Alex Christy
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough managed to parody himself on Tuesday’s show when he suggested to Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist that the two of them are both more conservative than Gov. Ron DeSantis, who allegedly seeks to centralize power in himself and is against the free market.
[See NewsBusters for more.] Democrat-turned Republican-turned independent-turned Democrat Matthew Dowd joined Joy Reid on Monday’s edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC to declare that while he wasn’t calling Republicans Nazis ahead of the midterms, he couldn’t help but notice the similarities, especially amid all the concerns about inflation.
[See NewsBusters for more.] Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg returned to CBS’s The Late Show on Monday to join host Stephen Colbert in warning about the future of democracy should Republicans win the midterms.
[See NewsBusters for more.] Saturday’s edition of The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross was a combination of outrageous and tragic as Republican women and minorities were accused of being tokens by former RNC chair Michael Steele and former GOP strategist Lucy Caldwell. Both missed the fact that their host is the same kind of person who would lobby such accusations at them not that long ago.
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC’s Ali Velshi took his Saturday show on the road to Detroit to get local insights into the upcoming midterms. The setting also provided Velshi with a prime location to talk about the economy and to declare that “is especially foolish” to blame President Biden and Democrats for high inflation.
[See NewsBusters for more.] As the midterms approach, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is giving clues into how Republicans would govern should they win. On Wednesday’s edition of MSNBC’s The 11th Hour, host Stephanie Ruhle falsely and absurdly suggested he is seeking Vladimir Putin’s help in the closing days of the campaign.
[See NewsBusters for more.] During his opening monologue on Wednesday’s All In, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes defended President Biden’s decision to raid the Strategic Petroleum Reserve because gas prices have to be lowered in order to save American democracy from Republicans and their allies in Saudi Arabia and the fossil fuel companies.
[See NewsBusters for more.] CNN’s Wednesday edition of New Day lamented that the GOP midterm strategy for winning the Senate involves trying to win elections even if that means putting “party over country” by supporting “dumpster fires.”
[See NewsBusters for more.] When Trevor Noah eventually leaves Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, Democrats will lose a reliable ally in their attempts to scare people into voting for them over the issue of abortion. On Tuesday, Noah spoke out in favor of an ad from Rep. Eric Swalwell depicting a woman getting arrested for an abortion, suggesting it is a very real possibility.
[See NewsBusters for more.] Andrea Mitchell kicked off her Tuesday MSNBC show with a 20-minute interview with Speaker Nancy Pelosi that began with her voters do not appreciate the “extraordinary” record that she and President Biden have allegedly built up for the past two years.