MSNBC star Rachel Maddow addressed the elephant in the room with her colleagues at NBC, slamming the network’s “inexplicable” hiring of former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel.
Maddow opened the show by criticizing McDaniel’s role in supporting former President Trump and outlining her alleged actions behind the scenes in denying President Biden’s 2020 election victory.
“I’m not just talking about MSNBC and NBC, who have not only attacked us as journalists, but have voiced loud and principled objections to our company putting someone on our payroll who is part of an ongoing project. I want to engage with all of my news colleagues: Let’s get rid of our system of government,” Maddow told viewers on Monday. “There are people who are still trying to convince the American people that this election really didn’t work, that the last election wasn’t the real result, that American elections are fraudulent.”
She suggested that Trump was far ahead of any “fascist” in U.S. history who failed to seize power through the political system.
“”[Trump] If he couldn’t belong to an organization like the Republican Party, and if the leadership of that party at the time hadn’t decided that she would not only follow him, but that she would It would have been forgotten as well. help. She will help me if the worst happens,” Maddow said.
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MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow slammed NBC’s “inexplicable” decision to hire former RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.
Maddow acknowledged speculation that MSNBC President Rashida Jones did not object to NBC’s hiring of McDaniel, but said the decision prompted MSNBC staff to “basically unanimously and immediately react with outrage.” “I have made a statement,” he said, emphasizing that he had changed his attitude.
“Ronna McDaniel will not be on our broadcasts. Ronna McDaniel will not be on MSNBC,” Maddow declared. “And the reason I say that and give you that level of detail is because other parts of the company have since glossed over it in the press and tried to make it look like it didn’t happen at MSNBC. “I can guarantee you that’s the case.” “What happened at MSNBC? Our boss said since Saturday that Ronna McDaniel will not be on MSNBC. But there was nothing more obvious than that.”
She continued, “The fact that Mr. McDaniel is an employee of NBC News is puzzling to me. I mean, they don’t hire smart people. They don’t hire gangster-type upstarts who work there.” That means we won’t hire you.”
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Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel made her debut as an NBC political analyst on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” to a lukewarm reception. (Screenshot/NBC)
The MSNBC host assured viewers that this is not simply a matter of “right vs. left,” McDaniel’s past hostility toward the media, or even “lies.”
“This is about our system of government, undermining elections and pursuing democracy as an ongoing project,” Maddow said. “And these are difficult times for our country. I think what that means is that we need to take a clear look at the impact. Difficult times require difficult decisions. “We’re fighting what we’ve never had to fight before.” In the news industry, yes, we’re covering elections, and we always have, but to end democracy. We also report on bad actors trying to take advantage of democratic rights and privileges. ”
“The biggest threat among them right now is not mobs or weirdos, but violent revolutionary claims that American elections are not real, the election results are not real, and they should be.” These are the shrewd political experts who are devoting their vast talents to laundering.” They are not respected. We are fighting this problem now, not from William Dudley Perry’s brown-shirted militia, but from a massive multi-billion dollar political operation by one of the two ruling parties in the United States. . And that’s new. ” Maddow said.
“And I think that as our country faces something that’s mind-boggling and scary and dangerous to the country, decisions will inevitably happen and mistakes will happen. But as a democracy Part of our resilience is going to be recognizing when decisions are made.”
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NBC’s Chuck Todd criticized the network’s hiring of former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel on air, telling “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker that she was uncomfortable in an interview with her new colleague. He asked his superiors to apologize for putting him in the position he was in. (Getty Images)
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In a direct plea to NBC’s bosses, Maddow added, “Wait a minute and admit that maybe it wasn’t the right decision. It’s hard to admit when you’re wrong. , is a sign of strength, not weakness. And our country needs us to be strong right now.”
Maddow joins a number of MSNBC stars including Chuck Todd, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Nicole Wallace, Joy Reid and Jen Psaki, all of whom are NBC political analysts, the network announced Friday. denounced the hiring of Mr. McDaniel as a.
FOX News’ Lindsay Cornick contributed to this report.
