MSNBC’s Alex Wagner says the media has missed an ‘exciting moment’ in the 2024 election.
MSNBC host Alex Wagner spoke on Monday about the Democratic Party and The media In the year She missed an “exciting moment” in the 2024 election, detailing what voters really care about and how she’ll spend President-elect Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office.
“I think one of the feelings we all have after this election is that we’ve missed this terrible time in the media to some extent and certainly in the Democratic Party,” Wagner said.
Wagner, who took over the primetime slot of MSNBC host Rachel Maddow four nights a week on the network, will hit the road to address voters and more during Trump’s first 100 days. Maddow, who had previously been hampered by hosting her show just one night a week on MSNBC, will bring back the 9PM show during the first few months of Trump’s presidency.
“I think it’s important that we get out there and show the country in 360 degrees what’s going on and how people are being affected on a visual and personal level. It’s happening so much in the draft,” she said.
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow lost 43% of viewers from Trump’s election day victory.
MSNBC’s Alex Wagner sits down with late night host Seth Meyers to discuss what’s covered in the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency. (Screenshot/Setmeyers)
“We will speak to all those involved in the decision-making process, those who are affected by the decision-making process and those who are deceived by the promises,” said Wagner, who also spoke to voters before the election. swing states. “And when the Democrats started mentioning January 6, February 6, I knew they had a problem. I thought, ‘You know what? The message isn’t working around that.'”
“Now I think the question is, what does Trump mean beyond his rhetoric as president? Whose lives are being affected? Do you want to set up mass deportation camps? We’re going to talk to the people. They’re coming together. You want to talk about amnesty for the January 6th riots. After you release the prisoners, we’re going to talk to them about who’s powerful and how they’re going to do it. ?
Wagner spoke to Latino and black voters in Philadelphia before the election, and was surprised they supported Trump’s call for “mass deportation.”
Wagner and Maddow will return to their current schedule, with Maddow hosting the slot on Monday nights and Wagner hosting the rest of the week through April 30, according to the AP.
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MSNBC host Rachel Maddow talks on her March 25, 2024, show. (Screenshot/MSNBC)
In particular, Wagner said while covering the Republican National Convention that Trump’s vice presidential pick, JD Vance, had laid “easter eggs for white nationalism” during his RNC speech, saying he wanted to be buried in his family’s plot in Kentucky.
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“I just think the construction of this mindset reveals a lot about a man who believes fundamentally in whiteness and male supremacy, and halcyon lies in a kind of, you know, revisiting his roots, but it really reveals what it’s about. He thinks about issues and who America is and America is a place for people with a common Western background, Wagner said in July.