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MSNBC Celebrates Trump Indictment with 24/7 Campaign Promotion
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MSNBC Celebrates Trump Indictment with 24/7 Campaign Promotion

The corporate hosts totally own the former president by granting him unlimited coverage

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Former President Trump made history this week with his third indictment, forecasting a messy campaign season with the threat of jail hanging over the election. And the corporate pundits over at MSNBC are taking him down.

Liberal freak outs and mockery of his supporters in an unending cycle with nearly zero time given to any other subject is tearing down the Trump campaign, turning MAGA supporters and undecided voters alike against the villain, winning countless votes and viewers for MSNBC.

Oh wait, this just in, a new report says Donald Trump has never, 2016 and 2020 included, been in a better position to win the election. And the smug warmongers at MSNBC are only helping the other warmonger’s chances. In yet another unsurprising disappointment of 2023, the uniparty wins again.

But if you notice, I did say MSNBC is giving nearly zero time to any other subject; there is one other. And that’s the other sketchy legal defense. Katie and Aaron watch a supercut of MSNBC hosts assuring viewers that Hunter Biden’s speakerphone calls with his father during business meetings weren’t about business. They were about the weather, and family, and small talk.

Because when you’re in a business meeting and your dad calls, don’t you also put him on speakerphone to talk about the weather?

It’s an absurd week with a lot to throw down. Katie and Aaron are hot and ready. It’s our Thursday bonus episode. Let us know in the comments what corporate media monologues, interviews, or anything else you want to see on the next Thursday Throwdown.

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