
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @DailyCaller
Ben Collins, NBC News senior reporter, said Wednesday that many from former President Donald Trump's "base" simply "want to get violent" and don't want to vote anymore.
Collins also suggested to the panel on MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports" that Trump-endorsed Republican candidates underperformed in Tuesday's midterms because the aforementioned Trump supporters didn't vote, the Daily Caller said.
“There’s a large portion — so, like, the people who planned the insurrection still have their forum, and they gave up on democracy a long time ago, and by the way, we should have factored this in a little bit more before people started voting, I think,” Collins said. “There is a large section of the Trump base that simply does not want to vote anymore, they just want to get violent, and maybe those people didn’t show up."
\u201cBen Collins: "There is a large section of the Trump base that simply does not want to vote anymore, they just want to get violent.\u201d\u201d— Daily Caller (@Daily Caller) 1668029063
Many of those responding to the Twitter clip above weren't buying Collins' theories. Believe it or not, a couple of detractors actually got quite sarcastic:
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As you might imagine, there's more where that came from:
The Daily Caller added that MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow made an accusation on Election Night similar to Collins' pronouncement, claiming the “far right” was using its “open carry privilege” to intimidate political opponents.
The consensus is that Republicans underperformed Tuesday. In fact, conservative writer Marc Thiessen implored the GOP to head into some deep introspection after failing to deliver the promised "red wave" for the midterm elections.
"We had the worst inflation in four decades, the worst collapse in real wages in 40 years, the worst crime wave since the 1990s, the worst border crisis in U.S. history. We have Joe Biden, who is the least popular president since Harry Truman — since presidential polling happened — and there wasn’t a red wave," the Fox News contributor said late Tuesday.