On Monday evening, while millions of Americans across the country tuned in to view leading Republican presidential candidate and 45th president Donald Trump's victory speech after a decisive win in the Iowa caucus, several left-wing networks, including MSNBC and CNN, refused to air Donald Trump's speech. MSNBC host Rachel Maddow attempted to explain to the audience that the network was refusing to show the victory speech "not out of spite," despite previously in the broadcast claiming that Trump was a fascist authoritarian but was instead meant to stop giving an "unfiltered, live platform" to Trump.
"At this point in the evening, the projected winner of the Iowa caucuses has just started giving his victory speech," Maddow said about the 45th president. "We will keep an eye on that as it happens. We will let you know if there is any news made in that speech if there is anything noteworthy, something substantive and important."
"The reason I'm saying this is, of course, there is a reason that we and other news organizations have generally stopped giving an unfiltered, live platform to remarks by former President Trump. It is not out of spite; it is not a decision that we relish; it is a decision that we regularly revisit. And, honestly, earnestly, it is not an easy decision," Maddow explained. "But there is a cost to us, as a news organization, of knowingly broadcasting untrue things. That is a fundamental truth of our business and who we are. And so, his remarks tonight will not air here live. We will monitor them and let you know about any news that he makes."
While MSNBC viewers were deprived of President Trump's speech, they were welcome to view Maddow's on-air meltdown in response to Trump winning 98 of Iowa's 99 counties. "I don't mean to be, again, too dark as you said on this, but if we are worried about the rise of authoritarianism in this country, we are worried about the potential rise of fascism in this country. If we're worried about our democracy falling to an authoritarian and potentially fascist form of government," Maddow said. "The leader who is trying to do that is part of that equation, but people wanting that is a much bigger part of that equation."
"The American electorate is made up of two major parties. One of those parties has been flirting with extremism on the ultra-right for a very long time. They have brought them in in a way that they haven't been central to Republican electoral politics ever before, and I know because I have studied this," Maddow claims. "But once you have radicalized one major party so that those are the preferences of the people who adhere to your party, the leader's interchangeable. And yes, Trumpism is sometimes what we call it. MAGA movement is probably a better way to do it. But there is an authoritarian movement inside of Republican politics that isn't being bamboozled by Trump. They are pushing Trump to get more and more extreme because the more extreme things he says, the more they adhere to him. And that is coming from a very large portion of the American right that adheres to the Republican party, and that is why this is a Republican party problem more than it is the problem of one man."
Maddow's protest of the former president didn't stop him from dominating the competition. With all caucusgoers counted, Trump secured 51 percent of the vote, while Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) came in second with 21.2 percent, and former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) came in third with 19.1 percent.
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"At this point in the evening, the projected winner of the Iowa caucuses has just started giving his victory speech," Maddow said about the 45th president. "We will keep an eye on that as it happens. We will let you know if there is any news made in that speech if there is anything noteworthy, something substantive and important."
"The reason I'm saying this is, of course, there is a reason that we and other news organizations have generally stopped giving an unfiltered, live platform to remarks by former President Trump. It is not out of spite; it is not a decision that we relish; it is a decision that we regularly revisit. And, honestly, earnestly, it is not an easy decision," Maddow explained. "But there is a cost to us, as a news organization, of knowingly broadcasting untrue things. That is a fundamental truth of our business and who we are. And so, his remarks tonight will not air here live. We will monitor them and let you know about any news that he makes."
While MSNBC viewers were deprived of President Trump's speech, they were welcome to view Maddow's on-air meltdown in response to Trump winning 98 of Iowa's 99 counties. "I don't mean to be, again, too dark as you said on this, but if we are worried about the rise of authoritarianism in this country, we are worried about the potential rise of fascism in this country. If we're worried about our democracy falling to an authoritarian and potentially fascist form of government," Maddow said. "The leader who is trying to do that is part of that equation, but people wanting that is a much bigger part of that equation."
"The American electorate is made up of two major parties. One of those parties has been flirting with extremism on the ultra-right for a very long time. They have brought them in in a way that they haven't been central to Republican electoral politics ever before, and I know because I have studied this," Maddow claims. "But once you have radicalized one major party so that those are the preferences of the people who adhere to your party, the leader's interchangeable. And yes, Trumpism is sometimes what we call it. MAGA movement is probably a better way to do it. But there is an authoritarian movement inside of Republican politics that isn't being bamboozled by Trump. They are pushing Trump to get more and more extreme because the more extreme things he says, the more they adhere to him. And that is coming from a very large portion of the American right that adheres to the Republican party, and that is why this is a Republican party problem more than it is the problem of one man."
Maddow's protest of the former president didn't stop him from dominating the competition. With all caucusgoers counted, Trump secured 51 percent of the vote, while Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) came in second with 21.2 percent, and former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) came in third with 19.1 percent.
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The media refusing to broadcast the GOP frontrunner, and refusing to let the American people hear him, is fueling division. Dems believe what they are told about Trump, not their own eyes and ears.
— Libby Emmons (@libbyemmons) January 16, 2024
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JUST IN: Far-left MSNBC host Rachel Maddow has a meltdown after “fascist” Donald Trump’s solid performance in the Iowa caucuses.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 16, 2024
lol.
“I don't mean to be again, too dark as you said on this, but if we are worried about the rise of authoritarianism in this country, we are… pic.twitter.com/F8HJEziWRz
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2024-01-16T14:14-0600 | Comment by: Kay
She must be talking about Biden That is what Democrats do