Two MSNBC employees made it abundantly clear where they stand on their new colleague former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, and McDaniel likely won’t have to worry about waking up early for Morning Joe.
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski addressed the hiring of McDaniel by NBC, something that has drawn criticism by many because of McDaniel’s role in trying to overturn the 2020 election in favor of former President Donald Trump. After her NBC debut on Sunday’s Meet the Press, NBC’s Chuck Todd delivered a stunning on-air rebuke of the decision. On Monday, Brzezinki and Scarborough offered their own:
Scarborough: I know you won’t be surprised to know that we’ve been inundated with calls this weekend, as have most people connected with this network about NBC’s decision to hire her. We learned about the hiring when we read about it in the press on Friday. We weren’t asked our opinion of the hiring, but if we were, …