Star MSNBC political pundit Rachel Maddow issued a scathing rebuke ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, warning that his second term would test “what our values are” as a nation.
Speaking with her network colleague Alex Wagner on Friday night, Maddow said Trump’s ‘Day One’ promises of mass deportations, ending birthright citizenship, and pardoning his Capitol rioters illustrated how his administration would continue to test the foundations of American values.
“I think they want to do things in a performatively brutal way because they’re hoping to shock and awe people in this country, and to pick fights,” she said. “I think they’re looking forward to the fights that they’ll provoke, and you know, that’s playing with fire in terms of our civil fabric.”
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