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Comedy CentralIn the span of just five days, Ronna McDaniel has seen her career as a television pundit be both born then brutally executed for all the world to see. And while Jordan Klepper says he doesn't "really give a shit," there is one issue it brings to light for The Daily Show correspondent and guest host.
On Friday, NBC News announced that they had hired McDaniel as an on-air contributor, which resulted in an immediate backlash among many of the network's VIPs, including Morning Joe's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow.
McDaniel, the former Republican Party leader, has attempted to distance herself from efforts she made to overturn the 2020 election, however reports indicate her close ties to Donald Trump ahead of the violent insurrection as he attempted to maneuver his way back into the White House.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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MSNBCBaltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D) responded to some of the bizarre criticisms coming from conservatives following the cargo ship-induced collapse of the city's Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday morning by saying the term DEI—when applied derogatorily to him—means "duly elected incumbent."
On MSNBC's The Reid Out, host Joy Reid prefaced her interview with Scott, who is Black, by calling attention to a tweet describing Scott as "Baltimore's DEI mayor." That post, which references the acronym that stands for diversity, equity and inclusion, has generated more than 25 million views, along with a clarifying community note on X.
"I cannot believe I have to say this," Reid began. "Brandon Scott was elected with 70 percent of the vote in 2020 in a city that is 61 percent Black. So by right-wing logic, a ‘diversity hire' would have been a white man."
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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