On her MSNBC show earlier this week, Katie Phang expressed her strong support for a vile metaphor about the Republican Party – that it is “dead and rotting in the field.” Phang, with her encouragement to “let’s hasten that,” was joining the chorus of liberal media pundits who are calling for the end of Republicanism as we know it.
When Phang’s guest, Rick Wilson of the now-disgraced Lincoln Project, said that the only hope for the Republican Party is for the Republican presidential candidates to acknowledge that Donald Trump is a “career criminal” who needs to be held accountable, Phang enthusiastically encouraged the acceleration of the death and rot of the GOP.
Despite his abhorrent suggestion, Wilson further asserted that it is “for the good of the country,” that the non-Trump Republican candidates should stand up and pledge to vote for Joe Biden if he were to come up as the Democratic nominee. It is no surprise that such a suggestion has been met with venom by Republicans, considering Biden’s obvious socialist leanings.
In their bid to try and clear themselves of any positive statements about Republicans, both Wilson and Phang took extra lengths to ensure it would not be seen to have praised the party. Wilson argues that he wants Trump in jail “for the rest of his life” while Phang claimed that Mike Pence is “no hero.”
Unfortunately, their attempts are insufficient to the task, as the suggestion that the Republican Party should hurry up and die and rot away is anything but a positive sentiment. It is a gross exaggeration and manipulation of what the current state of the political party is, and it only serves to further the divisive behavior and language that comes from the liberal media.
Unfortunately, such rhetoric will continue to divide this country, with the liberal media only apparently keen on spewing hatred towards the Republican Party. Katie Phang’s actions are a stain on the integrity of the media, and the fact that she is still being employed by MSNBC shows the bias and favoritism along partisan lines in the news.
It is therefore our duty to call out liberal media outlets that use violent language about their political opponents.
Transcript
RICK WILSON: You know, this giant pool of money Ron DeSantis raised in the last year was not MAGA money. It was from liberal, Wall Street establishment Republican donors. It was from private equity bros. It was from people who run hedge funds.
And those people are not MAGA. They really desperately wanted something other than the insanity, and the lunacy, and the conspiracy, and the cruelty, all the things that define the Trumpian party that replaced the Republicans.
They wanted that desperately. What they didn’t understand was that Ron DeSantis wasn’t that guy. Now they’re flirting with Glenn Youngkin, and, and hoping for some other miracle.
But the fact is, the Republican primary so far, you add up all the rest of them, and they still don’t surpass Trump. And, and I don’t say that because I love Donald Trump and want him back in office. I want him to be in jail for the rest of his life.
But, the political realities are what they are. And you’re not going to ever break off the party from Trump as long as all these candidates are saying, well, of course I’ll pardon him. Of course those aren’t real crime crimes. I’m not, I’m not gonna put my Dear Leader in jail.
That’s an absurdity. And unless they understand that the leader of the Republican party is a career criminal, who attempted to, to subvert a free and fair election in an, in an illegal conspiracy, and he has to be held to account, then they’re never going to recapture the Republican party. It’s dead, it’s dead and rotting in the field.
KATIE PHANG: So, let’s hasten that then. [Wilson laughs.]
Earlier this, week former Vice President Mike Pence’s campaign unveiled a new campaign flag for sale, featuring the phrase “Too Honest,” referencing what Trump’s third indictment alleges Trump said about Pence not agreeing to overturn the election results.
Let me be clear, folks: Pence is no hero! He’s got no chance. But Rick, should Pence and the others who are fated to lose, and I agree with you, let’s speak practically about who’s going to get this nomination.
WILSON: Right.
PHANG: Should they still start going full bore now? Why wait? Why not just go for him now?
WILSON: Look, they, there is the fear of the mob that Trump controls.
PHANG: Literally.
WILSON: And right now, that is being put to the test with Judge Chutkan in D.C. over Trump’s threats on Truth Social, his Dollar Store platform.
But that fear is not an adequate excuse. It’s an excuse, not a reason, for their silence. They all understand that the party is defined by Trump. But if they want a true pathway out, and a couple of them have made the right noises. Will Hurd. And Chris Christie.
They can’t win, but they can speak the truth. And I encourage them to do so. For the good of the country, they should do so.
But until all of them are willing to stand up and say the following thing: I will not vote for Donald Trump. If he’s my nominee in this party, I will vote for Joseph Robinette Biden. Until they’re willing to lay ot down like that, it’s all just play acting.
PHANG: Rick Wilson, I gotta go, but I’m going to give you one question, and I want one answer. 2024 presidential race, Donald Trump versus Joe Biden. Who wins?
WILSON: Joe Biden, if they do everything right. But it’s a narrow path.