Virginia Democrat Jay Jones, under fire for three-year-old texts in which he advocated the assassination of a political opponent, found no support on Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
Host Mika Brzezinski brought up the topic, noting that the messages were so disturbing she hesitated to read them on air. Co-hosts Jonathan Lemire and John Heilemann appeared to share her sentiment, expressing similar discomfort with the content.
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The DNC hacks over at Morning Joe are now calling for Jay Jones to get out of the race.
The propaganda press is suddenly turning on Jones after being mum all weekend. <a href="https://t.co/3i4obiuWZG">https://t.co/3i4obiuWZG</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZBVGAC2SIQ">pic.twitter.com/ZBVGAC2SIQ</a>
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“[The] text messages, horrible, I didn’t even want to read them out loud,” Brzezinski began. “How did the — I’m wondering how the text messages came to light?”
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“Deep — deeply disturbing messages,” Lemire agreed, immediately and repeatedly insisting that condemnation of Jones’ texts had come from both sides of the aisle. “Messages that have been swiftly condemned across the political aisle. The Republicans have tried to tie this to the — Congresswoman Spanberger, the gubernatorial candidate, she did very quickly denounce them.”
Spanberger did issue a statement voicing her “disgust” over the messages, but she — and many other Democrats stopped short of calling on him to drop out of the race:
<blockquote>&#8220;After learning of these comments earlier today, I spoke frankly with Jay about my disgust with what he had said and texted. I made clear to Jay that he must fully take responsibility for his words. What I have also made clear is that as a candidate — and the next Governor of our Commonwealth, I will always condemn violent language in our politics.&#8221;</blockquote>
“But it&#8217;s unclear whether this attorney general candidate will stay in the race,” Lemire concluded. “I think there&#8217;s a growing sense that he probably should not. We heard from President Trump last night, but even some Democrat leaders, John Heilemann, have started to say, look, this is inappropriate, you can&#8217;t — and especially at a time right now with such concern about violent rhetoric and political violence — that this is just way beyond the line.”
“Who says that?” Brzezinski interjected.
Heilemann agreed with Lemire’s take, adding, “I would say, not to be too much on the high horse, it’s wildly inappropriate under any circumstances — today, tomorrow, ten years ago, six months ago — I think the pressure is going to be on Spanberger to — and for the whole of the party to ask this candidate to just quit the race because just — both because it&#8217;s the right thing and also the political splash back.”

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‘I Didn’t Want To Read Them Out Loud’: Even ‘Morning Joe’ Isn’t Standing Up For Vile Jay Jones Texts

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Actress and comedian Rosie O&#8217;Donnell admitted on Monday that her therapist was not as panicked about President Donald Trump as she was — and that was of great concern to her.
Appearing on Monday&#8217;s episode of &#8220;The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” O&#8217;Donnell voiced her frustrations to the longtime MSNBC anchor. The former &#8220;The View&#8221; cohost claimed that if Trump continued to implement his agenda, there would be no America left when he was finished.
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🚨NEW: Rosie O&#8217;Donnell tells MSNBC&#8217;s Nicolle Wallace *EVEN HER THERAPIST* questioned why her Trump Derangement Syndrome is so out of control🚨
&#8220;If he’s not stopped now, we have lost our country.&#8221;
&#8220;And I don’t know, Nicolle, how it is that some people cannot see it. My therapist… <a href="https://t.co/1VbczTZ2MZ">pic.twitter.com/1VbczTZ2MZ</a>
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonJournoDC/status/1972712376358068337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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O&#8217;Donnell began by arguing that Democrats should be more open to accepting former Trump voters who had &#8220;changed their minds&#8221; after seeing what they&#8217;d really voted for — although polling indicates that Trump voters largely approve of Trump&#8217;s performance across multiple issues.
&#8220;When people say, ‘I changed my mind,’ we have to say, ‘Welcome back to reality. Let’s all be Americans together.’ Right? Because what’s happening is not only happening to Democrats,” O’Donnell said. “It’s happening to everyone. And when the Medicaid cuts go in, old people are going to start to die, to die.”
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“What he’s done hasn’t even hit us yet. And if he’s not stopped now, we have lost our country. And I don’t know, Nicolle, how it is that some people cannot see it,&#8221; O&#8217;Donnell continued. &#8220;My therapist said, ‘Why are you so upset?’ And I said to her, ‘Why are you not?'&#8221;
O&#8217;Donnell herself actually fled the United States, moving to Ireland after Trump was reelected to a second term. Since then, she and the president have traded barbs on a number of occasions — and Trump went so far as to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-hes-giving-serious-thought-to-stripping-rosie-odonnells-citizenship">threaten to revoke</a> O&#8217;Donnell&#8217;s citizenship.

