‘Take a Minute, Deep Breaths’: MSNBC Panelist Consoled After Emotional Rant on ‘Troglodyte’ Trump Putting ‘Babies’ in Danger
Princeton University professor Eddie Glaude Jr. needed a moment to collect himself after warning former President Donald Trump is going to put “babies in danger” in a second term.
During a panel discussion on Deadline: White House, hosted by Nicolle Wallace, Glaude blasted Trump for promoting false stories of migrants in Springfield, Ohio kidnapping and eating pets like dogs. In the aftermath of Trump’s claim, multiple schools in Springfield were closed due to threats citing the same false stories.
Glaude called Trump “dangerous” and said Vice President Kamala Harris needs to “bust him in his mouth.” The panelist was describing being “nervous” about Harris’s chances in November.
“This man is running around here busting his chops, scaring the hell out of communities, and we’re trying to figure out how to keep that middle locked in on when she needs to bust him in his mouth. I’m saying it like that because he’s dangerous. He’s dangerous to particular people, and the history of the country is such that we can’t play fast and loose with it,” Glaude said.
The professor argued Harris needs historic numbers to “keep this troglodyte out of office.” The emotional rant ended with Glaude telling fellow panelist Claire McCaskill, a former senator, that he’ll get himself “together.”
“We got to keep this troglodyte out of office because if he comes in, our babies are gonna be in danger because, remember, we know children are gonna grow up with the memory of having to not go to school for the threat of bombs, and somebody told them that their moms and dads eat cats and dogs. I’ll get myself together, Claire,” he said.
McCaskill told Glaude to take “deep breaths.”
“Okay, take a minute. Deep breaths,” she said.
McCaskill continued the conversation by saying she has trouble “reconciling” her love for her country and her shock at the number of Trump and MAGA supporters.
“I understand what you’re saying. It is the hardest thing to reconcile — is how much I love this country and the values that we hold dear, and that so many in this country are attracted to the dark, dark horrible vision he is putting out, and the reality of that is really sobering and it’s really hard to figure out,” she said. “And I think part of it is that people for a lot of complicated reasons, microchips and automation and technology, you know, they’re not doing better than their parents did and somehow they feel like they’ve been dealt an unfair hand.”
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