Stephanie Ruhle to John Kelly: 'We can introduce you to some competent people who didn't beat their wives'

MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle on Wednesday lashed out at White House Chief of Staff John Kelly for keeping an alleged wife beater on staff instead of search for "competent people who didn't beat their wives."

"How much is this a disservice to the president?" Ruhle asked of Kelly's initial decision to defend alleged domestic abuser Rob Porter instead of firing him. "This hot mess the president knew nothing about and shouldn't have to deal with something like this."

"I don't mean to be sassy here this morning," she continued. "More than anything I'm sad. I'm sad, in part, [because of a Washington Post article that said] when a White House aide was asked if John Kelly was transparent or truthful, they said -- quote -- 'In this White House, it is simply not in our DNA.'"

Ruhle pointed out that White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders seemed to suggest at Tuesday's press conference that Kelly was not giving her the whole story on the Porter domestic abuse scandal.

"There you've got John Kelly setting her up, 'Go out there and lie to the American people,'" the MSNBC host said. "You know what, there's one thing with Sarah Huckabee Sanders saying, 'You know what, I'm going to lie to the American people.' It's another thing for her to be lied to by her boss and then she's forced to lie to the American people."

Ruhle concluded the segment with a message for the President's chief of staff.

"John Kelly, I'd like to [make an] offer [to] you," she stated. "I get it, you think Rob Porter is a really smart, competent guy. He went to the Harvard. My own husband went to Princeton. We can introduce you to some competent people out there who didn't beat their wives."

Watch the video clip below from MSNBC.