna Erielle Davidson tweeted, &#8220;Remember when we were all called murderers for stating *exactly* this? They destroyed businesses, families, and lives. And not one person in our lousy, clownish ruling class will pay.&#8221;
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Remember when we were all called murderers for stating *exactly* this? They destroyed businesses, families, and lives. And not one person in our lousy, clownish ruling class will pay. <a href="https://t.co/SKVDgorF4L">https://t.co/SKVDgorF4L</a>
— Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) <a href="https://twitter.com/politicalelle/status/1475908387649040384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2021</a></blockquote>
National Review&#8217;s Nate Hochman noted that Rubin essentially just repackages whatever the White House puts out in press releases:
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&#8220;Jen’s columns are literally just whatever the White House’s talking points are this week,&#8221; Hochman said. &#8220;It’s the most mind-numbingly boring genre of partisanship imaginable&#8221;
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The Daily Wire&#8217;s Virginia Kruta offered her opinion of what Rubin&#8217;s piece really meant, &#8220;Translation: Now that we can&#8217;t weaponize the death toll against a president we don&#8217;t like, it&#8217;s time to recognize what millions of Americans figured out around May of 2020.&#8221;
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Translation: Now that we can&#8217;t weaponize the death toll against a president we don&#8217;t like, it&#8217;s time to recognize what millions of Americans figured out around May of 2020. <a href="https://t.co/ekpAoOGRxs">https://t.co/ekpAoOGRxs</a>
— Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) <a href="https://twitter.com/VAKruta/status/1475889673776029697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2021</a></blockquote>
There were thousands of other reactions on Twitter, all generally pointing out that Rubin is late to the game in terms of understanding the virus is not as deadly as once thought for most Americans — even those unvaccinated.
Rubin&#8217;s updated COVID-19 view would usually be welcomed, but the language in her opinion column makes it clear she has a motive different than health, safety, and freedom behind her change of heart. Like much of the Democratic establishment and mainstream media, she is now trying to claim that Biden ended the pandemic through his supposed &#8220;herculean efforts to educate [the unvaxxed], enlist conservatives in vaccination efforts and push them toward vaccination with mandates.&#8221;
This is nonsense. On Monday, Biden himself <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/after-promising-to-shut-down-the-virus-biden-now-claims-there-is-no-federal-solution?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter">admitted</a> there is &#8220;no federal solution&#8221; to the pandemic. He shifted responsibility back to the states after spending his entire presidential campaign and then some promising he would &#8220;shut down&#8221; the virus as president.
But pro-Biden media pundits will try to convince you any way that Biden returned America to &#8220;normal&#8221; in hopes of staving off the opening red wave in the 2022 midterm elections.
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Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) slammed Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin Thursday after she parroted false COVID numbers for children in Texas.
The Texas Tribune erroneously reported that 5,800 children had been hospitalized with COVID-19 in Texas during one week in August. That number for COVID-19 cases actually refers to the number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 since March 2020, or over about a year and a half since the start of the pandemic in the U.S.
In a since-deleted tweet, Rubin used the false COVID-19 data to slam Republicans and the pro-life movement.
“Unconscionable: Over 5,800 children in Texas were newly hospitalized with COVID-19 in the seven-day period ending on Aug. 8, a 37% increase from a week prior. where is the pro-life movement ?? it’s now a death cult,” Rubin tweeted.
Crenshaw blasted back: “You’re a liar and an idiot. The number you referenced is TOTAL hospitalized since the beginning of the pandemic. Not newly hospitalized.”
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You’re a liar and an idiot. The number you referenced is TOTAL hospitalized since the beginning of the pandemic. Not newly hospitalized. <a href="https://t.co/1I7CRES2qA">https://t.co/1I7CRES2qA</a>
&mdash; Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1425930854803591179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The Texas Tribune later corrected its error by posting the number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 over a nearly six-week period from July 1 to August 9. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/one-heck-of-a-correction-texas-tribune-publishes-false-covid-numbers-for-children">The Daily Wire</a> reported:
<blockquote>The Texas Tribune has corrected a glaring error that stated 5,800 children had been hospitalized within a seven-day period in August. The 5,800 figure, however, referred to children hospitalized with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
“An earlier version of this story overstated the number of children who have been hospitalized in Texas recently with COVID-19,” the Tribune said in a correction. “The story said over 5,800 children had been hospitalized during a seven-day period in August, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That number correctly referred to children hospitalized with COVID-19 since the pandemic began.”
“In actuality, 783 children were admitted to Texas hospitals with COVID-19 between July 1 and Aug. 9 of this year,” the correction noted of the six-week period.</blockquote>
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently had to walk back an error it made in reporting Florida’s COVID-19 numbers, but not before the Florida Health Department slammed the agency’s “false” data and called for a correction. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cdc-corrects-florida-covid-data-after-health-department-complains">The Daily Wire</a> reported:
<blockquote>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its Florida COVID-19 case count on Wednesday, apparently in response to a public complaint from the Florida Department of Health.
As The Daily Wire reported on Tuesday, Florida blasted the CDC for posting COVID-19 case numbers the Florida Health Department said were “false” and combined several days of data, “creating a scary graph misleading the public.
At the time, the department, which resorted to posting its complaint on social media, said that they “anticipated[d]” a correction from the CDC.
“Wrong again,” the Florida DOH noted on Twitter. “The number of cases [CDC] released for Florida today is incorrect. They combined MULTIPLE days into one. We anticipate CDC will correct the record.”</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wrong-again-florida-blasts-cdc-for-posting-false-covid-numbers">‘Wrong Again’: Florida Blasts CDC For Posting False Covid Numbers</a>