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The tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk has further exposed media bias, with outlets like MSNBC, CNN, and ABC labeling him “divisive” or “controversial” while downplaying leftist rhetoric that may have fueled violence. <a href="https://newsbusters.org/blogs/cnsnews/craig-bannister/2025/09/12/charlie-kirks-murder-cheered-online-liberal-teachers">Posts by liberal school teachers cheering</a> Kirk’s death and comments from Democrat politicians like Jasmine Crockett and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker inciting unrest reveal a double standard. This tragedy may finally force the elite legacy media to confront the effect their far-left bias has had on America. Even before Kirk’s assassination, President Trump was pushing broadcasters to restore balance to heal the political divide, improve network viewership, and ensure the airwaves serve all Americans, aligning with the law and fostering fair discourse.
When Donald Trump descended the escalator in the summer of 2015, he put on center stage the fight that the Media Research Center (MRC) has been engaged in for nearly 40 years. While MRC may be the incumbent in this battle against media bias, the president deserves enormous credit for helping to identify and root out media malfeasance.
President Trump and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr are addressing the longstanding issue of media bias by enforcing the legal obligations of broadcast networks like ABC, CBS, and NBC, which use public airwaves rent-free. These networks must meet a “public interest test” to serve all Americans, not just select political groups. Recent actions, including Trump’s lawsuits against CBS and ABC for deceptive editing and defamation, highlight a commitment to rooting out bias.
Legacy media are undoubtedly biased and purpose-driven. Take ABC’s David Muir, who was still allowed to host a presidential debate after MRC research found his nightly newscast had <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2024/09/09/100-abc-debate-moderator-david-muir-hosts-most-pro-harris-left-wing">100% positive coverage of Kamala Harris</a> and <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2025/04/28/tv-news-assaults-2nd-trump-admin-92-negative-coverage">92% negative coverage of Donald Trump</a>. From routine <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/bill-dagostino/2025/09/02/why-cant-cbs-stop-deceptively-editing-interviews-politicians">deceptive</a> editing in their interviews with Trump – and his cabinet officials – to initially refusing to mention the brutal Charlotte stabbing, only to eventually <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2025/09/08/nbc-trumpwashes-their-coverage-brutal-charlotte-stabbing">report</a> the tragedy through the lens of it being right-wing hysteria and fuel for Trump’s tough-on-crime approach. The media have earned the colossal decline of their collective reputation.
The public is now keenly aware of the media’s deficiencies, with <a href="https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/657239/five-key-insights-americans-views-news-media.aspx">69% </a>of people saying they have very little to no trust in the media, the worst result for the media since Gallup started assessing public confidence in it.
Some would argue, and most conservatives would agree, that these broadcasters and their cable news counterparts have a right to anchor themselves in whatever political persuasion favors their interests, so long as they are honest with their audience. While it would, at best, lack journalistic integrity for a major cable network like MSNow (formerly MSNBC) or CNN to show blatant favoritism in how they interview a Supreme Court justice, it would still easily pass legal muster. However, when traditional network broadcasters like CBS engage in <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2025/09/07/tale-two-interviews-cbss-norah-odonnell-fawned-over-justice#">the same behavior</a>, it’s a completely different story.
That is because the airwaves used by ABC, CBS, and NBC are owned by the American public. It will surprise many to learn that these broadcasters use our airwaves rent-free. This might sound like a terrible deal for taxpayers, but that is why broadcasters are required to meet a “public interest test,” ensuring that the whole public is served. Not just Democrats. Not just liberals. Not just left-wing agitators.
Carr is taking action to hold broadcasters accountable to the law which requires them to act in the interest of all Americans. Perhaps ironically, by requiring broadcasters to serve a much larger audience, Carr is probably saving these networks from their plummeting ratings and their declining revenues. Moreover, by reducing other regulatory burdens placed on them by the Biden administration, like the onerous DEI and ESG requirements, Carr is helping their bottom lines in more ways than one.
It’s no secret that traditional <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-05-11/network-evening-newscasts-still-matter-but-face-stiff-winds-of-change#:~:text=View%20All-,The%20network%20evening%20news%20is%20in%20flux:%20Why%20an%20American,With%20David%20Muir%E2%80%9D%20on%20ABC.&amp;text=Network%20evening%20newscasts%20are%20down,younger%2C%20digital%2Dsavvy%20viewers.">broadcast media is</a> in financial trouble. Without question, this is due to the fact that their current business model focuses on the fastest shrinking segment of America: liberals.
That might or might not work for a niche channel, like MSNow, but it is a guaranteed losing proposition for broadcast news.
By getting these networks to live up to their legal obligations, President Trump and Chairman Carr are helping all Americans become better informed while simultaneously helping the networks increase their <a href="https://allaboutcookies.org/cord-cutters-streaming-survey#:~:text=Rising%20cable%20costs%20and%20the,to%20move%20away%20from%20cable." target="_blank" rel="noopener">sagging viewership and revenue.</a> 
Their recent actions represent the first serious attempt in modern history to restore lawfulness, fairness, and order to the political discourse in America’s media. It is something we need more of.
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Dan Schneider is the Vice President of the Media Research Center.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Left-Wing Media Bias Under Scrutiny Following Coverage Of Kirk Assassination

