By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-05 11:27:19 | Updated at 2025-01-09 05:45:56
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MSNBC Hosts Dump On Speaker Johnson's 1st Ballot Win, But Panelist Admits: 'Impressive'
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
Posted on 01/05/2025 3:11:37 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
On Saturday's edition of MSNBC's The Weekend, the co-hosts did what they could do downplay and dump on the magnitude of Mike Johnson's first-ballot election as Speaker of the House, and on Trump's contribution to that victory.
But panelists Julie Tsirkin and Eugene Daniels showed some surprising independence.
Co-host Symone Sanders portrayed Trump's call to House holdouts as "slapdash." And co-host Michael Steele claimed Trump had to be persuaded to "come in off the back nine" to make the call.
But NBC News correspondent Tsirkin said that Trump actually made two calls, during which he made the case that Johnson was the only person who could garner the required 218 votes. Tsirkin described the Speaker vote as an "important test" for Trump. One that he obviously passed.
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MSNBC analyst Eugene Daniels described Johnson and Trump's ability to corral the Republican caucus as "impressive." But Sanders sought to belittle that, claiming that some of the holdouts said their decision to ultimately support Johnson wasn't due to Trump's intervention.
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After praising Trump and Johnson’s accomplishment in getting the first-ballot win, these two panelists might not be invited back anytime soon!
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2 posted on 01/05/2025 3:13:04 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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But Sanders sought to belittle that, claiming that some of the holdouts said their decision to ultimately support Johnson wasn't due to Trump's intervention.
What else could yet say? “Yeah, we’re Trump’s bitches?”
3 posted on 01/05/2025 3:25:21 AM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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