The panelists on MSNBC once again went the extra mile trashing former President Donald Trump ahead of his scheduled criminal trial in New York on Monday.
Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley began by admitting that the case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was “tawdry” but claimed it reveals that Trump is a bad person.
“We’re in a really tawdry case, the fact we’re bringing up hush money payments, hearing the porn star, whatever you call it, all over again,” Brinkley said.
“I think it matters though. It’s really pointing to, once again, that Trump’s character doesn’t exist. That there’s a bit of shamelessness, He’s misogynistic. He attacks people’s families. He knows no bounds and he tries to behave in authoritarian manner.”
Doug Brinkley: "Trump’s character doesn’t exist. That there’s a bit of shamelessness, He’s misogynistic. He attacks people’s families. He knows no bounds and he tries to behave in authoritarian manner." pic.twitter.com/JCjLET5dT5
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Brinkley also bloviated about why more voters aren’t turned off by the trial’s “circus atmosphere” and the “seriousness” of the charges.
“It leaves you wondering why Trump doesn’t lose voters this coming week, but I doubt he will because people are pretty baked in about how they feel about the former president,” he noted.
The charges from Bragg stem from a $130,000 payment Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, made to ex-porn star Stormy Daniels at the end of the 2016 election to keep her from going public with an allegation that she and Trump had an affair.
The trial begins today with jury selection, which could take up to two weeks because of the large pool of prospective jurors.