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MSNBC&#8217;s public relations department scrambled to apologize after one of its top commentators insinuated hours after Charlie Kirk was assassinated that the political commentator had it coming.
MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler issued a <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBCPR/status/1965913652671754280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">statement</a>, saying, &#8220;During our breaking news coverage of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, Matthew Dowd made comments that were inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable. We apologize for his statements, as has he. There is no place for violence in America, political or otherwise.&#8221;
Kutler&#8217;s statement focused solely on Dowd, who had implied during the live coverage that Kirk himself was responsible at least in part for the culture of political violence that killed him.
&#8220;[He is] constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech, aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which often then to hateful actions,&#8221; Dowd said.
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“[He is] constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech, aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which often then to hateful actions.” <a href="https://t.co/Bbl2aicMGn">pic.twitter.com/Bbl2aicMGn</a>
— Bill D&#8217;Agostino (@Banned_Bill) <a href="https://twitter.com/Banned_Bill/status/1965860260368822399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Late Wednesday night, <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBCPR/status/1965913652671754280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">Variety</a> reported that Dowd had been fired, citing a network source.
The decision came as critics argued that a simple apology was not enough.
&#8220;If he&#8217;s not fired this doesn&#8217;t matter,&#8221; Stephen L. Miller posted.
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&#8220;Not even a period in the time-out chair, huh?&#8221; Jim Geraghty commented.
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Not even a period in the time-out chair, huh? <a href="https://t.co/widD6qdPBo">https://t.co/widD6qdPBo</a>
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimgeraghty/status/1965915497431695848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;If you bring him on again as a commentator, this statement means nothing,&#8221; another added.
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If you bring him on again as a commentator, this statement means nothing. <a href="https://t.co/nUkhH6XEAk">https://t.co/nUkhH6XEAk</a>
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Patricia Heaton added, &#8220;Fire Matthew Dowd and close up shop. Otherwise shut it.&#8221;
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Fire Matthew Dowd and close up shop. Otherwise shut it. <a href="https://t.co/0TCg79UjAK">https://t.co/0TCg79UjAK</a>
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatriciaHeaton/status/1965921141069111477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Some noted that the statement was only posted by the public relations account — which has just over 20,000 followers — and not the main network account that has more than five million.
&#8220;Leaving aside that this is probably only the tenth worst thing MSNBC said today, notice that they sent the apology from their junior account, which has 217 times fewer followers, ensuring that far fewer people will see it. You don’t hate the media enough,&#8221; Hans Mahncke said.
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Leaving aside that this is probably only the tenth worst thing MSNBC said today, notice that they sent the apology from their junior account, which has 217 times fewer followers, ensuring that far fewer people will see it. You don’t hate the media enough. <a href="https://t.co/aC8kdgcJjY">https://t.co/aC8kdgcJjY</a> <a href="https://t.co/Y5KcfYxjKY">pic.twitter.com/Y5KcfYxjKY</a>
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) <a href="https://twitter.com/HansMahncke/status/1965934270876364927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Rather than firing Tur and Dowd or doing anything real at all regarding deranged coverage today, left-wing hate network MSNBC issues a very quiet tweet on an account with 20K followers,&#8221; Mollie Hemingway added.
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Rather than firing Tur and Dowd or doing anything real at all regarding deranged coverage today, left-wing hate network MSNBC issues a very quiet tweet on an account with 20K followers. <a href="https://t.co/2McNsXcwh1">https://t.co/2McNsXcwh1</a>
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href="https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1965922506445148451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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And a number pointed out that Dowd was not the only person involved in the coverage. Anchor Katy Tur, for example, went right back to trashing Kirk within minutes of reporting he&#8217;d been shot and before his condition was even known. She referred to the TPUSA founder as &#8220;a divisive figure, polarizing, lightning rod. Whatever term you want to use.&#8221;
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🚨 WTF?! MSNBC is ALREADY back to demonizing Charlie Kirk, just MINUTES after he was shot in Utah
Katy Tur called him “a divisive figure, polarizing, lightning rod. What ever term you want to use.”
The left is absolutely VILE! 
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— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href="https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/1965855340446269865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Tur then wondered aloud about the possibility that someone on the Right would take up arms on Kirk&#8217;s behalf.
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MSNBC has no shame.<a href="https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KatyTurNBC</a> ought to be fired: &#8220;How worried do you get about somebody taking up the cause of Charlie Kirk?&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/BdAmHyvtYX">pic.twitter.com/BdAmHyvtYX</a>
— ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) <a href="https://twitter.com/ForAmerica/status/1965866991228502345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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And speculated that Trump might &#8220;use&#8221; Kirk&#8217;s shooting in order to &#8220;justify&#8221; some unspecified unconstitutional action in the future.
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Within minutes of Charlie Kirk being shot, with his condition still unknown, MSNBC ghoul Katy Tur huffs: &#8220;You can imagine the [Trump] administration using this as a justification for something.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/xJ3xMlJOsK">pic.twitter.com/xJ3xMlJOsK</a>
— Bill D&#8217;Agostino (@Banned_Bill) <a href="https://twitter.com/Banned_Bill/status/1965857529843589182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Dowd also speculated that the shooter might have been one of Kirk&#8217;s supporters, &#8220;shooting a gun off in celebration.&#8221;
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MSNBC just speculated the Charlie Kirk shooting could have &#8220;been a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration.”
I have no words for how awful these people are. <a href="https://t.co/g6o9KGuaHp">pic.twitter.com/g6o9KGuaHp</a>
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) <a href="https://twitter.com/bonchieredstate/status/1965856459323056502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Chuck Ross summed it up, saying, &#8220;A decent news organization (so, not MSNBC) would fire Matthew Dowd for this, and probably Katy Tur, too. Beyond the callous remarks, Dowd also speculated that maybe a Kirk supporter was shooting off celebratory gunfire.&#8221;
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A decent news organization (so, not MSNBC) would fire Matthew Dowd for this, and probably Katy Tur, too. Beyond the callous remarks, Dowd also speculated that maybe a Kirk supporter was shooting off celebratory gunfire. <a href="https://t.co/ZEYdJieT8G">https://t.co/ZEYdJieT8G</a> <a href="https://t.co/5IdlQlowX3">https://t.co/5IdlQlowX3</a>
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1965892319493894213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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UPDATE: This piece was updated with reports that Dowd was ultimately fired.

