Former President Donald Trump defeated the competition in the Iowa Republican caucuses Monday night, leading runner-up Gov. Ron DeSantis by about 30 points. The result left a smile on the 77-year-old Republican's face, but it also caused the straight-talking leftists on MSNBC to hyperventilate. same way Same as November 2016.
Rachel Maddow in particular seemed to be having a hard time processing Trump's success.
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The person behind the Russian collusion hoax In addition to stoking concerns about the rise of fascism and authoritarianism, he refused to give the victory speech of the Republican front-runner. claim “There is a cost to us as a news organization.” knowingly broadcast a falsehood. ”
“I just have to cut to the chase. At this point in the evening, the projected winner of the Iowa caucuses has just begun his victory speech,” Maddow said, before mentioning Trump by name. He obviously didn't want to say it. “We'll be watching closely until that happens. We'll let you know if there's any news in that speech, if there's anything noteworthy, anything substantive and important.”
Maddow added: “It's not because I'm angry. It's not a decision I'm happy about. It's a decision that I review regularly, and to be honest, in all seriousness, it's not an easy decision.”
Maddow hints that President Trump is attempting to achieve a kind of tyranny after preventing remaining viewers from hearing directly from one of the two leading presidential candidates heading into the 2024 general election. It was suggested that there is a sex.
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The corporate host told President Biden's former press secretary and other establishment apologists, “I'm not going to get too dark about this, as you said…but I… If we are concerned about the rise of authoritarianism,” he said. If we're worried about the potential rise of fascism in this country, if we're worried about our democracy slipping into an authoritarian and potentially fascist form of government; The leaders who are trying to do so are also part of the equation. ”
According to Maddow, it's even worse than the threat from the opposition leader, the crypto fascist.
I predicted in a whisper He will ultimately be convicted as a result of the lawsuit brought against him by Democratic leaders, but the threat posed by those who dare to support him.
“But the people who want it are a much bigger part of the equation,” the host continued. “And the American electorate is made up of two major parties, one of which has been flirting with far-right extremism for a very long time. And we've embraced far-right extremism.''Republican electoral politics to date, and I know this because I've studied it. ”
Maddow told former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki:
Des Moines Register/NBC Poll, In December, the same study found that people likely to attend the Iowa Republican caucuses were more likely to support President Trump due to comments deemed controversial by liberal media. .
For example, 55% of respondents said they were more likely to support President Trump after he threatened to “seriously consider alternatives to Obamacare.” 50% of likely caucus attendees expressed support for a pledge to approve “deep raids, large-scale camps, and mass deportations” to address the existential threat of illegal immigration. showed great support. Forty-three percent said they were likely to support him because of his proposal that we need to eradicate “racial leftist thugs who live like vermin.”
The leftist speaker further emphasized that the “MAGA movement” is no longer “one man's problem,” but rather a pervasive problem in the Republican Party.
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Latest CBS News Poll The former president leads Biden by 2 points. rasmussen report Trump leads Biden 49-41.
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