MSNBC doled out some characteristically fractured wisdom on Wednesday’s The 11th Hour. Marc Dunkelman of Brown University’s Watson Institute blamed progressives for bringing the second Trump administration on themselves, claiming they had tied their own hands by impeding government power through no other means than, ironically enough, exercising government power. A revisionist history that got gooey praise from host Stephanie Ruhle.
Ruhle predictably opened up, lamenting that “Most Americans do not think that government is capable of solving big problems anymore, and a lot of people don't trust the government at all. All of this led, in part, to the reelection of Donald Trump.”
She then introduced Dunkelman, who outlined his political philosophy and praised the public works of big government: