'Hoo boy!': MSNBC hosts stunned by Trump mainstreaming far-right ideology in second term

President Donald Trump's efforts to provide a platform for far-right ideologies within his second administration stunned an MSNBC panel on Sunday night.

The panel on MSNBC's "The Weekend: Primetime" discussed a recent report from The New York Times that named Trump administration officials who have espoused far-right rhetoric. For example, the report names podcast host Paul Ingrassia, who was picked to lead the Office of the Special Counsel. Ingrassia has previously claimed that "exceptional white men" are most capable of "appreciating the fruits" of Western civilization.

The show's hosts played a short montage of other similar comments Trump administration officials have made, which the hosts claimed were statements that used to get people fired from government positions.

"Hoo boy!" host Antonia Hylton said. "It's not like we haven't covered this in the past, but reading it out loud like that is depressing."

"When you have people like Stephen Miller in charge of immigration policy in this country, and I think Elon Musk has now completely turned X into a platform for extremist and white nationalist voices in this country, it is a convergence, Ayman Mohyeldin replied.

The NYT report notes that white nationalist organizations have been particularly fond of the Trump administration because it is echoing some of their talking points. For example, several administration officials have espoused the Great Replacement Theory, which likens immigration to the U.S. to a military invasion.

Mohyeldin added that these groups seem to be "happy with the space that's been created for them."

"They see in this administration more than the dog whistles that they need to know they have been empowered and they can speak up in this county in ways they haven't been able to for decades," he added.

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