Ronna McDaniel won’t be invited to “Morning Joe” anytime soon.
MSNBC Morning Star Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on Monday criticized the employer that hired “anti-democratic election denier” former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor to NBC News. denounced.
Brzezinski, who co-hosts the four-hour morning show with her husband, former Rep. Scarborough (R-Fla.), said she “hopes that NBC will reconsider its decision” to hire McDaniel. he said.
Mr. Brzezinski said the two would not invite Mr. McDaniel on the air in protest. Her hiring caused an uproar on NBC News.
McDaniel was one of dozens of RNC staffers fired by the Trump campaign after they became angry with the former president for not fully supporting claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. , The Post could not be reached for comment.
Scarborough said management never asked him or his wife whether they should hire McDaniel and learned of the news through media reports.
“We were not asked for our opinion on the adoption, but if we had been, we would have strongly opposed it for several reasons,” Scarborough said.
“Morning Joe” co-host said: McDaniel’s role in Donald Trump’s election fraud scheme and her pressure on election officials not to certify election results while Donald Trump was on the phone. ”
After the 2020 election, President Trump and his allies attempted to create fraudulent electoral rolls in multiple states that falsely claimed that the 45th president won those states’ Electoral College votes. It is said that he did.
A House committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021, when Trump supporters ransacked the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the certification of former Vice President Joe Biden’s victory, said President Trump and his lawyer John Eastman announced that he had provided evidence of the telephone conversation. McDaniel “to talk about the importance of the RNC helping campaigns recruit these temporary electors.”
Last year, the Justice Department indicted Trump, accusing him and his allies of masterminding a fraudulent election scheme.
A 45-page indictment handed down by Special Counsel Jack Smith found that Mr. McDaniel had been falsely accused of a bogus electoral scheme.
Trump and Eastman ‘acted as false agents’ [McDaniel] It said such electoral votes would only be used if ongoing litigation in any of those states changes the outcome. [Trump’s] thank you. ”
Brzezinski said NBC News should hire conservative Republicans.
“But it should be a conservative Republican, not someone who used his position of power to deny an anti-democratic election. I hope NBC reconsiders its decision,” she said. Ta.
“Needless to say, she will not be making a guest appearance on ‘Morning Joe’ in her capacity as a paid contributor,” Brzezinski added.
MSNBC President Rashida Jones said the left-leaning cable network has no plans to use McDaniel as an on-air contributor in response to her accusations. According to the Wall Street Journal.
but Politico reported Jones. He was one of several top-level executives to sign a network deal with McDaniel.
The Post has reached out to NBC News for comment.
A source close to McDaniel told the Post that the former RNC chief “has a unique perspective on American politics” that is “sorely missing from much of the television media.”
“NBC News recognized the need for her voice and perspective on the issues that are important to all voters and will decide this election,” the source said.
“Morning Joe” co-hosts echoed former “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd, who on Sunday announced that Comcast Inc.’s company, a move that could put his successor, Kristen Welker, in trouble. criticized his superiors and became emotional. In a place that is difficult to understand.
“I think our boss owes you an apology for putting you in this situation,” Todd told Welker on Sunday’s broadcast after his interview with McDaniel.
“There’s a reason why many journalists at NBC News are uncomfortable with this, because much of their professional dealings with the RNC over the past six years have been met with gaslighting.”
Mr. Welker spoke with Mr. McDaniel in an interview on “Meet the Press,” which was recorded before the former RNC chairman was hired by the network.
