MSNBC host Alex Wagner said Monday that the Democratic media He missed the “quake-shift moment” of the 2024 election regarding what voters really care about and detailed how President-elect Donald Trump will spend his first 100 days in office.
“I think one of the feelings that we all had after this election was that in the media and to some extent certainly in the Democratic Party, we missed this moment of catastrophe,” Wagner said. said.
Wagner, who took over MSNBC host Rachel Maddow's prime-time slot four nights a week, will be out speaking with voters throughout the first 100 days of the Trump administration. Maddow, who was previously supposed to host one night a week on MSNBC, will take back the 9 p.m. show for the first few months of Trump's presidency.
“I think it's essential that we get out there and show the country from a 360-degree view of what's going on and how people are being affected on a visceral and personal level. “I think a lot of this issue is played out in the abstract,” she said.
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MSNBC's Alex Wagner sat down with late-night host Seth Meyers to discuss what he'll cover during President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office. (Screenshot/Seth Meyers)
“We're going to talk to everyone who was involved in the decision-making, who was affected by the decision-making, who was seduced by the pledge,” Wagner said, adding that he also spoke to voters at key points before the election. said Swing State. “And when Democrats started saying January 6th was February 6th, I knew we had a problem. 'You know what? The message delivery worked around that problem. I thought, 'I haven't done that.'
“I think the question now, beyond just the rhetoric, is what does it mean for Trump to be president? Whose lives are being affected? Do we want to set up mass deportation camps? We're going to talk to people like, 'You want to talk about pardoning the January 6th rioters, you're going to talk to them once they're released, and you're going to talk about the Trump administration and who it is. I would like to talk to you about how we operate. Who has the power and how are they doing it? We're going to go into Washington, D.C., and bring it to you,'' Wagner said, adding that Maddow plans when he takes back the timeslot. explained.
Wagner spoke with Latino and Black voters ahead of the Philadelphia election and was surprised by their support for President Trump's call for “mass deportation.”
According to the Associated Press, Wagner and Maddow will return to their current schedules, with Maddow hosting Monday nights and Wagner hosting the remaining days of the week starting April 30.
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MSNBC host Rachel Maddow speaks on the March 25, 2024 show. (Screenshot/MSNBC)
While covering the Republican National Convention, Wagner said during the RNC speech that President Trump's vice presidential pick, J.D. It is noteworthy that he claimed to have dropped an egg.
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“I think the construction of this concept reveals a lot about someone who fundamentally believes in the supremacy of whiteness and masculinity. And it's, you know, a kind of rethinking of his roots. What does it actually reveal that is hidden in the calmness of America?'' I think it’s a place for people of all backgrounds,” Wagner said in July.
