MSNBC anchors Brian Williams and Nicolle Wallace argued that Republicans in the House Judiciary Committee hearing with special counsel Robert Mueller were actually auditioning for roles with Fox News.
Mueller was in front of the committee testifying about his investigation, which concluded that no one involved with the Trump campaign knowingly conspired with Russia to win the election.
“You can hear talking points of the left on this network,” Williams said, referring to MSNBC. “You could really hear a lot of the Fox News prime time talking points being spoken by some of those members. It appears to us that Mueller was hearing some of these arguments for the first time.”
“God bless him, I imagine he doesn’t watch our cable channel that much either. But the members of Congress in the Republican Party and Fox News content is indiscernible at this point,” Wallace responded.
“The Democrats considered this a fact-finding mission, the Republicans were all auditioning for the next weekend show on Fox News,” Wallace said, at another point in the broadcast. “Matt Gaetz sounded like a lunatic auditioning to fill in for Sean Hannity, which I’ve heard him ask to do on the air on Fox News, which is sort of sad for him.”
“Republicans are by and large, if they’re telling the truth or if they’re on Fox News, they’re excited and enthusiastic and trusting of those three other investigations,” she continued.
Wallace was also critical of Mueller’s performance during his testimony.
