Before MSNBC transforms into MS Now at midnight on Saturday, The 11th Hour host Stephanie Ruhle joined ESPN and SiriusXM host Stephen A. Smith on Thursday for his Straight Shooter podcast. Once there, Ruhle offered up an unconvincing excuse for why she does not have Republican guests on her show.
What made Ruhle’s response even more strange was that Smith didn’t even ask about guests. Instead, he simply wondered, “What role is Stephanie Ruhle going to play? In bringing attention to these issues and making sure these issues are addressed in a manner in which it deserves as a member of the media, as a member of MS Now moving forward.”
Ruhle tried to explain, “It is my job, thank you, not to bring on spokespeople, not to bring on talking heads or pundits. I will tell you, and it's a big frustration for me. I would love to have more Republicans on my air. And I think, unfortunately, right now, this moment that we're in. Republicans who will come on TV and be critical of this president for any reasons get annihilated if they're critical of him. The White House kills them, and then the group who will come on for the sole purpose of 'owning the libs' or performing for the president.”
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