MSNBC host Alex Wagner on Monday lamented that the Democratic Party and Media She missed a “disastrous moment” in the 2024 election on what voters really care about, and detailed how she would spend President-elect Donald Trump's first 100 days in office.
“I think one of the feelings we all had after the end of this election was that we had kind of lost this catastrophic moment, in the media, to some extent, and certainly in the Democratic Party,” Wagner said.
Wagner, who took over as MSNBC host Primetime host Rachel Maddow will hit the network four nights a week to talk to voters and more during the first 100 days of Trump's presidency. Maddow, who had previously clashed hosting her own show only one night a week on MSNBC, will bring back the 9 p.m. show during the first few months of Trump's presidency.
“I think it's imperative that we go out and show the country a 360-degree view of what's happening and how people are affected on a deep, personal level. A lot of this is unfolding in the abstract,” she said.
MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow has shed 43% of her audience since Trump's election day victory
MSNBC's Alex Wagner sat down with late night host Seth Meyers to discuss what to cover in the first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency. (Screenshot/Sethmeyers)
“We will talk to everyone who participates in decision-making, is influenced by the decision-making process, and is attracted by promises,” Wagner said, noting that she also spoke to voters before the election on the most important issues. Swing states. “And I knew Democrats had a problem when they started referring to January 6th as February 6th. I thought, 'You know what? Messaging doesn't work around this day.'”
“Right now, I think the question is, what does it mean for Trump to be president beyond just rhetoric? Whose lives are affected? Do you want to create mass deportation camps? We're going to talk to the people who are being arrested.” You want to talk about pardoning the rioters on January 6, and we will talk to the prisoners once they are released. She wants to talk about the Trump administration, who's running it, who's in power, “And how do they do it? We'll go to Washington, D.C., and bring it to you,” Wagner said, describing her plans for when Maddow gets her time back.
Wagner spoke to Latino and black voters before the election in Philadelphia, and he was He was surprised by their support Because of Trump's call for “mass deportations.”
Wagner and Maddow will return to their current schedule, with Maddow hosting the slot on Monday nights and Wagner hosting the rest of the week, on April 30, according to the AP.
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow speaks during her show on March 25, 2024. (Screenshot/MSNBC)
Wagner claimed privately while Covering the Republican National Convention Trump's running mate pick, J.D. Vance, dropped “white nationalism Easter eggs” by saying during his RNC speech that he wanted to be buried in his family's plot in Kentucky.
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“I think constructing this idea reveals a lot about someone who fundamentally believes in the supremacy of whiteness and masculinity, couched in a kind of golden color, you know, reconsidering his roots, but it actually reveals what Wagner said in July: ‘He believes that “It matters who America is, and that America is a place for people who have a common Western background.”