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MSNBC Trashed Over Lame Apology After Commentator Suggests Charlie Kirk Assassination Was Justified

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One MSNBC guest claimed on Saturday that calls for prayer after the tragic school shooting that unfolded just days earlier were &#8220;a form of idolatry&#8221; and &#8220;theological malpractice,&#8221; arguing that unless people were also willing to go after gun manufacturers, their prayers meant nothing.
Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones, a Democrat, joined MSNBC host Ali Velshi to discuss the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, MN — and he blamed Republican lawmakers and guns for the tragic shooting.
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Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpractice—when you pray for something you have the power to change. <a href="https://t.co/yx1BAjeTTc">pic.twitter.com/yx1BAjeTTc</a>
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After a brief discussion about the potential role played by violent video games, Velshi pivoted to blame the guns. &#8220;There are people who play video games all over the world, and nobody has the problem the way we have it in the United States. So it might actually be about the guns.&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, that’s exactly it. And, you know, I want to take it a step further and say that — I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people who want to give thoughts and prayers after a shooting, but I was a minister and that is a form of theological malpractice,&#8221; Jones cut straight to the point. &#8220;When you pray for something that you have the power to change — there’s an African proverb that says, when you pray, you move your hands and feet. You know, what we’re seeing is a form of idolatry, where we’re willing to worship the lives of our children to appease the prophets of the gun industry.&#8221;
Jones went on to attack Republicans over a Tennessee law, saying, &#8220;After the mass shooting at the Covenant School, the only law Republicans passed that year was to protect gun manufacturers from litigation. That’s what they did after children were killed in a school. It is cruel, it is shameful, it’s immoral, and it is something that is going to be a dark stain on American history, that we’ve allowed this to go on for so long unchallenged. And we have the power to change things.&#8221;
&#8220;And I would say to my colleagues who serve in government bodies, that we —Keep your thoughts and prayers, keep your tweets,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;If you wanna address gun violence, you don’t need a tweet, what you need is a mirror. You have the power to change things. You have the power to take action. Now is the time, until it’s your child, because sooner or later it’s gonna hit home. And then it’ll be too late.&#8221;
Other Democrats — from former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki to Minneapolis Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/minneapolis-mayor-trashes-people-for-offering-thoughts-and-prayers-after-shooting">Jacob Frey</a> — took a similar tone after the shooting, arguing that calls for prayer were empty without gun control measures.
Press Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karoline-leavitt-destroys-jen-psaki-for-mocking-the-power-of-prayer">Karoline Leavitt</a> pushed back, saying that such criticisms were demeaning to the millions of Americans who believe in the power of prayer — and a number pointed out that Republicans have proposed solutions to gun violence that would make schools harder targets, but that Democrats have repeatedly made it clear they will not consider such ideas.

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President Donald Trump said Friday that MSNBC is changing its name because they are &#8220;ashamed&#8221; of how bad the channel has become.
Trump ripped the left-leaning channel, which has attacked him relentlessly for years, during an impromptu tour of The People&#8217;s House, a newer museum and gift shop across the street from the White House.
&#8220;Then you turn to CNN, which is fake news, and nobody watches it, or MSDNC, MSNBC, they changed their name now because they were so bad,&#8221; Trump told reporters. &#8220;They&#8217;re the worst, owned by Comcast, run by a guy named Brian Roberts who doesn&#8217;t have a clue. He&#8217;s terrible, terrible manager.&#8221;
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&#8220;But they&#8217;re not, I don&#8217;t think, selling it,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;They&#8217;re changing the name because they&#8217;re ashamed of it, and they&#8217;re disassociating it from NBC, which is also fake news, you know. They should be ashamed of that too &#8230; NBC is run terribly by Con-cast. I call it Con-cast cause it&#8217;s whole con,&#8221; the president said.
MSNBC is being forced to undergo a rebrand stripping the cable channel of its name and changing it to MS NOW, short for My Source News Opinion World. The channel will also lose NBC&#8217;s iconic peacock symbol.
Over the last decade, MSNBC has become known for histrionics over Trump from its leftist hosts and guests. Talking heads regularly compare Trump to Hitler.
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&#8220;There is no difference from what Donald Trump is preaching, from what Adolf Hitler preached in the early &#8217;30s. Let&#8217;s just say it once and for all,&#8221; Donny Deutsch <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/09/23/msnbcs_donny_deutsch_what_is_the_difference_between_trump_and_hitler_im_not_saying_theres_a_holocaust.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com">said</a> in 2020.
Last year, a Democratic strategist went on MSNBC and <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/msnbc-guest-says-america-created-nazi-germany-trashes-racist-sexist-pope-francis-and-authoritarian-weasel-trump-in-wild-interview/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">called</a> Trump &#8220;exactly like Mussolini, exactly like Hitler,&#8221; and a &#8220;fascist, authoritarian weasel.&#8221;
Earlier this week, Trump also slammed MSNBC on Truth Social, writing in all caps that the channel is &#8220;doing so poorly in the ratings that they are looking to change their name in order to get away from the stench of their fake news product.&#8221;
Trump said Comcast&#8217;s &#8220;weak and ineffective&#8221; and &#8220;dopey&#8221; owner is &#8220;hopelessly and aimlessly flailing in the wind in an attempt to disassociate itself from the garbage that they created!&#8221;
&#8220;SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115064840755804065">wrote</a>. &#8220;MSNBC IS A FAILURE BY ANY NAME!!!&#8221;
In his comments Friday, Trump also referenced the $8 billion merger of CBS&#8217; parent company Paramount with Skydance Media, run by David Ellison, who Trump called &#8220;a great person that I know very well.&#8221;
&#8220;A great man, actually, just bought CBS, and I think he&#8217;s going to do the right thing with it,&#8221; Trump said.
Trump recently won a $16 million settlement in his lawsuit claiming CBS deceptively edited its &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; interview with Kamala Harris to make her look better.
The president offered a rare bit of optimism for the changing media landscape.
&#8220;But a lot of fake news. I think the news is getting better. They&#8217;re learning that they have no credibility,&#8221; Trump said.

