Distraught MSNBC Host Admits Trashing Kavanaugh “Has Hurt Democrats”
National Kyle Drennen
Oct 12, 2018
While moderating a panel discussion about the upcoming midterm elections on her 9:00 a.m. ET hour show on Friday, MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle bemoaned the fact that Democrats may have hurt their chances by the way they attempted to character assassinate Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, admitting that swing voters “don’t like the way Democrats handled it.”
“There was so much talk – or there is so much talk about the blue wave.
When we all went through the Kavanaugh experience in the last few weeks, many people said this is going to drive more Democrats to go out and vote,” Ruhle began.
However, she then acknowledged the real impact: “But if you actually look at the polls, they’ve tightened. They’ve tightened.
This Kavanaugh situation has hurt Democrats in the way that they handled it.”
Moments later, after noting that “a lot more Republicans are excited to vote,” Ruhle observed that the message Democrats had been using with voters may have backfired:
One of the things Democrats have been pushing is they’re sort of the moral leaders and they have been pointing the finger at Republicans. And something sort of got muzzled in the last few weeks that when you sit down with even a centrist and you talk about the Kavanaugh confirmation, whether it’s my feelings or not, they’re quickly saying it’s not just dirty politics on one side and Merrick Garland one side, the way Mitch McConnell handled it, more and more people are saying they don’t like the way Democrats handled it.
Even former Democratic Senator Bob Torricelli admitted: “ It pains me to say this, but, the Senate Democrats were incredibly ineffective in the Kavanaugh hearings.” Just before saying that, he predicted: “I know I’m going to hear from half the Judiciary Committee.” Ruhle chimed in: “And so will I. ”
Torricelli continued: “They didn’t cross-examine, they did not make a good case. They didn’t really stand up to Kavanaugh….I think that depressed Democratic feelings about the contrast between the parties. Otherwise, I agree, this just drove a fire under the Republican base.”
Ironically, Ruhle then complained to the New Jersey Democrat:
But in terms of Democrats and Democratic leadership, they have been pushing this idea that Donald Trump – and I get it – is an amoral guy, he lies every which way you can possibly think of.
But then, I look at states like New Jersey and I talk to New Jersey voters and I talk about the corruption we see or the self-serving we see, and they say, “Well, it’s not just Republicans, what about Bob Menendez?”
A Democrat, like you, in the state of New Jersey who is running again. And this guy was plagued with a corruption mistrial. If Democrats want to run on being the moral authority, is it the right move to have a guy like Menendez running again?
Ruhle seemed to forget that Torricelli himself was forced to abandon his reelection bid to the U.S. Senate following allegations that he accepted illegal campaign contributions. Despite his own corruption scandal, the hypocritical Democrat actually lectured others: “Stephanie, the entire system has what Daniel Patrick Moynihan called ‘a downward spiral of deviance.’”
https://www.lifenews.com/2018/10/12/distraugh...democrats/
National Kyle Drennen
Oct 12, 2018
While moderating a panel discussion about the upcoming midterm elections on her 9:00 a.m. ET hour show on Friday, MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle bemoaned the fact that Democrats may have hurt their chances by the way they attempted to character assassinate Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, admitting that swing voters “don’t like the way Democrats handled it.”
“There was so much talk – or there is so much talk about the blue wave.
When we all went through the Kavanaugh experience in the last few weeks, many people said this is going to drive more Democrats to go out and vote,” Ruhle began.
However, she then acknowledged the real impact: “But if you actually look at the polls, they’ve tightened. They’ve tightened.
This Kavanaugh situation has hurt Democrats in the way that they handled it.”
Moments later, after noting that “a lot more Republicans are excited to vote,” Ruhle observed that the message Democrats had been using with voters may have backfired:
One of the things Democrats have been pushing is they’re sort of the moral leaders and they have been pointing the finger at Republicans. And something sort of got muzzled in the last few weeks that when you sit down with even a centrist and you talk about the Kavanaugh confirmation, whether it’s my feelings or not, they’re quickly saying it’s not just dirty politics on one side and Merrick Garland one side, the way Mitch McConnell handled it, more and more people are saying they don’t like the way Democrats handled it.
Even former Democratic Senator Bob Torricelli admitted: “ It pains me to say this, but, the Senate Democrats were incredibly ineffective in the Kavanaugh hearings.” Just before saying that, he predicted: “I know I’m going to hear from half the Judiciary Committee.” Ruhle chimed in: “And so will I. ”
Torricelli continued: “They didn’t cross-examine, they did not make a good case. They didn’t really stand up to Kavanaugh….I think that depressed Democratic feelings about the contrast between the parties. Otherwise, I agree, this just drove a fire under the Republican base.”
Ironically, Ruhle then complained to the New Jersey Democrat:
But in terms of Democrats and Democratic leadership, they have been pushing this idea that Donald Trump – and I get it – is an amoral guy, he lies every which way you can possibly think of.
But then, I look at states like New Jersey and I talk to New Jersey voters and I talk about the corruption we see or the self-serving we see, and they say, “Well, it’s not just Republicans, what about Bob Menendez?”
A Democrat, like you, in the state of New Jersey who is running again. And this guy was plagued with a corruption mistrial. If Democrats want to run on being the moral authority, is it the right move to have a guy like Menendez running again?
Ruhle seemed to forget that Torricelli himself was forced to abandon his reelection bid to the U.S. Senate following allegations that he accepted illegal campaign contributions. Despite his own corruption scandal, the hypocritical Democrat actually lectured others: “Stephanie, the entire system has what Daniel Patrick Moynihan called ‘a downward spiral of deviance.’”
https://www.lifenews.com/2018/10/12/distraugh...democrats/
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