Not long after MSNBC’s Joy Reid decried the reasonable notion that former President Trump shouldn't be viewed as a “victim” after literally getting shot in the head during a failed assassination attempt, during their Monday coverage of night one of the Republican National Convention, she took disgusting swipes at the minority Republicans who were vying to be his vice president; suggesting they “take they humiliation from Donald Trump” and harm their races.
MSNBC actually ignored nearly all of the speeches during night one, say for the first two minutes and 20 seconds of Senator Tim Scott’s (R-SC). MSNBC host Rachel Maddow interrupted Scott to mock his speech and claim, without evidence, that he was delivering the VP acceptance speech he would have used if he was picked. MSNBC Host Alex Wagner chimed in to say Scott had no dignity:
MADDOW: South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, not chosen as Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate. But he’s sticking with, I think, what would be the same speech had he would have given had he been chosen.
WAGNER: Adjust Tim! Adjust! For your own dignity, adjust. But no such adjustments were made.
They essentially paved the way for Reid, who broadened the criticism to all the black, Latino, and Indian Republican politicians who were on Trump’s short list.
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