Simone Sanders On MSNBC Prime: Our Democracy Is On Life Support

I recently noticed a show on MSNBC called MSNBC Prime, one I hadn’t seen before, so I decided to record it. I was hoping for a straight news program, but when I tuned in, I discovered Simone Sanders was hosting. Sanders had been a senior adviser for Joe Biden, and after Biden took office, she was named chief spokesperson and a senior adviser for Vice President Kamala Harris. It quickly became clear that this was yet another Democrat-activist, opinion-driven show, similar to those hosted by Joy Reid and Jen Psaki. While MSNBC might be tweaking its lineup, it remains the same old Democrat echo chamber. The network parted ways with Joy Reid and a few others but promoted Simone Sanders and Jen Psaki, both of whom had served as spokeswomen for Biden/Harris and other Democrats.

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Simone Sanders: We begin this hour with four words presented by democratic congresswoman Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico. And these four words really just summed up whatever you wanna call what we saw last night in that house chamber. Did you see that at the bottom of your screen? This is not normal. I should note that just moments later, Republican Congressman Lance Gooden of Texas ripped that sign out of Stansbury's hands and threw it in the air. Hmm, that's not given to quorum. That is how the night started with what is traditionally meant to be an address made by presidents to advance their agenda and push for new legislation with, you know, at least a veiled attempt at reaching across the aisle. Instead, President Trump gave a highly partisan and devices speech rehashing his election victory, focusing on culture war issues and deriding the Democrats, referring to them as these people and radical left lunatics. This was not like any other joint address given by any other president because of what is happening in our country right now. You have the executive branch thumbing its nose at the coequal branch of government that is the legislative, trampling on its constitutional authority. I mean, apparently Donald Trump just doesn't believe in this whole checks and balances thing that we've been doing since the creation of this country. This is not hyperbole, folks, to say that our democracy is on life support, and Trump is stress testing the system. Republicans by and large, they, they seem uninterested and asserting themselves by defending their constitutional authority. And Democrats, on the other hand, they say they want to fight, but last night democratic leadership discouraged that, requesting compliance and decorum. Still, some have their paddle signs and their white...

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It’s funny that a Democrat’s holding a "This Is Not Normal" sign when they’re the ones who think sex changes for kids and biological men dominating women’s sports are perfectly normal.