Alex Christy
[See NewsBusters for more.] Former RNC chairman Michael Steele joined The 11th Hour host Brian Williams on MSNBC's Friday night coverage of the Senate's COVID relief bill vote-a-roma. Sounding more like a progressive activist than a former Republican chairman, Steele condemned Arizona Sen. Krysten Sinema for her "childish" and "insulting" vote against raising the minimum…
[See NewsBusters for more.] One of the most basic rules of health care is that it is immoral to discriminate against someone for their political beliefs, but that didn't stop MSNBC Live host Stephanie Ruhle from entertaining the idea on her Thursday program that Texas and Mississippi could be punished for lifting their mask mandates.
Alluding to President Biden's "…
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC Live host Stephanie Ruhle was confused on her Wednesday show why conservatives are so focused on cancel culture when there are real problems in this country. To help her out, the Washington Post's Philip Bump explained that people concerned about cancel culture are really just old white people worried about the less-white youth.
Early on…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Late Night host Seth Meyers alleged on Tuesday that conservatives may not be unified on the idea of Trump 2024, but if CPAC proved anything, it is that conservatives are united around stupid culture war issues that nobody cares about.
After discussing the results of CPAC's straw poll where Trump could not "even get above 55% with these…
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC Live host Hallie Jackson teamed up with the ALCU on Friday to declare moves by some states to protect women's sports and minors from life-altering decisions "anti-trans."
At the same time as the Equality Act is making its way through Congress, Jackson noted, "It's also happening at more anti-trans rhetoric makes headlines. CPAC…
[See NewsBusters for more.] During his early Thursday, humorless monologue Late Night host Seth Meyers praised President Biden's vaccine distribution record, contrasting it with that of "President Outbreak Monkey." But, it was not all good news for Meyers, as he also condemned Biden for not being far enough to the left.
Meyers began by noting how Republican governors…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Andrea Mitchell was distraught on her Wednesday MSNBC show over the fact that Republicans are not thrilled with President Biden's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra. She was also dismayed that thus far no Republicans have stepped forward to cancel Sen. Joe Manchin's decision to vote no on OMB director-nominee Neera Tanden…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Neera Tanden and New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland, President Biden's nominees for Office of Management and Budget and the Interior Department respectively, have faced difficult confirmation processes, in large part due to their history of past statements about Republicans. Which, to CNN Newsroom host Brianna Keilar raises the question: is…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Given Texas' weather-induced power outages and Sen. Ted Cruz's related optics blunder, MSNBC Live host Stephanie Ruhle wondered on Friday how he manages to get elected and if Texans will be dumb enough to keep supporting Republicans in the aftermath of the crisis.
During a conversation with progressive Texas political analyst James Moore,…
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC Live guest host Geoff Bennett and executive director of the National Immigration Law Center Marielena Hincapie not only praised President Biden's proposal give a pathway to citizenship to roughly 11 million illegal immigrants on Thursday, they implied that opposition to the proposal's verbiage is tantamount to dehumanizing immigrants.…
