MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle Says She'd Love' To Have More Republican Guests But Can't Because White House Kills Them'

"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, she said. Ruhle added she does not want her show turning into the NBA where pundits simply slam dunk on each other."

"I think this idea that people are searching to cover the fictional middle I think the middle is fiction, she said. The truth is just the truth. We're going to cover the truth and then analyze it and someone can say, but you sound so left because you're going after the president. We're not going after the president. We're covering the truth."

Booking Republicans willing to criticize President Donald Trump is increasingly difficult because critics face public annihilation and retaliation from the White House. Many available Republican guests perform for the president by trying to "own the libs" instead of offering substantive critique. A prime-time cable news program rejects guests who seek to "slam dunk" opponents and refuses to host pundits whose purpose is performative confrontation. The network plans a rebrand to MSNOW and positions itself as a smart outlet committed to covering and analyzing truth rather than chasing a fictional middle. The aim is to cover facts directly and focus on truth rather than manufactured balance.

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