MSNBC host says Trump's 'White patriarchy' supporters are terrified of America's future with Obama, Harris
MSNBC host Alex Wagner took shots at former President Trump and his supporters during her live coverage at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night while boasting that former President Obama and Vice President Harris were visions of America's future.
Ahead of Obama's speech, Wagner marveled at the "intoxicating" enthusiasm for Harris in the room and at the significance of Obama "handing the reins off" to the Democratic nominee.
"That Barack Obama and Kamala Harris are the true sort of political future for America and that Donald Trump was merely one step backwards before the inevitable pendulum swing forward. There’s a sense of not just excitement for the immediate future of the party, but the long-term prospects of American society. That’s really, I mean, a terribly intoxicating one-two punch for people in the audience tonight," she remarked.
Wagner went on to proclaim that former President Trump and his "White patriarchy" MAGA supporters were scared of the "multicultural" future Obama and Harris represent.
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"So nobody's ready to write the epigraph for the Trump years, but I do think, you know, it's a powerful suggestion, right? That Barack Obama is the future. That Kamala Harris is the future and that Donald Trump is the past," she began. "And indeed, that demographic reality lies at the core of so much of Donald Trump's power over his audience, right? The idea that a multicultural inclusive America is actually the road we're heading down, and that the sort of White patriarchal society that allowed Donald Trump to profiteer as much as he has is going into the rearview, right?"
"That's a powerful, distressing idea if you are part of