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‘Liar And An Idiot’: Dan Crenshaw Rips WaPo Columnist For Spreading False Texas COVID Stats

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Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin — who until recently dubbed herself a &#8220;conservative&#8221; — lashed out at First Lady Melania Trump on Friday after Melania thanked people for sending love her way after she tested positive for COVID-19.
&#8220;Thank you for the love you are sending our way,&#8221; Mrs. Trump posted via Twitter. &#8220;I have mild symptoms but overall feeling good. I am looking forward to a speedy recovery.&#8221;
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Thank you for the love you are sending our way. I have mild symptoms but overall feeling good. I am looking forward to a speedy recovery.
&mdash; Melania Trump 45 Archived (@FLOTUS45) <a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS45/status/1312046490077061121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Rubin quickly replied to the tweet to accuse the First Lady of not caring about children.
&#8220;You may not give a f*** about children,&#8221; the MSNBC contributor wrote, &#8220;but decent people care about one another.&#8221;
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You may not give a f*** about children but decent people care about one another.
&mdash; Jen &quot;We aren&#39;t going back &quot; Rubin 🥥🌴 (@JRubinBlogger) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1312047213250596867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Of course, Mrs. Trump&#8217;s activism as First Lady is centered about children.
Just last week, for example, Melania had a visit with children and staffers at Concord Hospital concerning babies tragically born with addiction, passed on by their mothers.
&#8220;Thank you, [Concord Hospital] for sharing the meaningful work being done by your staff to treat babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome,&#8221; Melania posted to Twitter last Friday. &#8220;Your dedicated efforts demonstrate the power of communities when working together to protect children&#8217;s well-being. <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeBest?src=hashtag_click" data-focusable="true">#BeBest</a> <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RecoveryMonth?src=hashtag_click" data-focusable="true">#RecoveryMonth</a>.&#8221;
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Thank you, <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcordHospital?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ConcordHospital</a> for sharing the meaningful work being done by your staff to treat babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome. Your dedicated efforts demonstrate the power of communities when working together to protect children&#39;s well-being. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeBest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BeBest</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RecoveryMonth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RecoveryMonth</a> <a href="https://t.co/2iyYrTDgLX">pic.twitter.com/2iyYrTDgLX</a>
&mdash; Melania Trump 45 Archived (@FLOTUS45) <a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS45/status/1309479500925882368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In similar fashion, the First Lady visited a Boston area hospital last year to meet with caregivers and administrators of a program that uses cuddling to help infants who are born dependent on drugs or alcohol, as <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/melania-trump-visits-opioid-exposed-babies-learns-about-hospitals-cuddling-program">noted</a> by Fox News.
Leftists infamously <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/melania-trump-visits-opioid-exposed-babies-learns-about-hospitals-cuddling-program">protested</a> Mrs. Trump&#8217;s visit to cuddle the drug-addicted babies.
Moreover, the First Lady&#8217;s overarching and signature &#8220;Be Best&#8221; campaign centers around children, honing-in on cyber-bullying and opioid addiction.
Rubin identified herself as a &#8220;conservative&#8221; columnist for the Post until recently. Now she openly identifies as &#8220;Never Trump&#8221; and &#8220;pro Democracy.&#8221;
President Donald Trump and Melania <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-trump-first-lady-test-positive-for-coronavirus">tested positive</a> for the virus on Thursday night, announcing the news soon after White House adviser Hope Hicks tested positive for COVID-19.
“Tonight, [Melania Trump] and I tested positive for COVID-19,” Trump alerted the American public via Twitter. “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!”
As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-trump-first-lady-test-positive-for-coronavirus">The Daily Wire</a>, White House physician Dr. Sean Conley released a statement addressing the positive tests.
<blockquote>“This evening I received confirmation that both President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus,” Dr. Conley said. “The President and First Lady are both well at this time, and they plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence.”
“The White House medical team and I will maintain a vigilant watch, and I appreciate the support provided by some of our country’s greatest medical professions and institutions,” he added. “Rest assured I expect the President to continue carrying out his duties without disruption while recovering, and I will keep you updated on any future developments.”</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-claims-trumps-behavior-was-brazen-invitation-for-catching-covid-19">Pelosi Scolds Trump For Positive COVID-19 Test: Have To Wear Mask, He Invited It</a>

