Charlie Hurt: MSNBC Hired John Brennan, Who Lies Constantly on Air, But Ronna Is Where They Draw the Line?

Varney: “NBC in meltdown mode after the network hired former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel. Charlie, you’ve got to watch this. Roll tape.”

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Todd: “She is now a paid contributor by NBC News. I have no idea whether any answer she gave to you was because she didn’t want to mess up the contract.”
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SCARBOROUGH: “We weren’t asked our opinion of the hiring, but if we were, we would have strongly objected to it for several reasons.”
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BRZEZINSKI: “We hope NBC will reconsider its decision. It goes without saying that she will not be a guest on ‘Morning Joe.’”
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MADDOW: “You wouldn’t hire a made man, like a mobster, to work in a D.A.’s office. (...) I find the decision to put her on the payroll inexplicable. And I hope they will reverse their decision.”
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Varney: “So there. Charlie, that’s a full-on implosion, isn’t it? I’m rather enjoying it.”
HURT: “It is truly extraordinary. I can’t even — I must say, I’ve been enjoying it immensely, but the idea — and we’ve always known NBC and MSNBC are — they are arms of the Democrat Party, and this is perfectly clear now, they don’t make any apology about that. But the idea that the problem here is that somebody is associated with the Republican nominee, one of the people running in the presidential election, kind of makes you wonder why anybody would look at them for anything other than straight up propaganda from the other side. But the other thing that just blows my mind about this is that they’re attacking her for being a liar. They employed John Brennan, who is former CIA director, who has lied extensively to people. But not only that, John Brennan got caught spying on United States senators on the Senate Intelligence Committee. He got caught doing that. He had to admit that he was — and he lied about it. He was lying to them and spying on them. And so the idea that they have no problem with a former CIA director who lies constantly on their airwaves, but Ronna McDaniel, that’s where they draw the line? It’s — these people are ridiculous, and it’s very hard to take them seriously.”
Varney: “Trump hatred runs deep in the American media, and that’s a fact.”