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Trump Says MSNBC Changed Name Because It’s ‘Ashamed’

Trump Says MSNBC Changed Name Because It's 'Ashamed'

The Left-wing cable news network MSNBC will soon be changing its name. It will also soon be wearing a false beard and a putty nose in an attempt to disguise the fact it’s still the same old crap geyser of socialist lunacy. The name change comes as MSNBC prepares to break away from NBC News, and become part of a group of more obscure networks that will include the Golf Channel, Oxygen, the Sicilian Mafia, and several Mexican Drug Cartels.
From then on, MSNBC will be known as MS-NOW with the letters standing for My Source News Opinion World, signaling that this will be the go-to network for people who can’t form complete sentences. 
To come up with the name change, MSNBC Executives consulted branding experts at the marketing agency of Blundering, Wakoff and Shmoe, who have launched such famous brands as New Coke and McPizza as well as running the ad campaign: “Blockbuster Video, The Unspooling Face of Tomorrow.”
Agency leader Prodigious Wakoff recently spoke of the MS-NOW name change to a gathering of former CEO’s at the San Diego Former CEO Home and Soup Kitchen. Wakoff told the gathering, “We wanted to come up with a new name that sounded like a cross between a 1980’s PC operating system and a fire alarm in a clinic treating progressive diseases. That way, we could communicate MS-NOW’s exciting mission of transforming outmoded ideas into a future of crippling decline. MS-NOW preserves the network’s core identity while allowing NBC News to quietly scuttle off into the darkness, pretending they never had anything to do with this horrific crap fest.” 
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Not everyone is happy with the changes coming to the leftist network. For instance, Joy Reid’s show has been canceled, leaving Reid to continue her unique brand of commentary at more welcoming venues like homeless encampments and padded cells. In a recent rant on an imaginary podcast that was really just her standing alone and screaming into the bathroom mirror, Ms. Reid said, “Canceling my show was an obvious attempt by the white establishment to silence strong black women who stand up fearlessly for psychopathic distortion in the service of complete ignorance. The fact is, the white man stole all his ideas from advanced black civilizations of the past like the nation of Wakanda, because the white man has never invented anything himself, except advanced black civilizations of the past like the nation of Wakanda, which, okay, was totally the figment of some white guy’s imagination. But other than that, everything was invented by the black people in Wakanda.”
But while MSNBC will be losing its status as the sister station of a major broadcast news network, it will otherwise not be sinking any lower because that would violate the laws of physics. So, for example, after the network changes its name, it will still feature Rachel Maddow, though she will also be changing her name and will now call herself Bret Baier in the hope someone will take her seriously.
Ms. Baier-nee-Maddow recently commented on the changes at MS-NBC on a media podcast called “Former News Networks and Whatever Happened to Them.” Ms. Baier-Maddow said, “MS-NBC is needed MS-NOW more than MS-EVER. Donald Trump represents a fundamental threat to Democracy not to mention a threat to South American gangsters, Islamic terrorists, teacher union pedophiles, dead voters and incarcerated minority males who are presumed innocent and should therefore be set free to kill again. And when I say not to mention all that, it’s because I plan not to mention any of it when I talk about the threat to Democracy Donald Trump represents in my imagination, a beautiful fairyland where John Brennan and Adam Schiff eternally walk hand in hand through a dreamlike field of wildflowers and lies. We commentators on the Left are running out of time, as well as evidence and ideas, and we need to make sure our voices are heard by our audience above the noise of their irrational gibbering and howling.”
Network Executives say the new MS-NOW name should be in place sometime between the end of this year and the moment shortly thereafter when the network disappears completely from our TV screens as well as our collective memories.
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MSNBC host Joe Scarborough waded into the ongoing spat that began with Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Fox News anchor Dana Perino over the governor&#8217;s recent attempts to mimic and mock President Donald Trump&#8217;s social media posts via X.
Scarborough echoed Perino&#8217;s sentiments during Wednesday&#8217;s broadcast, referring to Newsom&#8217;s efforts as &#8220;embarrassing.&#8221; The California governor had made a series of posts on X attacking Trump and other Republicans in all capital letters, including calling them made-up nicknames.
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Hahahaha the Democrats are so cringe that even Morning Joe admits they are embarrassing themselves 😂
“You can see the Democrats are trying to find their footing and it’s quite embarrassing, actually.
I mean, Gavin Newsom. Have you seen what he’s doing online? And it’s like,… <a href="https://t.co/Vu746UNY8y">pic.twitter.com/Vu746UNY8y</a>