Melania Thanks People For Support. WaPo Columnist Attacks: ‘You May Not Give A F*** About Children But Decent People Care About One Another’

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The self-billed &#8220;conservative opinion writer&#8221; of The Washington Post, Jennifer Rubin, is getting roundly mocked on social media for reportedly crying 15 to 20 times during the <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/513135-biden-draws-highest-tv-ratings-of-week-for-democratic-convention-but-down-from">low-rated</a> Democratic National Convention (DNC) this past week.
Rubin&#8217;s cry admission occurred when CNN contributor Amanda Carpenter asked peopled to reveal the number of times they felt the tears fall from their moistened eyes.
&#8220;I need an honest tally from all you who watched all four nights of the Dem convention telling me the number of times the programming made you cry. Go,&#8221; Carpenter tweeted.
Rubin promptly replied, &#8220;15? 20?&#8221;
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15? 20?
&mdash; Jen &quot;We aren&#39;t going back &quot; Rubin 🥥🌴 (@JRubinBlogger) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1296638601158156294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The trolls were swift and merciless, with most people either expressing skepticism she cried that much or scorn that she cried at all.
&#8220;This means you need a psychiatrist,&#8221; tweeted Robby Starbuck.
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This means you need a psychiatrist. <a href="https://t.co/79P1UBdhM4">pic.twitter.com/79P1UBdhM4</a>
&mdash; Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href="https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1296653064489840640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Do tears of boredom count?&#8221; tweeted The Daily Wire&#8217;s Jon Brown.
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Do tears of boredom count?
&mdash; Jon Brown (@JonBrownDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonBrownDC/status/1296646544486277154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Umm don’t you mean Washington Post’s *conservative* columnist cried 15 to 20 times,&#8221; tweeted Rita Panahi.
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Umm don’t you mean Washington Post’s *conservative* columnist cried 15 to 20 times&#8230; 😂🤣<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DemocracyDiesInDementedness?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DemocracyDiesInDementedness</a> <a href="https://t.co/cnNK1k8tCr">https://t.co/cnNK1k8tCr</a>
&mdash; Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) <a href="https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1296665704796573698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I deadass did not cry that many times for my own father dying and I’m not sure what that says about me or her,&#8221; tweeted Christine Rousselle. &#8220;For fairness sake, I identify as Irish Catholic and as I’m sure you know we don’t really &#8216;do&#8217; emotion.&#8221;
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For fairness sake, I identify as Irish Catholic and as I’m sure you know we don’t really “do” emotion
&mdash; Matante Christine Rousselle (@crousselle) <a href="https://twitter.com/crousselle/status/1296652560212926465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;&#8216;Conservative&#8217; blogger cries 15-20 times during Democratic National Convention. What a joke,&#8221; tweeted Students for Trump.
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“Conservative” blogger cries 15-20 times during Democratic National Convention 
What a joke 🤣
&mdash; Students For Trump (@TrumpStudents) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpStudents/status/1296646458138136578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Though Rubin allegedly found the DNC so exhilarating that she cried 20 or so times, the American people did not share her enthusiasm. According to <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/513135-biden-draws-highest-tv-ratings-of-week-for-democratic-convention-but-down-from">The Hill</a>, Joe Biden&#8217;s speech drew the most ratings during the convention, which was well below Hillary Clinton&#8217;s speech in 2016 and a full 38% lower than President Donald Trump&#8217;s acceptance speech in 2016:
<blockquote><a class="rollover-people-link" href="https://thehill.com/people/joe-biden" data-nid="188332">Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s speech Thursday night accepting the Democratic presidential nomination was the highest-rated event of the week for the Democratic National Convention, while drawing a smaller audience than <a class="rollover-people-link" href="https://thehill.com/people/hillary-clinton" data-nid="188224">Hillary Clinton</a>&#8216;s speech at the convention in 2016, according to early estimates from Nielsen Media Research.
Biden&#8217;s speech was watched by 21.8 million people on TV, according to initial figures from Nielsen, beating out the <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/news/513085-ratings-tick-up-to-217m-for-dncs-third-night-featuring-obama-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">early numbers</a> for other major speeches at the convention earlier in the week. The figure, which does not include online streaming of the speech, is expected to grow when additional networks are added.
Still, the initial numbers mark a 21 percent drop from Clinton&#8217;s speech at the convention in 2016, when she accepted the Democratic nomination that year. It is also more than 38 percent lower than <a class="rollover-people-link" href="https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump" data-nid="261287">President Trump</a>&#8216;s acceptance speech at the Republican convention four years ago, which drew 34.9 million viewers.</blockquote>
During his acceptance speech on Thursday night, Joe Biden said that he will repel the darkness that Trump has brought and bring the country back into the light.
“I give you my word: If you entrust me with the presidency. I will draw on the best of us, not the worst. I’ll be an ally of the light, not the darkness,” he said. “Love is more powerful than hate, hope is more powerful than fear, and light is more powerful than dark — this is our moment, this is our mission.”
“May history be able to say that the end of this chapter of American darkness began here, tonight, as love and hope and light join in the battle for the soul of the nation — and this is a battle we will win, and we’ll do it together,” he concluded.
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-dnc-was-the-darkest-gloomiest-convention-four-straight-days-attacking-america">Trump: DNC Was The ‘Darkest, Gloomiest’ Convention, ‘Four Straight Days Attacking America’</a>

