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From: Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
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Subject: Re: NBC News To Fire Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel After
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:18:42 -0400
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anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
> Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> wrote:
>> Ubiquitous wrote:

>>> NBC News is reportedly planning to fire former Republican
>>> National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel after
>>> many top on-air hosts at MSNBC lambasted the network for
>>> its decision to hire her last week.
>>> 
>>> “NBC NEWS plans to drop ex RNC-chair Ronna McDaniel as a
>>> paid contributor following on-air revolt from NBC/MSNBC
>>> talent,” said Puck News reporter Dylan Byers. “Execs are
>>> deliberating over details; announcement pending.
>>> Meanwhile, McDaniel is seeking legal representation.”
>>> 
>>> The move comes after many of MSNBC’s top stars publicly
>>> attacked NBC News on their shows this week for hiring
>>> McDaniel, claiming that she was dishonest.
>>> 
>>> Some notable examples of MSNBC hosts who attacked their
>>> network included:
>>> 
>>> • Joe Scarborough: “We weren’t asked our opinion of the
>>> hiring, but if we were, we would have strongly objected to
>>> it for several reasons.”
>>> 
>>> • Mika Brzezinski: “We hope NBC will reconsider its
>>> decision.”
>>> 
>>> • Chuck Todd: “Look, there’s a reason why there’s a lot of
>>> journalists at NBC News are uncomfortable with this.
>>> Because many of our professional dealings with the RNC
>>> over the last six years have been met with gaslighting,
>>> have been met with character assassination.”
>>> 
>>> • Nicolle Wallace: “NBC News, either wittingly or
>>> unwittingly, is teaching election deniers that what they
>>> can do stretches well beyond appearing on our air and
>>> interviews to peddle lies about the sanctity and integrity
>>> of our elections, which Ronna McDaniel did on yesterday’s
>>> ‘Meet the Press’… and they can do that as one of us, as
>>> badge-carrying employees of NBC News, as paid contributors
>>> to our sacred airwaves.”
>>> 
>>> • Rachel Maddow: “The fact that Ms. McDaniel is on the
>>> payroll at NBC News – to me that is inexplicable.”
>>> 
>>> • Jen Psaki: “To quote Liz Cheney, Ronna facilitated
>>> Trump’s corrupt fake elector and his effort to pressure
>>> Michigan officials not to certify the legitimate election
>>> outcome. She spread his lies and called January 6th
>>> ‘legitimate political discourse.’ Look, this isn’t about
>>> Republicans versus Democrats. This isn’t about red versus
>>> blue. This is about truth versus lies. Service to the
>>> country versus service to one man committed to toppling
>>> our democratic system.”
>>> 
>>> • Lawrence O’Donnell: “MSNBC will not use Ronna McDaniel
>>> as a political analyst. But I do have a few questions for
>>> her whenever she might want to come on this program. And
>>> I’ll make it easy for her. I’ll tell her the questions
>>> ahead of time. My first question would be, why did you
>>> change your name for Donald Trump? Before Trump ran for
>>> president, her name was Ronna Romney McDaniel. How does
>>> that feel, to change her name to curry favor with the
>>> madman because he doesn’t like your uncle? How did you
>>> explain that to your kids? What lesson did your kids learn
>>> from that?”
>> 
>> And this is a big issue why? 
>> 
>> I seem to remember that Hillary Rodham *added* Clinton
>> to her moniker long after marriage. She had claimed that
>> she kept her maiden name to honor her father, yet that
>> got dropped once some people seemed to think she needed
>> to use the Clinton name once Bubba made it to the big
>> time in politics.
>
>She also claimed to be named after Sir Edmund Hillary, until he called her
>a liar to her fat, ugly face.

I think he was dead  by then, but numerous people pointed out that she was 
born before he became famous.

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