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YIKES: MSNBC Panelists Were NOT Happy 2020 Dems Bashed Obama!
August 1st, 2019 12:12 AM
Unlike their late-night analysis after Tuesday’s debate, MSNBC had their acts together on Wednesday night, putting together in many of their initial takes a near-unanimous message that former Vice President Joe Biden was on the defensive and that it was an abomination how many of the Democratic presidential candidates condemned the Obama administration.
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NBC’s McCaskill Blasts Warren and Sanders for Extreme Ideas
July 31st, 2019 10:15 AM
Reacting to night one of CNN’s Democratic debate, on Wednesday’s Today show, NBC News political analysts and former Senator Claire McCaskill was relieved that the radical health care plans advocated by Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders were hammered by their fellow 2020 candidates. McCaskill also completely rejected any possibility of such extreme proposals ever becoming law.
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MSNBC Panelists Slam CNN Moderators for Running ‘WWE’-Style Slugfest
July 31st, 2019 2:58 AM
After having hosted the first set of 2020 Democratic presidential debates, MSNBC was relegated to only post-debate analysis and some panelists used this format to, without using names, bash CNN moderators Dana Bash, Don Lemon, and Jake Tapper for their debate setup being a “WWE”-style slugfest that should be “throw[n] in the river” for the betterment of candidates and voters. Lyin’ Brian…
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Disappointed MSNBC Blasts Mueller Hearing as a ‘Boring' 'Disaster'
July 24th, 2019 2:00 PM
Disappointment. Anger. Sadness. The journalists and hosts at MSNBC on Wednesday alternated between these emotions as it became clear that Robert Mueller’s testimony wasn’t going the way they thought it might. Various network personalities raged at how the hearings were turning into a “boring” “disaster.” MSNBC analyst Jeremy Bash bluntly concluded, “I thought he was boring, I thought in some…
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LIAR: Wallace Drops Whoppers on Rape Claims, Argues GOP Is ‘Dead’
June 27th, 2019 9:16 PM
As per usual for MSNBC, facts were not necessary on Thursday before the night two of the first 2020 Democratic presidential debate. Host and Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferer Nicolle Wallace falsely claimed that there’s never been a presidential “candidate to be credibly accused of sexual assault as violent as the rape described by E. Jean” before Donald Trump. Moments earlier, Wallace offered…
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SAD TROMBONE: MSNBC Panel Slams Dems for Not Bashing Trump Enough
June 26th, 2019 11:36 PM
Awww, hopefully everyone at MSNBC leaves tonight with a comfort animal of their choice. In the first few minutes after the first 2020 Democratic presidential debate on Wednesday, panelists were livid that there wasn’t enough Trump bashing to the point that they wondered whether the candidates consciously decided that the President became a real-life Voldemort who’s name “will not be mentioned.”
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NBC’s McCaskill: See ‘Who Makes a Fool of Themselves’ at Dem Debate
June 26th, 2019 11:35 AM
Appearing on Wednesday’s Today show to preview the upcoming Democratic debates, NBC News political analyst and former Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill was surprisingly honest when she predicted the events “probably will be the end of the road” for several candidates and urged viewers to “tune in tonight just to see who makes a fool of themselves.”
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Revolving Door: Dem Senator Turned NBC Pundit Trashes 'King' Trump
June 4th, 2019 8:41 AM
You may remember Claire McCaskill as the Senator from Missouri who lucked her way to re-election in 2012 by having Todd Akin as her opponent and whose final pitch to the voters in her 2018 re-election campaign was “I’m not one of those crazy Democrats.” She would go down to lose to now-Senator Josh Hawley by six points in 2018. Well, the former Senator has now found a home as an NBC News…
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Morning Joe Urges Stacey Abrams To Run For POTUS, Senate
April 4th, 2019 10:58 AM
Former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams was on MSNBC's Morning Joe to discuss her book and a potential 2020 White House run. The panel did not spend time asking why she still will not concede or even what she thinks about various issues, but instead fawned over her and actively encouraged her to run for higher office.
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Maher: Alleged Foiled Terror Suspect 'a Moderate Among Republicans'
February 23rd, 2019 5:34 PM
On Friday’s Real Time, host Bill Maher talked about Christopher Paul Hasson, the Coast Guard lieutenant arrested for allegedly planning a domestic attack on liberal politicians and media figures. He did his best to argue that President Trump’s rhetoric inspired the foiled terror plot, describing him as “a moderate among Republicans.”
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Morning Joe Blasts Trump 'Spewing Lies,' Hails 'Inspirational' Abrams
February 6th, 2019 3:33 PM
One of the favorite pastimes of news media since the election of Donald Trump has been to roll out the fact checkers every time he gives a public statement or speech on anything that might be of relevance. This newfound appreciation for incessant fact checking only seems to go one way-- a notion that was on full on full display during MSNBC's Morning Joe on Wednesday as the hosts reacted to…
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‘No Moral Compass’: NBC’s Meyers & McCaskill Trash McConnell
January 25th, 2019 1:28 PM
Appearing on Thursday’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, aired early Friday morning, former Democratic Senator and newly-named NBC News Political Analyst Claire McCaskill was eager to trash Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as “really depressing” and “very political.” Meyers chimed in to claim that the Republican lawmaker had “no moral compass.”
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Matthews Wonders If ‘Trump Cares About’ Stopping ‘Drugs’ at the Border
January 22nd, 2019 10:31 PM
Well, that’s a new one. During Tuesday’s Hardball, host Chris Matthews wondered to newly-minted MSNBC political analyst and former Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill if President Trump truly “cares about” stopping the flow of illegal drugs from the U.S.-Mexico border, surmising that he doesn’t care about putting a halt to drugs that are killing thousands of Americans.
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Amanpour Invokes Bush 41, Throws Pity Party for ‘Moderate’ McCaskill
December 7th, 2018 2:40 PM
While invoking the passing of former President George H. W. Bush, CNN International and PBS host Christiane Amanpour fretted on Thursday’s show that “[a]s President Bush One is laid to rest, one of the Senate’s true moderates heads home in defeat,” blaming it on “conservative dark money,” “negative ads,” and a refusal by voters to accept McCaskill’s manufactured image as someone right down the…