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WAPO ‘Conservative’ Columnist Jennifer Rubin Trolled After Claiming She Cried 15 To 20 Times Watching DNC

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MSNBC&#8217;s Chris Matthews thinks President Trump might just resign as part of a secret deal with special prosecutor Robert Mueller in an effort to avoid prosecution of himself or members of his family.
&#8220;The president&#8217;s children stand right in the line of Mueller&#8217;s investigative progress,&#8221; Matthews said this week on his show &#8220;Hardball,&#8221; referring to Ivanka and Donald Jr. &#8220;They stand as the next dominoes to fall,&#8221; Matthews said, noting that the Trump children can &#8220;hardly testify against their father.&#8221;
&#8220;Therein lies the problem: Where earlier Mueller subjects have given Trump up, these two lack the option to do that,&#8221; said the TV entertainer, adding that if Mueller &#8220;will not be stopped and the kids will not fall to him, we see the president&#8217;s adult children heading to prison.&#8221;
Matthews then mused about a solution. &#8220;But what if the prosecutor were to offer the president an alternative?&#8221; he said. &#8220;What if he were to say he would let the children walk if the old man does the same? That would mean giving up the presidency in exchange for acquittals all around &#8213; not just for himself, but for all his kids,&#8221; said Matthews, who famously got a &#8220;thrill&#8221; up his leg whenever he watched former President Barack Obama speak.
The TV host said it&#8217;s happened before, citing the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew in 1973, who struck a deal with prosecutors to avoid jail time for tax evasion. &#8220;Leverage the office while you still have it. So let&#8217;s watch the probable events of the coming weeks bring all this to a breaking point,&#8221; Matthews said.
&#8220;It is going to be historic,&#8221; he predicted.
The scenario has become a favorite of Washington insiders and mainstream media of late. The Washington Post&#8217;s &#8220;conservative&#8221; columnist Jennifer Rubin said last week that Trump is likely planning an 11th hour stunt to avoid going to jail.
&#8220;I would predict here on MSNBC that when Trump leaves office he will resign the presidency 10 minutes before Mike Pence leaves office, allowing Pence to pardon him if there is not a Republican president to follow him,&#8221; Rubin said on the network&#8217;s &#8220;AM Joy&#8221; show.
Under Rubin&#8217;s theory, on January 20, 2021 (or, more likely, 2025), Trump will resign the presidency at 11:50 a.m. (the incoming president is sworn in at the Capitol at noon). Then, the vice president will be sworn in as president (he&#8217;d have to be), and whip out a presidential pardon, which he&#8217;d sign. At noon, poof, Pence is no longer president and Trump is in the clear.
Talk about wacky.

