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MSNBC host Alex Wagner lamented Monday that the Democratic Party and the media He missed a “catastrophic moment” in the 2024 election regarding what really matters to voters and detailed how he would spend President-elect Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office.
“I think one of the feelings we’ve all had after the end of this election is that we’ve missed this catastrophic moment, in the media, to some extent, and certainly in the Democratic Party,” Wagner said.
Wagner, who took over as MSNBC host Rachel Maddow’s primetime show four nights a week on the network will hit the road to talk to voters and more during Trump’s first 100 days. Maddow, who previously went on to host her show just one night a week on MSNBC, will resume the 9 p.m. show during the first months of Trump’s presidency.
“I think it’s essential that we go out and show the country a 360-degree view of what’s happening and how people are affected on a visceral and personal level. A lot of this is playing out in the abstract,” he said.
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MSNBC’s Alex Wagner sat down with late-night host Seth Meyers to discuss what he’ll cover during the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency. (Screenshot/SethMeyers)
“We’re going to talk to everyone involved in the decision-making, affected by the decision-making and attracted by the promises,” Wagner said, noting that he also spoke to voters before the election on key issues. undecided states. “And I knew Democrats had a problem when they started referring to January 6 as February 6. I thought, ‘You know what? The message doesn’t solve that problem.'”
“Right now, I think the question is: What does it mean to have Trump as president beyond the rhetoric? Whose lives are affected? Do they want to set up mass deportation camps? Let’s talk to the people who are here.” being detained. You want to talk about pardoning the January 6 rioters, we’re going to talk to the inmates once they’re released. You want to talk about the Trump administration, and who runs it and who’s powerful and how they do it. go to Washington, DC and bring that to them,” Wagner said, outlining his plans for when Maddow gets her schedule back.
Wagner spoke to Latino and black voters before the election in Philadelphia and was surprised by your support by Trump’s call for “mass deportations.”
Wagner and Maddow will return to their current schedule, with Maddow hosting Monday nights and Wagner hosting the rest of the week, on April 30, according to the AP.
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow speaks during her show on March 25, 2024. (Screenshot/MSNBC)
Wagner notably stated while covering the Republican National Convention that Trump’s vice presidential pick, JD Vance, dropped “white nationalist Easter eggs” by saying during his Republican National Convention speech that he wanted to be buried in his family’s plot in Kentucky.
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“I just think that the construction of this notion reveals a lot about someone who fundamentally believes in the supremacy of whiteness and masculinity, and it’s formulated in a kind of happy revision, you know, of his roots, but it’s actually very revealing about what he thinks matters and who America is, and that America is a place for people with their shared Western heritage,” Wagner said in July.
