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MSNBC's Chris Hayes tells Republicans that Trump is to blame for midterm failures: 'He screwed you today!'
November 09, 2022
MSNBC host Chris Hayes addressed Republicans on the progressive cable news channel's coverage of election night, during which a "red wave" of Republican victories apparently failed to materialize.
Hayes was on MSNBC's election night panel when he commented on the lack of expected victories by Republicans and pinned the blame partly on failed endorsements by former President Donald Trump.
"I think part of the fretting is the 2016 PTSD, like, really, that was a seismic event in the history of American politics, in the history of the world, in the history of American democracy, right?" Hayes said.
He went on to recall how he told Democratic strategist James Carville in 2016 during a break that he didn't think Hillary Clinton was going to win the election.
"I think that goes both ways. Democrats have this sort of insecurity, right, I think Republicans still ascribe to that man this totemic power that he does not have. He doesn't have some magic power, I'm telling you, Republicans," he continued.
"What camera am I looking at? He doesn't have a magic power; he is unpopular," Hayes said while peering directly at the camera.
"He is unpopular. He screwed you today. He screwed you!" he said emphatically.
"It's not the full story, I totally agree," Hayes concluded, "but it is part of the story, and the sooner you dump him, the better it is for the Republican Party and for American democracy, full stop!"
Trump's endorsements failed in some elections in Colorado, where Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert appeared to lose to Democrat Adam Frisch, and in Pennsylvania, where Dr. Mehmet Oz appeared to lose the U.S. Senate election to John Fetterman. On the other hand, Trump-endorsed candidate J.D. Vance won the U.S. Senate seat for Ohio, and Ted Budd also won a Senate seat for North Carolina.
The MSNBC panel was disappointed by the massive victories in Florida, where Republicans Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio were able to win their reelection campaigns by large margins.
Here's the video of Hayes' comments:
\u201c"I think Republicans still ascribe to that man this totemic power that he does not have. He doesn't have some magic power," says @chrislhayes on Donald Trump. \n\n"Republicans: He is unpopular. He screwed you today. He screwed you."\u201d— All In with Chris Hayes (@All In with Chris Hayes) 1667971411
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