— TheStormHasArrived (@TheStormRedux) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheStormRedux/status/1958118160713801878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;You can see the Democrats are trying to find their footing, and it’s quite embarrassing, actually. I mean, Gavin Newsom. I mean, have you seen what he’s doing online? And it’s like, ugh, just take a deep breath. Don&#8217;t try to turn the ship 180 degrees in one — they don’t know what to do,&#8221; Scarborough observed.
&#8220;I have a good idea. Instead of trying to school Donald Trump, talk into the camera about affordability,&#8221; he suggested. &#8220;Talk about making groceries more affordable. Talk about what you&#8217;re going to do for housing. Talk about what you&#8217;re going to do for energy prices that continue to go up.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dana-perino-warns-gavin-newsom-to-avoid-cringey-x-presence-and-he-doubles-down-instead" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Perino responded</a> to the posts — made primarily by the Governor Newsom Press Office account on X — during a broadcast of &#8220;The Five&#8221; on Fox News, and she made almost the same point that Scarborough did.
&#8220;For the last week, Gavin Newsom — why am I giving him advice?&#8221; she said. &#8220;You have to stop it with the Twitter thing. I don’t know where his wife is. If I were his wife, I would say you are making a fool of yourself, stop it.&#8221;
The Press Office account doubled down in a response to Perino: &#8220;DANA &#8216;DING DONG&#8217; PERINO (NEVER HEARD OF HER UNTIL TODAY!) IS MELTING DOWN BECAUSE OF ME, GAVIN C. NEWSOM! FOX HATES THAT I AM AMERICA’S MOST FAVORITE GOVERNOR (&#8216;RATINGS KING&#8217;) SAVING AMERICA — WHILE TRUMP CAN’T EVEN CONQUER THE &#8216;BIG&#8217; STAIRS ON AIR FORCE ONE ANYMORE!!! TRUMP HAS &#8216;LOST HIS STEP&#8217; AND FOX IS LOSING IT BECAUSE WHEN I TYPE, AMERICA NOW WINS!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. — GCN&#8221;
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DANA &#8220;DING DONG&#8221; PERINO (NEVER HEARD OF HER UNTIL TODAY!) IS MELTING DOWN BECAUSE OF ME, GAVIN C. NEWSOM! FOX HATES THAT I AM AMERICA’S MOST FAVORITE GOVERNOR (&#8220;RATINGS KING&#8221;) SAVING AMERICA — WHILE TRUMP CAN’T EVEN CONQUER THE “BIG” STAIRS ON AIR FORCE ONE ANYMORE!!! TRUMP HAS…
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPressOffice/status/1957829287115157928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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When You've Lost 'Morning Joe' ... : Scarborough Sides With Dana Perino In Weird Gavin Newsom Spat

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White people “can’t originally invent anything more than they were able to invent good music,” Joy Reid claimed last week in a podcast interview with New York Times contributing writer Wajahat Ali, who echoed Reid&#8217;s sentiments.
The host of The Joy Reid Show made the comments during an episode of Ali’s Left Hook <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQbVyNEN_C8">podcast</a> titled &#8220;How Mediocre White Men and their Fragility are Destroying America.”
“We black folk gave y’all country music, hip hop, R&amp;B, jazz, rock and roll. They couldn&#8217;t even invent that,” Reid said.
Reid notably did not attribute all music genres to black people. She also did not touch on inventions beyond the realm of music, besides vaguely mentioning “food” and “the economy.”
“We make the food better. We make the economy better. We make the music better,” Ali added.
“Even Elon Musk didn&#8217;t invent them damn Teslas. Two other men invented it. He just bought it,” Reid continued.
Tesla’s two co-founders, Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, are both <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/06/tesla-founders-martin-eberhard-marc-tarpenning-on-elon-musk.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">white</a>.
Reid’s comments come as President Donald Trump, now the board chair of The Kennedy Center, recently <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-kennedy-center-announce-honorees/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that he would be hosting the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors.
Trump helped pick this year’s honorees, including George Strait, Michael Crawford, Gloria Gaynor, KISS, and Sylvester Stallone. He says he rejected a lot of artists because “They were too <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/trump-2025-kennedy-center-20815951.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">woke</a>. I had a couple of wokesters.”
Liberals — Reid included — are upset that Trump is “taking over” The Kennedy Center and the awards ceremony.
“These people cannot create culture on their own. So they need to take over, dominate, appropriate, and control. Without black people, brown people, the DEIs, there’s no culture in America,” Ali insisted to Reid.
According to Ali, Sylvester Stallone receiving a Kennedy Center honor is emblematic of white male fragility.
“Sylvester Stallone became famous because Rocky is all about a white man, a mediocre white man who has no chance in hell of ever ever ever ever ever beating Apollo Creed,” Ali concluded.
Rocky Balboa beats Apollo Creed at the end of “Rocky II.”

