Ever because the inauguration two weeks in the past, MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle has apparently had little else to do together with her time however complain bitterly about just about each step the brand new Trump Administration took. Throughout Monday evening’s airing of The eleventh Hour, she and former GOP staffer Reed Galen, who’s now president of The Union (an obvious subgroup of The Lincoln Challenge) and host of The House Entrance podcast, railed incessantly towards the administration’s newest strikes, performing as if the world have been coming to an finish.
True to kind, although, they appeared to take some consolation of their conviction that they have been proper, and know so a lot better than all these silly, bizarre, on a regular basis Individuals who voted Trump again in.
On the administration’s sturdy Republican help in Congress, Ruhle requested Galen: “Are they okay with giving up their energy as a co-equal department of presidency?” “Sure. one hundred pc,” Galen replied. “You understand, with out query, they’re – let’s have a look at – 270 strolling rubber stamps.”
He then went on to single out Senator Susan Collins of Maine for her help of Trump’s choose of Tulsi Gabbard as director of nationwide intelligence, saying, “She is aware of higher, however she’s all the time identified higher. I suppose in any case these years, they nonetheless have not realized their lesson. However, Collins has, which is, she’s going to get in line now that that is in her greatest curiosity.”
The subject then turned to the dismantling of USAID, begun below the auspices of Elon Musk’s Division of Authorities Effectivity, and the 2 couldn’t conceal their vitriol for Musk, his plan, or any bizarre one who would possibly take a extra favorable view. “If you’re a person American,” Galen requested rhetorically, “Have you learnt what USAID is?” “What it does?” or “How does it have an effect on your life?” “No,” Ruhle replied flatly as if to signify Individuals.
So, in line with them, common Individuals have been too silly and ignorant to even know the way their very own authorities labored or the place their tax {dollars} went. They weren’t, in Galen’s phrases, “fearful concerning the sport of thrones that Elon and Trump…are taking part in,” and sadly, “that is the factor that Republicans have been very clear on.”
Issues took a flip for the laughable when Galen asserted that a part of the issue was that Democrats “have all the time had an uncomfortable relationship with energy. They have been very unwilling to put it to use, they have been un- very unwilling to do the issues they may once they have it.”
He went on to demand Democrats ask themselves: “now it’s a must to say, are you going to bear the implications of using no matter slivers of energy you will have?”
“This isn’t to show right into a remedy session for you and me, Stephanie- however like- there may be some, you recognize, boundaries it’s a must to put up for your self, proper?” Galen intoned. “However the final piece is,” he concluded, “and once more, that is extra philosophical than something else- we have to be satisfied that on the finish of this, no matter else occurs, we’ll prevail. However it will be fairly robust within the meantime.”
“You simply have to remain within the gentle,” agreed Ruhle.
One would possibly suppose that MSNBC may in some unspecified time in the future cease obsessing over each motion of a president and an administration they occur to dislike, and patting themselves on the again for their very own purported ethical and mental superiority, and easily report the information.
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MSNBC The eleventh Hour
02/03/2025
11:50 PM
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: RASKIN ON MUSK-WE’RE GOING TO STOP HIM]
STEPHANIE RUHLE: Reed Galen joins us. He labored on various GOP campaigns. He is now the president of jointheunion.us and host of the- the Homefront podcast.
Reed, can we begin with Republicans? Republicans in Congress. We aren’t listening to a lot from them. And what I need to perceive, are they okay with giving up their energy as a co-equal department of presidency?
REED GALEN (JOINTHEUNION.US PRESIDENT): Sure. one hundred pc. You understand, with out query, they’re – let’s have a look at – 270 strolling rubber stamps.
I noticed a pathetic excuse for an evidence from Susan Collins of Maine right this moment, about why she was now comfy with Tulsi Gabbard being the Director of Nationwide Intelligence. She is aware of higher, however she’s all the time identified higher. I suppose in any case these years, they nonetheless have not realized their lesson. However, Collins has, which is, she’s going to get in line now that that is in her greatest curiosity.
(…)
11:52 PM
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: IS CONGRESS GIVING UP ITS POWER TO TRUMP AND MUSK?]
GALEN: After which lastly, look, we’ve to be very clear. If you’re a person American, one, are you aware what USAID is?
RUHLE: No.
Galen: Two, should you do, are you aware what it does? And three, should you do, one, are you okay with that? And two, how does it have an effect on your life?
And that is the factor that Republicans have been very clear on, is that the person American who’s attempting to get via the day shouldn’t be fearful concerning the sport of thrones that Elon and Trump and Jamie Raskin and all people else are taking part in.
11:53 PM
GALEN: Democrats, Stephanie, have all the time had an uncomfortable relationship with energy. They have been very unwilling to put it to use, they have been un- very unwilling to do the issues they may once they have it.
Look, they’ve a historical past. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s all the time understood it. LBJ going again, Harry Reid- like, there are Democrats who’ve understood it.
However now it’s a must to say, are you going to bear the implications of using no matter slivers of energy you will have?
(…)
11:54 PM
RUHLE: So what do you say to folks on the market? There are voters who really feel angered, they really feel paralyzed proper now, they’re saying, “I didn’t vote for Elon Musk. I do not need this.” What ought to they be targeted on? What ought to they do?
GALEN: You- Look, there’s not a fantastic reply to this, sadly. The one factor I can say- and this isn’t to show right into a remedy session for you and me, Stephanie- however like- there may be some, you recognize, boundaries it’s a must to put up for your self, proper?
I used to be speaking to someone, a pricey household good friend just a bit whereas ago- mentioned “I am simply positively depressed, simply watching issues all day daily. How may this presumably occur?” They then adopted up with “are my social safety checks going to cease coming?” In order that’s a authentic concern. However, once more, there’s a distinction between paying consideration, maintaining your eyes and ears open, and diving deep, deep, deep into the loopy pool all day, daily.
There are many issues round us, proper? In our communities, in our neighborhoods, in our children’ faculties, no matter it’s, that need assistance and are going to want extra assist over the approaching days, weeks and months. And that is to not say that we should always ever be okay with what Musk and Trump are doing. However we even have to know: One, the fact of our state of affairs, however two, perceive that if we do the work, that is unglamorous, it is unsexy, that ev- includes these particular person Individuals, one, who both really feel disconnected or two, stayed residence final November, proper? Then we can have some inexperienced shoots when the time comes.
However the final piece is- and once more, that is extra philosophical than something else- we have to be satisfied that on the finish of this, no matter else occurs, we’ll prevail. However it will be fairly robust within the meantime.
RUHLE: You simply have to remain within the gentle.
(…)
