Today, MSNBC announced it had hired Lisa Page as a legal analyst. Heres the on-air announcement from MSNBCs PR feed:
JUST ANNOUNCED: @MSNBC welcomes Former FBI Lawyer @NatSecLisa as an NBC News & MSNBC National Security & Legal Analyst. pic.twitter.com/cubW4jCQFm
MSNBC Public Relations (@MSNBCPR) June 5, 2020
Page tweeted the clip saying shes stated something new.
I started something new today! 😳 https://t.co/ZfzGK5FhST
Lisa Page (@NatSecLisa) June 5, 2020
Given the contents of Pages texts and emails with Peter Strzok, MSNBC is obviously a perfect fit for her. CNN might have worked as well but with the hiring of Andrew McCabe they had already achieved their quota of disgraced former officials. GOP spokesperson Elizabeth Harrington is already mocking this.
"POTUS [Obama] wants to know everything were doing." @NatSecLisa
Elizabeth Harrington (@LizRNC) June 5, 2020
The full clip of her first appearance isnt on YouTube yet but you can watch at least a portion of it here. In this segment she was asked how she feels about Republicans failing to stand up to Trump and replied, We hear over and over again about how, in quiet whispers, how appalled they are by this administrations behavior. Now is the time. I am hopeful that courage begets courage.
Thats typical MSNBC content but theres nothing there that really requires legal or national security expertise. Shes being asked to call Republican Senators cowards on TV and shes doing so. You cant swing a dead cat on Twitter without hitting 100 randos who could do this. The real reason MSNBC wants her is that shes such an outstanding commentator, its that shes such an outspoken partisan. Heres a recent sample from her Twitter feed:
Yesterday, our monstrous, despicable president assaulted Americans engaged in peaceful protest for a photo op. He could be reelected.
I wrote a few mean texts four years ago and have been rained down with insults and attacks ever since. But I'm the fucking coup plotter.
Got it.
Lisa Page (@NatSecLisa) June 2, 2020
She appeared on Rachel Maddows show last December. I wonder how long after that the discussions about hiring her began.
Going on the Rachel Maddow Show tonight. It's time to talk about the release of my text messages, the two years of lies shouted across the media about me, and what it's like when the President of the United States tries to ruin your life.
Lisa Page (@NatSecLisa) December 17, 2019
The appearance on Maddow came a few weeks after a profile by Molly Jong-Fast at the Daily Beast in which she vowed not to be silent anymore.
Im done being quiet.https://t.co/9YSvhsgAyb
Lisa Page (@NatSecLisa) December 2, 2019
So now she has a platform to hit back at Trump and thats what makes her valuable to MSNBC. Speaking of which, its pretty much guaranteed that Trump will tweet something about this, right? Nothing from the president so far but Don Jr. has tweeted about it.
I mean you really cant make this shit up. They dont pretend to be anything but propoganda anymore. https://t.co/4Q8wUniuhh
Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 5, 2020