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Joy Reid: White People ‘Can’t Originally Invent Anything,’ Just Steal From Black People

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Far-left cable news network MSNBC is getting a new name — and will have to replace the NBC-affiliated peacock logo — in a major deal that will spin the network away from NBC Universal, and the reactions so far have been mixed at best.
Fox News regular Joe Concha shared a graphic showing the new name against a solid royal blue background: MS NOW, an acronym that was spelled out to mean My Source, News, Opinion, World.
&#8220;MSNBC will be renaming itself to this. And this isn’t a joke,&#8221; Concha said.
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MSNBC will be renaming itself to this. And this isn’t a joke. <a href="https://t.co/3TRxvrIXlA">pic.twitter.com/3TRxvrIXlA</a>
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1957430404874465631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;LOL. The brand must have been so toxic. MSDNC burned!&#8221; Miranda Devine posted in response.
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LOL. The brand must have been so toxic. MSDNC burned! <a href="https://t.co/hluoCwX937">https://t.co/hluoCwX937</a>
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) <a href="https://twitter.com/mirandadevine/status/1957456939916435656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Looks like one of those fake AI run sites thrown together in Bulgaria,&#8221; another replied.
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looks like one of those fake AI run sites thrown together in Bulgaria <a href="https://t.co/KG1V4KVkAb">https://t.co/KG1V4KVkAb</a>
— Daniel Greenfield &#8211; &#8220;Hang Together or Separately&#8221; (@Sultanknish) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sultanknish/status/1957453017470418998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I bet MSNOW only lasts a few years before they shut it down. MSNBC greatly benefited from their association with NBC News. In the past, I&#8217;ve watched MSNBC because of their NBC News content. Major downgrade,&#8221; another added.
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I bet MSNOW only lasts a few years before they shut it down.
MSNBC greatly benefited from their association with NBC News.
In the past, I&#8217;ve watched MSNBC because of their NBC News content.
Major downgrade. <a href="https://t.co/oq8GNNYtwL">https://t.co/oq8GNNYtwL</a>
— Andrea Katherine (@AndreaKatSTL) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndreaKatSTL/status/1957481114068570641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Can&#8217;t wait to find out how much got spent renaming a well-known brand to something that sounds like a Windows app,&#8221; The Economist&#8217;s Mike Bird quipped.
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Can&#8217;t wait to find out how much got spent renaming a well-known brand to something that sounds like a Windows app <a href="https://t.co/q9wJOuVrT2">https://t.co/q9wJOuVrT2</a>
— Mike Bird (@Birdyword) <a href="https://twitter.com/Birdyword/status/1957431331056468125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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But when it came to those who would be working for the newly rebranded network, it quickly became clear that the talking points had been given out from the top.
&#8220;Exciting news. Our mission will not change. Our commitment to our loyal viewers will not change. Who we are is not changing,&#8221; Jesse Rodriguez, Vice President of Editorial and Booking, posted on X.
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Exciting news. Our mission will not change. Our commitment to our loyal viewers will not change. Who we are is not changing. <a href="https://t.co/lNQubwr8ej">https://t.co/lNQubwr8ej</a>
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) <a href="https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/1957445958200889832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Morning Joe&#8221; host Joe Scarborough approached the breaking news on Monday&#8217;s broadcast, calling the new logo &#8220;sporty&#8221; and touting the new network&#8217;s &#8220;independence&#8221; under the new Versant brand.
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Here was Joe Scarborough announcing on &#8216;Morning Joe&#8217; that MSNBC will be changing its name to MS NOW once the network completes its split from NBCUniversal.
Watch these clowns try and spin this as fan-freak-tastic. <a href="https://t.co/1rKWa3Rr7z">pic.twitter.com/1rKWa3Rr7z</a>
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1957444231045300689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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CNBC&#8217;s Andrew Ross Sorkin said, &#8220;I like this,&#8221; also stating that the move showed the new network&#8217;s &#8220;independence&#8221; from traditional media.
Longtime MSNBC host Rachel Maddow also touted the move, telling <a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/msnbc-new-name-ms-now-1236491621/">Variety</a>, &#8220;If there was ever a time for us to change our name, this is it — because we’re not just separating from NBC News in corporate terms, we’re competing with them now. So I think the distinction is going to be good for us. What NBC is doing in its legacy timeslots — the &#8216;Today Show,&#8217; &#8216;Nightly,&#8217; &#8216;Meet the Press&#8217; — is just a world away from the 24/7 totally independent news operation that we’re able to stand up now, thanks to the spin-off.&#8221;

