MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow claimed beltway media outlets like Politico have portrayed the progressive wing of the Democrat party unfairly.
Maddow made her critical remarks during her show on Wednesday. Her analysis comes as Democrats struggle to pass a multi-trillion dollar infrastructure bill that some conservatives claim amounts to a socialist wish list.
“Noticing a theme?” Maddow asked. “That was the Beltway line. Like the unanimous Beltway line when Joe Biden got elected. Sure, progressives helped Biden beat Trump, but no honeymoon. And for the next four years, progressives are going to be Biden’s worst nightmare. They’ll be the thorn in Biden’s side.”
Maddow was also criticized for her handling of an interview with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. Maddow asked Cortez how remained so “optimistic” in light of all the infighting on Capitol Hill over Biden’s new spending package.
“Rachel Maddow is attacking the “Beltway press” for getting things ‘100 percent wrong,’” tweeted syndicated columnist Tim Graham. “It’s Fake News! Why does she hate Democracy and the First Amendment? (She’s sticking up for the socialists, er, ‘progressives,’ like the press hates them.)”