WACKY: MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Predicts Trump Will Resign Soon In Secret Deal With Mueller

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The Washington Post&#8217;s &#8220;conservative&#8221; columnist has said some nutty things in the past, but this one takes the cake.
After special counsel Robert Mueller released new court filings from his investigation into allegations that President Trump colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election, Jennifer Rubin said the president is likely planning an 11th hour stunt to avoid going to jail.
&#8220;I would predict here on MSNBC that when Trump leaves office he will resign the presidency 10 minutes before Mike Pence leaves office, allowing Pence to pardon him if there is not a Republican president to follow him,&#8221; Rubin said on the network&#8217;s &#8220;AM Joy&#8221; show.
So, here&#8217;s the plan, according to Rubin. On January 20, 2021 (or, more likely, 2025), Trump will resign the presidency at 11:50 a.m. (the incoming president is sworn in at the capitol at noon.) Then, the vice president will be sworn in as president (he&#8217;d have to be), and whip out a presidential pardon, which he&#8217;d sign. At noon, poof, Pence is no longer president and Trump is in the clear.
Like we said, we&#8217;ve heard some dumb stuff before from Rubin, but nothing this dimwitted. Still, there&#8217;s no doubt the viewers of MSNBC gobbled it up, especially coming from a &#8220;conservative&#8221; columnist.
The Post describes Rubin &#8212; who it once was touted as a &#8220;conservative&#8221; author of the paper&#8217;s blog &#8220;Right Turn&#8221; &#8212; as an &#8220;opinion writer reporting from a center-right perspective.&#8221; But in her Twitter profile, Rubin still describes herself as a &#8220;conservative blogger at @WashingtonPost, MSNBC contributor.&#8221;
That description doesn&#8217;t go over too well with the American Principles Project, which last month sent a letter to the Post signed by 37 top conservative leaders to urge the paper to stop promoting Rubin as a &#8220;conservative&#8221; and to instead hire a columnist who could &#8220;eloquently and effectively&#8221; defend the policies of Trump and his party.
&#8220;We, of course, respect the right of The Washington Post to employ whatever writers it pleases &#8212; even Jennifer Rubin. However, we ask for the sake of intellectual honesty that the Post cease to identify her as in any way &#8216;conservative,'&#8221; the conservative leaders wrote. &#8220;Given the Post&#8217;s standing as an important platform for political opinion in our nation&#8217;s capital, we also respectfully request that you consider hiring a voice who can eloquently and effectively defend the positions held by our President, his party, and the millions of voters who elected him. We would be happy to provide recommendations.&#8221;
A look at her recent columns certainly reinforces that notion. A few headlines:
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<li>Trump&#8217;s misogyny reaps diminishing returns</li>
<li>If we want to protect the Supreme Court&#8217;s legitimacy, Kavanaugh should not be on it</li>
<li>Trump has made America less respected than ever</li>
<li>It just keeps getting worse for Republicans</li>
<li>Ford runs circles around hapless Republicans, who now have a second scandal</li>
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In her MSNBC appearance, Rubin also ripped Sen. Rand Paul (R-TN), who said on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; &#8220;I don&#8217;t see what&#8217;s illegal about trying to build a hotel in Russia. This is pretty common and I see no problem with it. Now if you&#8217;re asking and saying I will give you something in exchange for letting us build a hotel, that would be wrong, but I haven&#8217;t heard any evidence of that.&#8221;
Rubin said Paul&#8217;s remarks were &#8220;shameful,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I think there was a $50 million penthouse, if I remember it correctly, that was going to be offered to Vladimir Putin.
&#8220;The president has been implicated in a crime. If Rand Paul wants to say Republicans are no longer in favor of holding the president to the same standard of law we hold ordinary citizens, that is his right. But I think this kind of willful ignorance &#8230; really is beneath someone who is in the United States Senate.&#8221;

Trump Will Resign Presidency With 10 Minutes Left In Term So Mike Pence Can Pardon Him, ‘Conservative’ Columnist Predicts

