MSNBC guest claims Democrats are your saviors, says DOJ should 'help' Dems win midterm elections: 'They saved your life'



Political analyst Fernand Amandi claimed Saturday on MSNBC that the Democratic Party is the savior of the American people, and he urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to "help" Democrats win the 2022 midterm elections.

Amandi is an MSNBC analyst, according to his Twitter bio.

What did he say?

Amandi told MSNBC host Tiffany Cross on "The Cross Connection" that Democrats need a consolidated message to sell voters if they want to retain control of Congress after the 2022 midterm elections.

That message, according to Amandi, should essentially be: Democrats are your saviors.

"The Democrats have a wonderful story to tell, and I think it could be distilled to something as simple as: The Democrats saved your life. They saved your job. They saved the economy. And now they're trying to save democracy from a Republican Party that no longer believes [in] it," Amandi said.

Even if Democrats consolidate around a single message, Amandi acknowledged Democrats will need "help" pulling off the victory. That help, Amandi suggested, should come from Attorney General Merrick Garland.

"Let me talk about the help, though, because it's one thing to try and disqualify a Republican Party that no longer believes in democracy, but you need a little bit of help," Amandi began.

"If the Department of Justice, and the attorney general, Merrick Garland, do not start issuing indictments — not to the frontline of Proud Boys and picknickers of Jan 6 that led an insurrection — but to the perpetrators of the crime: the members of Congress who we now know through text messages were plotters, the ringleaders at the top echelon of the Republican Party, up into including the Republican president, Donald Trump, voters are not going to believe that, they're gonna just think that it's political back-and-forth," he continued.

"The Justice Department needs to hold the perpetrators accountable," Amandi declared. "The Democrats need to tell the truth. We saved your life. We saved your job. We're trying now to save the economy and to save democracy."

"The Democrats need to tell the truth. We saved your life, we saved your job, we're trying now to save the economy and save democracy." @AmandiOnAir on how the Democrats need to step up their message to the American people to be able to win the midterm elections #CrossConnectionpic.twitter.com/EzB8770p8C
— The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross (@The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross) 1651330395

Later in the interview, Amandi claimed there is only one choice this November: Democracy or fascism.

"If these Republicans gain control, they will not give it back.We will lose democracy. And if you lose democracy, it's not the sort of thing that you get back. 'Oh well, we'll hold it out for five years. You may not see it again in your lifetime in this country," Amandi said. "They saved your life. They saved your job, the economy, and they're trying to save democracy. Make the case."

Cross agreed that "is the message that voters need to hear."

Miami Herald faces backlash for running 'misleading' headline on Florida COVID-19 deaths



The Miami Herald used what many are calling a "misleading" headline on an article about COVID-19 deaths in Florida, which garnered thousands of clicks and shares from detractors of Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The Miami Herald published an article with the headline: "Florida COVID update: 901 added deaths, largest single-day increase in pandemic history."

The headline caused a stir because the deadliest day for the entire United States during the pandemic was on Jan. 7 with 4,489 new coronavirus deaths, according to Worldometer. However, the headline didn't reveal the entire story about the 901 COVID-19 newly reported deaths in Florida.

The headline was also utilized by critics of DeSantis, the Republican governor who bucked many coronavirus policies and stances embraced by Democrats. The article was shared on Twitter by MSNBC personalities, Lincoln Project employees, and liberals.

Leftists even compared the disingenuous COVID-19 framing to the U.S. service members who died in the terrorist attacks in Afghanistan. Other Twitter users weaponized the headline to attack DeSantis.

The article received massive exposure and thousands of "likes" by being shared on social media.

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— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) 1630010770.0


901 Covid deaths in Florida, the largest single-day increase in pandemic historyhttps://t.co/bFWnZH5zp7

— Chris Jansing (@ChrisJansing) 1630014688.0


Florida adds 901 COVID deaths, largest single-day increase in pandemic history https://t.co/k7lU4bQ5VC

— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) 1630011960.0


It’s going GREAT for Governor Freedumb. https://t.co/kCtadm2Wcr

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) 1630009498.0


We have had more deaths in Florida from COVID-19 in the first 26 days of August than the US has had among uniformed… https://t.co/CgbBTsGrts

— Fernand (Pro-Democracy) Amandi (@AmandiOnAir) 1630012710.0


12 people died in Afghanistan. 901 died in in Florida yesterday because of covid.And you're mad at who?

— Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) 1630015310.0


Florida on Thursday reported 21,765 more COVID-19 cases and 901 deaths - largest single-day increase since start of… https://t.co/iRnkROLreI

— Peter Schorsch (@PeterSchorschFL) 1630009257.0


With a nod of (bitter) thanks to @govrondesantis - #Florida COVID update: 901 added deaths, largest single-day incr… https://t.co/2WdUKAVKsD

— Ana Veciana-Suarez (@AnaVeciana) 1630077247.0


To get a sense of how bad a job Desantis is doing, Florida reported yesterday 26,203 new COVID cases, the highest d… https://t.co/MxkOQIuBar

— Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn) 1630019166.0

The South Florida Sun Sentinel also used a questionable headline, claiming that there were "901 new deaths," instead of specifically saying "newly reported deaths."

Here is the actual distribution of the “new” deaths, which would more accurately be labeled “newly reported.”If y… https://t.co/R51GYCt5ia

— Max (@MaxNordau) 1630064020.0

Florida did not encounter 901 COVID-19 deaths in one single day, but over the course of weeks.

"Florida on Thursday reported 21,765 more COVID-19 cases and 901 deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data," the Miami Herald wrote in its article. "All but two of the newly reported deaths occurred after July 25, with about 78% of those people dying in the past two weeks, according to Herald calculations of data published by the CDC. The majority of deaths happened during Florida's latest surge in COVID-19 cases, fueled by the delta variant."

The day the Miami Herald article was published, there were eight COVID-19 deaths reported in Florida and the 7-day moving average was 53 deaths, according to Worldometer. The most coronavirus deaths in Florida for one day is 242 on Aug. 5, 2020.

It's difficult to write something more dishonest than "largest single-day increase in pandemic history," but some p… https://t.co/gZ4NoFrlyn

— Max (@MaxNordau) 1630022641.0

Devoun Cetoute, the Miami Herald reporter who wrote the story, reacted to the backlash.

"Reading the story and our transparency note would explain so much," Cetoute tweeted. "CDC reports 901 more deaths to FL death total = single day increase Death data is now by when people died not when FL reports it. All explained in story."

Christina Pushaw, the press secretary for DeSantis, skewered the Miami Herald for the headline.

"'Factually accurate' but misleading narrative framing," Pushaw wrote on Twitter. "Omitted that the 901 deaths occurred over a period of weeks, so readers wrongly assume it's a single-day death toll. A lie of omission is still a lie."

"It's sensationalistic and dishonest to imply that 901 people died in a day when was actually a culmination of several weeks of data being reported at once," Pushaw told Fox News. "By the same logic the Miami Herald used in its misleading headline, the liberal media could also say 'New York reported 12,000 deaths in a single day,' but of course they will not."

Pushaw was referring to the announcement made by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) this week, where she said that former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) undercounted 12,000 COVID-19 deaths in the state.