[See NewsBusters for more.] The media's deliberate misinterpretation of President Trump's Mount Rushmore speech as part of a pro-Confederate culture war continued on Monday's MSNBC Live as the Washington Post's Philip Rucker cited unnamed Republicans who fear that Trump is putting the party "on the wrong side of history."
Rucker told Ayman Mohyeldin that privately "many Republicans" are worried about Trump's recent actions, but are too scared to say anything publicly. Based on Rucker's weekend reporting with Robert Costa, these many Republicans include people like John Kasich, who was barely a Republican even before Trump became president.