Posted on 10/19/2025 11:18:39 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
MSNBC contributor Jonathan Alter said while many people are "traumatized" by President Donald Trump, Saturday's anti-Trump protests show the Republicans are "not on the winning side."
KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE: The Democrat Party's main constituency are made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens and violent criminals. That is who the Democrat Party is catering to, not the Trump administration and not the White House and not the Republican Party, who is standing up for law abiding Americans, not just across the country, but around the world.
RUHLE: Jonathan, what is the purpose of this rhetoric?
JONATHAN ALTER, MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR: Well, first of all, it's a stupid lie. And it's also counterproductive. It doesn't help them because it's not believable.
When you see these people with American flags who are just very much, you know, in in the tradition of peaceful protests in the United States, it when you make a charge, doesn't matter whether it's from the White House or on the campaign trail, that's not credible. It doesn't do you any good. And I think so many people are traumatized by Trump. They think he always wins. And, you know, what good is this going to do? Because it's not going to change things overnight.
And they don't understand that this is a very unpopular president when he has haters like that. And when they say it's hate America, they're the ones who hate American traditions by their actions this year. They're always projecting, you know what they're doing.
But it's not doing them any good. And they're not on the winning side of this. And I think Trump has...
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They are channeling PeeWee Herman: “I know you are, but what am I?”
Somebody thinks their winning? What is this, some kind of game?
Only 650,000 showed up! F Alter!
Jonathan’s brain (?) has been Altered.
“The good guys are going to win. . . .” Sure they are. Too bad you aren’t one of them, Jonathan.
In the whole US? That is fewer than went to college football games across the country. This is a non-event, and a costly one for media and the Soros front group Indivisible. They cannot have made any “money” out of it. No-one is convinced of the random bullcrap spewed by croning leftover radical wannabees.
I agree, but not for the reasons they are thinking.
90% of the protestors will be dead in a couple election cycles.
Hopefully they will not be voting anymore either.
Election integrity should be a top priority….I’m not seeing that so far.
The good guys are winning. Right now, even as we speak. So in a perverse way Alter is actually right about something for a change.
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It’s a protest about nothing more than not liking Trump.
When they try to make the protest about something, they end up on the wrong side — in favor of illegal immigration, crime, meddling judges, etc.
And guess what, all that protesting, what did it get them..TRUMP IS STILL THEIR PRESIDENT..but I believe they will do everything in their power to ensure that Trump doesnt finish his presidency, they are going to try and kill him again and say its justified
Actually the good guys did win and no one is watching his stupid little network.
How much did the MMM accomplish?
These are primarily 60’s multiple retread rejects, they just show up to protest, what ever it happens to be that day. This is the most important thing in their lives.
The POS Jonathan Alter is still hanging around, after servicing Clinton all those years ago.
It’s just another permutation of the “history is on our side” schtick.
The clown show blocking the street is his idea of “winning?!”
Ha ha
Thanks for the reminder— yes, THAT Jonathan Alter. A “puffer” adder for the Clintons... and STILL there at this network btw, no longer called MSNBC. MS has “dropped” off hopefully just as it has dropped off from deciding the distance between the rails of the railroad that became the dirt road patched with asphalt, called the “internet”.
Thanks again. Jonathan freaking Alter. Ultimate delusional.
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