NBC 'drops' former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel as paid contributor less than a week after role was announced

UK Daily Mail ^ | 26 March 2024 | WILL POTTER

[dennisw]

Fury at McDaniel's hiring reportedly began behind closed doors, with top contributors taking offense to not being asked their opinions beforehand.

On Sunday, two days after McDaniel's new role was announced, this spilled over into Todd's hosting of his show Meet the Press as he launched into a scathing takedown of his bosses.

Todd told his successor Kristen Welker that NBC executives had put her in an 'impossible situation' by having her interview McDaniel on her first appearance.

'Let me deal with the elephant in the room,' Todd said. 'I think our bosses owe you an apology for putting you in this situation, because I don't know what to believe.'

When McDaniel appeared with Welker for the first time as an employee of the network, she seemed intent on distancing herself from her past rhetoric.

Political analyst Chuck Todd slammed his bosses on the air and said they owed his colleague's an 'apology'

NBC News is already planning to drop ex-RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel as a contributor following backlash from inside the network, reports claim.

The former top Republican is set to be gone within a week of her hiring, and has responded by seeking legal representation, Puck News says.

It comes after the network's top political analyst Chuck Todd erupted into an on-air rant about McDaniel's hiring, particularly taking issue with her support for Donald Trump's false 2020 election fraud claims.

Todd's meltdown was quickly followed by other liberal media stars, with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow describing the hiring as 'inexplicable' and said she hoped bosses would 'reconsider that decision.'

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Can’t have an opposing view./S

Forgot the sarcasm note.

Everybody hates Ronna.

Yep! I believe everyone hates McRomney!