MSNBC's Chris Hayes tells Republicans that Trump is to blame for midterm failures: 'He screwed you today!'



MSNBC host Chris Hayes addressed Republicans on the progressive cable news channel's coverage of election night, during which a "red wave" of Republican victories apparently failed to materialize.

Hayes was on MSNBC's election night panel when he commented on the lack of expected victories by Republicans and pinned the blame partly on failed endorsements by former President Donald Trump.

"I think part of the fretting is the 2016 PTSD, like, really, that was a seismic event in the history of American politics, in the history of the world, in the history of American democracy, right?" Hayes said.

He went on to recall how he told Democratic strategist James Carville in 2016 during a break that he didn't think Hillary Clinton was going to win the election.

"I think that goes both ways. Democrats have this sort of insecurity, right, I think Republicans still ascribe to that man this totemic power that he does not have. He doesn't have some magic power, I'm telling you Republicans," he continued.

"What camera am I looking at? He doesn't have a magic power, he is unpopular," Hayes said while peering directly at the camera.

"He is unpopular. He screwed you today. He screwed you!" he said emphatically.

"It's not the full story, I totally agree," Hayes concluded, "but it is part of the story and the sooner you dump him, the better it is for the Republican party and for American democracy, full stop!"

Trump's endorsements failed in some elections in Colorado, where Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert appeared to lose to Democrat Adam Frisch, and in Pennsylvania where Dr. Mehmet Oz appeared to lose the U.S. Senate election to John Fetterman. On the other hand, Trump-endorsed candidate J.D. Vance won the U.S. Senate seat for Ohio, and Ted Budd also won a Senate seat for North Carolina.

The MSNBC panel was disappointed by the massive victories in Florida, where both Republicans Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio were able to win their reelection campaigns by large margins.

Here's the video of Hayes' comments:

\u201c"I think Republicans still ascribe to that man this totemic power that he does not have. He doesn't have some magic power," says @chrislhayes on Donald Trump. \n\n"Republicans: He is unpopular. He screwed you today. He screwed you."\u201d
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Joe Scarborough asks, 'who arrests Trump?' if he ignores election results



MSNBC host Joe Scarborough wondered aloud about the possibility that someone might arrest President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General William Barr after the president's controversial comments about the election.

Scarborough, a vociferous critic of the president, was responding to comments from the president on Wednesday from a reporter asking him to commit to a peaceful transition of power should he lose the election.

"Donald Trump rambles incoherently but his message is clear: he will not respect the voters' will and will not commit to a peaceful transfer of power," said Scarborough on Wednesday.

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"So who arrests Trump and the attorney general if they attempt to steal an election and commit treason?" he asked.

"Will you commit to making sure there is a peaceful transfer of power after the election?" asked a reporter during a White House media briefing.

"Well, we're gonna have to see what happens, you know that, I've been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster," the president responded.

"Get rid of the ballots, and we'll have a very peaceful, there won't be any transfer frankly, there'll be a continuation," he continued. "The ballots are out of control, you know it. And you know who knows it better than anybody else? The Democrats know it better than anybody else."

"It all sounds crazy to say"

Scarborough's reaction mirrored many of the responses from the critics of the president to his comments.

"Just to be clear, if you're talking to a person and you ask them to commit to behave peacefully and they refuse, they're threatening violence, right?" said fellow MSNBC host Chris Hayes on his show.

"What the president is doing here is the most explicit that he has been about his plans for this election," he continued. "He's plotting in open and public repeatedly, a coup to steal the election and hold on to power. Again, it all sounds crazy to say, it is what we're seeing, those are the plain facts as assembled before us."

The Biden campaign commented about the statement later on Wednesday.

"The American people will decide this election. And the United States government is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the White House," the campaign said.

Others were angered that some mainstream media outlets didn't give the comments the coverage that they were believed to have deserved.

Here's Chris Hayes accusing the president of plotting a coup:

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