Maddow and O’Donnell joined their colleagues in calling out McDaniel’s 2020 election denialism and criticized the decision to hire her.
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MSNBC’s top primetime hosts Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell on Monday night lashed out at NBC’s decision to hire former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel as a contributor, joining several of their high-profile colleagues who have called out the controversial hiring on air.Key Facts
During Monday night’s broadcast of her weekly primetime show—MSNBC’s top-rated—Maddow first called out McDaniel’s history of election denialism saying the former RNC chair has been “pitching in” and falsely implying the 2020 election “wasn’t right…that vote wasn’t real.”
The host then said she wanted to join her colleagues at both MSNBC and NBC News, who have objected to the network’s decision to hire McDaniel.
