'High on its own supply': MSNBC host shows how GOP's election denialism backfired on party
The GOP has spent years convincing itself of its own false claims about election fraud and rigging, said anchor Ari Melber on MSNBC Thursday evening — and the latest round of election losses they suffered on Tuesday proves it has backfired on them, much like a drug dealer raiding his own stash.
"The fact that the Trump wing of the party embraced denialism has hurt the party's ability to get anywhere near competitive," said Melber. "If you're watching this and want a healthy democracy, that's a bad thing. If you're watching and want Republicans to keep losing elections you're hoping they keep making this mistake. The Republican Party, under Trump's election denialism, has been lying to itself, and that doesn't work, which brings us to an iconic and true lesson from 'Scarface.'"
He played a clip from the iconic film, showing the character of Elvira Hancock chiding drug dealer Tony Montana: "Number two, don't get high on your own supply."...