Conservatism

Rand Paul

The Washington Post now describes Jennifer Rubin, who once was touted as a &#8220;conservative&#8221; author of the paper&#8217;s blog &#8220;Right Turn,&#8221; as an &#8220;opinion writer reporting from a center-right perspective.&#8221; In her Twitter bio, though, she still describes herself as a &#8220;conservative blogger at @WashingtonPost, MSNBC contributor.&#8221;
But on Wednesday, the American Principles Project sent a letter to the Post signed by 37 top conservative leaders to urge the paper to stop promoting Rubin as a &#8220;conservative&#8221; and to instead hire a columnist who could &#8220;eloquently and effectively&#8221; defend the policies of President Trump and his party.
&#8220;We, of course, respect the right of The Washington Post to employ whatever writers it pleases &#8212; even Jennifer Rubin. However, we ask for the sake of intellectual honesty that the Post cease to identify her as in any way &#8216;conservative,'&#8221; the conservative leaders wrote. &#8220;Given the Post&#8217;s standing as an important platform for political opinion in our nation&#8217;s capital, we also respectfully request that you consider hiring a voice who can eloquently and effectively defend the positions held by our President, his party, and the millions of voters who elected him. We would be happy to provide recommendations.&#8221;
A look at her recent columns certainly enforces that notion. A few headlines:
<ul>
<li>Trump&#8217;s misogyny reaps diminishing returns</li>
<li>If we want to protect the Supreme Court&#8217;s legitimacy, Kavanaugh should not be on it</li>
<li>Trump has made America less respected than ever</li>
<li>It just keeps getting worse for Republicans</li>
<li>Ford runs circles around hapless Republicans, who now have a second scandal</li>
</ul>
&#8220;Anyone following Rubin&#8217;s writing closely at this point would rightfully find the claim that she is &#8216;conservative&#8217; laughable. And yet, she is still regularly touted in the media as a conservative voice &#8212; and by your own paper as &#8216;reporting from a center-right perspective,'&#8221; the conservative leaders wrote.
&#8220;This issue exemplifies why so many Americans &#8212; particularly conservatives &#8212; hold a high distrust of the media. How can an average reader take the Post&#8217;s opinion section seriously when, of its numerous regular columnists, none can be found which defend the policies of our nation&#8217;s elected president?&#8221;
Among the signers of the letter were:
American Principles Project&#8217;s Francis P. Cannon; Marjorie Dannenfelser, Chairman Susan B. Anthony List; L. Brent Bozell, President of the Media Research Center; investigative journalist Michelle Malkin; Gary L. Bauer, President of American Values; and presidential historian Craig Shirley.

Conservatives To Washington Post: Jennifer Rubin Is NOT A Conservative

MSNBC contributor Jennifer Rubin took the media&#8217;s extreme rhetoric surrounding President Donald Trump&#8217;s recent comments about the deaths in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria to a new level on Saturday, accusing Trump of killing the victims &#8220;twice&#8221; and comparing him to Holocaust deniers.
&#8220;Donald Trump has killed those people twice,&#8221; Rubin said. &#8220;Once through neglect in oversight, and secondly, disgracing [sic] that they died at all.&#8221;
&#8220;And that&#8217;s what death denial, that&#8217;s what Holocaust denial, that&#8217;s what all these denial syndromes are all about, is killing the person twice,&#8221; Rubin said.
Rubin then pushed a baseless conspiracy theory, suggesting that Trump only wants the U.S. government to help those in need if they are &#8220;white&#8221; and they are his &#8220;voters.&#8221;
&#8220;And the reason they&#8217;re doing such a bang-up job, Katon, in North Carolina and South Carolina is because those are Trump voters, just like they were in Texas,&#8221; Rubin claimed, without providing any evidence. &#8220;If they&#8217;re not voters, and they&#8217;re not white, he doesn&#8217;t give a darn. And that&#8217;s what this is also about, these people are not recognizable as Americans, as human beings in his eyes.&#8221;
WATCH:
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MSNBC&#8217;s Jennifer Rubin on the people who died in Hurricane Maria: &#8220;Donald Trump has killed those people twice&#8230;.and that&#8217;s what death denial, that&#8217;s what Holocaust denial, that&#8217;s what all these denial syndromes are all about.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/yez8Pq45C9">pic.twitter.com/yez8Pq45C9</a>
&#8212; Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1041141495695171584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
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