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Conservative David Frum singles out Fox News host for stoking Capitol takeover by Trump supporters

Conservative writer David Frum said the violent takeover of the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump's supporters was a "secession from American democracy."

The former speechwriter for George W. Bush said Wednesday's violence was part of an increasingly intense assault on democratic institutions by Trump and his right-wing followers, and Frum said it was important to note that it was aided and abetted by some of the most powerful political elites in the U.S. -- and not just the president.

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'Arrest him today!' MSNBC's Morning Joe unloads furious F-bomb rant against Trump's 'insurrection'

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough didn't mince words about the "insurrection" against the United States that was aided and abetted by President Donald Trump.

The "Morning Joe" host dropped an F-bomb during a denunciation of the takeover of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters following a speech by the president, where he encouraged them to march to prevent the certification of Joe Biden's election win, and called out all the law enforcement professionals who stood by and let them into the building to menace lawmakers.

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Trump 'backlash' helped get Kamala Harris and Raphael Warnock elected: Morning Joe

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough pointed out an ironic result of President Donald Trump's racist administration.

The Rev. Raphael Warnock has been projected the winner of his race against Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler in Georgia, and Democrat Jon Ossoff remains in striking distance of Sen. David Perdue -- which would unseat Mitch McConnell as majority leader once Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are sworn in -- and the "Morning Joe" host says the president is to blame for those GOP losses.

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Debate breaks out online over election numbers by John King or Steve Kornacki

The polls haven't closed in Georgia yet as voters decide the make-or-break election for Republicans. While exit polls have numbers out, they ignore a whopping 3 million previously cast ballots in the state. So, the election-night conversation turned to news station loyalty based on the numbers cruncher of choice: CNN's John King or MSNBC's Steve Kornacki.

There's a slate of Kornacki loyalists who led to a flood of celebration for his non-stop dedication to the 2020 election results. The MSNBC host pledged ahead of the election that he wouldn't leave the studio until a winner was called. As the results crept into its third-day colleagues were taking over for him so he could catch a nap in his office.

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Trump knows more about bizarre online conspiracies than the QAnon rank-and-file: extremism expert

An NBC News reporter who tracks online extremism said he was shocked by President Donald Trump's grasp of the most fringe elements of one of the most fetid conspiracy theories on the internet.

Journalist Ben Collins told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the president displayed in his phone call to Georgia's secretary of state a startling depth of understanding of the Qanon conspiracy theory, which claims that some political and media elites are part of a satanic cabal that sacrifices children and opposes Trump.

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Mueller prosecutor points to key detail in Trump’s shakedown call — that could be legally devastating

Andrew Weissmann, the former senior prosecutor for special counsel Robert Mueller, explained to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace that the lawyers on the Georgia call with President Donald Trump are asking for a completely different thing than Trump was.

"I would add that the Ukraine call, that led to impeachment, which is remarkably similar," said Weissmann. "The difference now is one of timing. His presidency is about to be over and you're exactly right that there's now a really different level of pressure on the new administration as to what it's going to do. In other words, will it be okay for the president to do what happened here, the precedent of not being accountable?"

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The GOP was a ‘hollow, bankrupt, principle-less husk’ of a party ripe for Trump to takeover: Heilemann

MSNBC commentator John Heilemann explained how the Republican Party was ripe for the taking from someone like President Donald Trump.

Host Nicolle Wallace, on Wednesday, explained that the conservative Wall Street Journal blamed Trump if Democrats win in Georgia next week in the runoff elections. But the reality is that Trump is only a symptom of a larger diseased GOP.

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'Fueled by evil intent': Morning Joe panelist warns US faces 'epic danger' in Trump's final weeks

MSNBC's Mike Barnicle warned the United States faced an unprecedented threat in the next three weeks from a defeated and angry President Donald Trump.

The "Morning Joe" contributor fears the president will take out his rage on the nation's people and democratic institutions as his attempts to undo his election loss fail.

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'Art of the Deal' President Donald Trump ridiculed for failing at every deal he attempted in 4 years

"If you don't deliver the goods, people will eventually catch on," President Donald Trump's ghostwriter penned in The Art of the Deal. Over the course of four years, Trump could have used a little of his own advice because over the course of the past four years, he's failed in every respect.

Substituting for MSNBC host Chris Hayes, journalist, commentator and Peacock host Mehdi Hasan walked through the sad and pathetic list of every deal that Trump attempted. The only successful deals turned out to be ones negotiated by someone else in his Cabinet.

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The top 10 richest members of the Senate don’t think you need $2,000 checks: report

On MSNBC Tuesday, anchor Mehdi Hasan tore into Senate Republicans, noting that the top ten richest of them either oppose the increased stimulus, or are only now coming around to it to echo outgoing President Donald Trump.

"In a year when America's billionaires grew their wealth by a trillion dollars, McConnell and his merry band of multimillionaire GOP colleagues in the Senate denied an attempt to send $2,000 checks to ordinary Americans," said Hasan. "McConnell blocked the relief measure from coming to the Senate floor for a vote, even though it passed in the House, even though the Republican president is on board with it, even though a majority of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, support it. But the Majority Leader and his super-wealthy friends said no."

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Health expert reveals how Trump's administration is repeating its COVID-19 failures with vaccine rollout

Public health expert Dr. Ashish Jha explained why he's frustrated with the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine so far -- and revealed who's to blame.

Jha, who serves as dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the federal government promised 20 million doses of the vaccine, but he said millions of doses sit unused in hospitals because distribution hasn't been properly coordinated.

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Morning Joe panel shreds 'narcissistic' Trump’s silence on Nashville suicide bomber

Panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" puzzled over President Donald Trump's continued silence on a suicide bombing that ripped apart downtown Nashville on Christmas morning.

The bomb injured eight people and damaged dozens of buildings, but Trump hasn't mentioned the explosion while vacationing at his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida, and the president's silence is growing louder as President-elect Joe Biden denounced the bomber and thanked police officers who helped clear the area.

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'You're done, you lost, good-bye': MSNBC's Donny Deutsch buries soon-to-be 'irrelevant' Trump

MSNBC's Donny Deutsch welcomed the time when President Donald Trump's mood swings were no longer newsworthy.

The "Morning Joe" regular predicted Trump would quickly lose his grip on the Republican Party once he leaves office next month, even if he continues to draw attention to himself on TV and social media.

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