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State Rep. Justin Pearson (D-TN) claimed that his party needed to pull out all the stops and fight back against Republicans — to whom he referred alternately as &#8220;fascists&#8221; and &#8220;neo-confederates&#8221; — and argued that it wouldn&#8217;t matter in the long run what they were willing to do as long as they won.
Pearson was ousted from his position in the Tennessee House when he helped lead his party&#8217;s efforts to &#8220;occupy&#8221; the State House in protest, and then was reinstated days later — after claiming that he&#8217;d been forced out by &#8220;racists.&#8221; <a href="https://grabien.com/story?id=541230">During his appearance</a> with MSNBC&#8217;s Ali Velshi, he discussed the current state of American politics — particularly with regard to redistricting battles and Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s (D-CA) plan to &#8220;fight fire with fire.&#8221;
Velshi introduced Pearson as someone who had made a name for himself in fighting back, adding, &#8220;Brother Jones, welcome back to the show. You are living this. Not only have you done it, but you actually got reelected by your constituents to go back and fight some more. You have set this flavor out there a while ago that people want fighters. And right now voters are screaming out for this. They want people who will say, your morals should be good, but if they’re burning the house down you need to do something.&#8221;
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&#8220;I mean, that’s exactly right, Brother Ali. You know, the house is on fire, we have to stop pretending like we don’t smell the smoke,&#8221; Pearson replied. &#8220;It’s time for America to wake up and put our morals above our manners. Now is not the time to engage in trying to play patty-cake with a party that’s been captured by fascists and neo-Confederates.&#8221;
&#8220;There is no bipartisanship anymore with a party that is intent on maintaining minority rule between tech oligarchs, White supremacists, and Christian nationalists,&#8221; Pearson continued, insisting that Republicans were attempting to build a sort of oligarchy. &#8220;They want a minority-run government, and they’re willing to do this at any means necessary. We must fight back.&#8221;
Pearson went on to claim that what they would not be judged as harshly for what they did to get power as they would be for what they did not do, adding, &#8220;You know, I think that we will be judged not by what we do, but by what we don’t do, to future generations.&#8221;
&#8220;Because if we’re serious about the threat of fascism, that means that there is nothing off the table. If we’re really serious about the threat that we face—&#8221; he explained. &#8220;That means we use everything at our table to fight back.&#8221;
Velshi made no move to push back on Pearson&#8217;s claims, instead agreeing with every point: &#8220;Because you will not be around to fight back if you don’t fight it now. Right!&#8221;

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‘There Is Nothing Off The Table’: Tennessee Dem Says Anything Goes In Fight Against ‘Fascist’ GOP

Recently ousted MSNBC host Joy Reid lashed out at President Donald Trump during a recent video for her &#8220;Welcome to Joy’s House!&#8221; Substack, claiming that he was &#8220;the physical embodiment of all of America&#8217;s sins.&#8221;
Reid spoke with writer Wajahat Ali about the state of American politics, in a conversation that was also featured on Ali&#8217;s accounts, and Reid repeatedly attacked both Trump&#8217;s character and his appearance.
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🚨NEW: Joy Reid *GOES OFF RAILS* as she declares Trump &#8220;EMBODIMENT OF ALL OF AMERICA&#8217;S SINS&#8221;🚨
&#8220;People try to say God put him in the White House. I don&#8217;t believe God is that cruel.&#8221;
&#8220;But in a way, I&#8217;m thinking the way you could justify saying that: Donald Trump is the physical… <a href="https://t.co/6NbYpPWtMx">pic.twitter.com/6NbYpPWtMx</a>
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&#8220;People try to say God put him in the White House,&#8221; Reid began. &#8220;I don’t believe God is that cruel. But in a way, I’m thinking the way you could justify saying that: Donald Trump is the physical embodiment of all of America’s sins.&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, I agree completely,&#8221; Ali voiced his approval.
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Reid then went on to list some of the &#8220;sins&#8221; that she said justified her position: &#8220;He’s sloppy. He’s unkempt. Everything about him is false. His hair is a pretense of non-baldness. He’s old, but his followers try to pretend that he looks like Superman.&#8221;
&#8220;He’s a terrible businessman and a failure who gets to fake success because he’s white, so banks keep lending him money even when he’s failing,&#8221; Reid continued, attempting to make it about race as well. &#8220;His father scoops money out of his siblings’ inheritance to give him when he fails. He’s a f***-up but he’s able to be a success because white America keeps saying, ‘No, no, no, that guy is what success looks like.’ He’s only a success on that TV show because when he was at his brokest, he gets hired to be on ‘The Apprentice.'&#8221;
She went on to claim that the last time First Lady Melania Trump had allowed her husband to touch her was when their son Barron was born, adding, &#8220;He doesn’t believe in marriage. He doesn’t have morality. He got three baby mamas, five children. Everything about him is a lie. He’s not a Christian, but Christians love him. But he embodies the greed, the shamelessness, the lasciviousness of capitalism.&#8221;
Reid, who often invokes race to attack Trump and other Republicans, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/msnbc-axes-joy-reids-show-as-ratings-yo-yo-who-theyre-bringing-in-proves-theyve-learned-nothing">was let go</a> by far left cable news network MSNBC in late February.

Ousted MSNBC Host Says Trump Is ‘The Physical Embodiment Of All Of America’s Sins’

Ousted MSNBC Host Says Trump Is 'The Physical Embodiment Of All Of America's Sins'

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