The 11th Hour’s Post-Inaugural Pity Party ‘Therapy Session’ Never Ends

David Milliken | February 4, 2025
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Ever since the inauguration two weeks ago, MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle has apparently had little else to do with her time but complain bitterly about virtually every step the new Trump Administration took. During Monday night’s airing of The 11th Hour, she and former GOP staffer Reed Galen, who is now president of The Union (an apparent subgroup of The Lincoln Project) and host of The Home Front podcast, railed incessantly against the administration’s latest moves, acting as though the world were coming to an end.

True to form, though, they seemed to take some comfort in their conviction that they were right, and know so much better than all those stupid, ordinary, everyday Americans who voted Trump back in.

On the administration’s strong Republican support in Congress, Ruhle asked Galen: “Are they okay with giving up their power as a co-equal branch of government?” “Yes. 100 percent,” Galen replied. “You know, without question, they are - let's see - 270 walking rubber stamps.”