Lawrence O’Donnell Savages Ronna McDaniel for Dropping ‘Romney’ [Video]

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell did whatever the opposite of rolling out the red carpet is for NBC News’ latest hire – former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel.

The hiring has caused a firestorm at NBC News and MSNBC, with multiple hosts blasting the decision on air. Of all the in-house criticisms, however, O’Donnell’s may have cut the deepest.

Several MSNBC pundits have noted McDaniel’s role in promoting the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. Joe Scarborough played a montage of McDaniel’s election denialism. Chuck Todd noted that as RNC chair, McDaniel repeatedly tried to ruin NBC News’ credibility. Meanwhile, one MSNBC guest said the move is “pretty bad.”

On Monday’s installment of The Last Word, O’Donnell joined the pile-on. The host focused on the fact that McDaniel, who previously went by Ronna Romney McDaniel, dropped her uncle Mitt Romney’slast name because the senator has …