MSNBC’s 11th Hour host, Stephanie Ruhle, kicked off Monday night's show by saying, “So please remember, the truth matters, but only if you hear it, so let's get started covering the truth.” A great quote from the leftist propaganda machine that was MSNBC. The joke wrote itself in this instance, because four minutes later Ruhle and her guests spewed biased rhetoric on President Trump and the entire Republican Party.
In a conversation with David Rucker of The Bulwark, Ruhle claimed she didn’t want to call the political violence normalized, and then in the same sentence called it far more prominent and prevalent? Leading to this exchange:
RUHLE: Then David, what is the way back from here? I’m not going to say that this kind of political violence has become normalized, but this kind of political violence has become far more prominent and prevalent, how do we get back?
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DRUCKER: For the last 20-plus-years, one thing, and this is not a both sides thing, but it’s just to explain the psychology of this. The one thing that both sides seem to agree on when I’ve talked to them about the other side over the years, it’s that the other side plays really dirty, and I wish my side would play as dirty as them, because maybe we’d win more elections.
And maybe somebody just got to say, I might think the other side plays really dirty and really mean, and I’m just not gonna do it and let’s see what the outcome is then.
Ruhle followed up by hinting that America was in lower place since Trump came down the escalator to announce his first run for president:
Remembering that day, what was your reaction to everything that happened this weekend, especially when you juxtapose it with the idea you presented? What if there was a political leader to level up and saying, when they go low, we actually will go high right now?
Ruhle “loves this idea of leveling up,” from political violence, and that if only there was “a political leader to level up and saying, when they go low, we actually will go high right now?” It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know she’s talking about Trump.
Why wouldn’t Ruhle want to bring up the 2020 riots, the ‘mostly peaceful’ L.A. riots, the murdering of two innocent Israeli Embassy workers, or the firebombing of a Tesla dealership? Just to name a few.
Ruhle then sparked this “inspiring” speech from New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser:
RUHLE: Susan, let's talk about the protests, these massive crowds across the country. On one hand, some people could look at it and say, what did it actually accomplish? But is there something about it being out there, seeing how many people came out? Hundreds of thousands, millions across the country that could potentially galvanize everyday Americans that feel disaffected, that feel like giving up, like the system is not working for them because maybe the official system isn’t. But these people coming together are demanding more, and they’re demanding it together.
SUSAN GLASSER: Yeah, I think, Steph, especially if you compare this with the initial days after Trump was re-inaugurated as president. In a sense, among his opponents, that not only were there no leaders really stepping up, but that civil society itself was somehow regrouping. Taking a pass, and you know, what I’ve heard consistently from people is the hunger for collective action, the hunger to show the world, to show the rest of the country, to show your community that there are millions of people who don’t agree with what Donald Trump is doing right now.
Susan may very well be right that there were millions of people who didn’t agree with what Donald Trump was doing right now. Unfortunately for Susan, 77 MILLION Americans voted for Trump (AKA a majority of voters). Thankfully Susan lives in a great country that allows her to make these takes and even allows the people that didn’t agree with the administration to PEACEFULLY protest.
The full transcript is below. Click "expand" to view:
MSNBC’s: The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle
11:04:45 PM EST
June, 16th, 2025STEPHANIE RUHLE: So please remember, the truth matters, but only if you hear it, so let's get started covering the truth.
(...)
11:08:30 PM EST
RUHLE: Then David, what is the way back from here? I’m not going to say that this kind of political violence has become normalized, but this kind of political violence has become far more prominent and prevalent, how do we get back?
(...)
11: 09:39 PM EST
DAVID DRUCKER: For the last 20-plus-years, one thing, and this is not a both sides thing, but it’s just to explain the psychology of this. The one thing that both sides seem to agree on when I’ve talked to them about the other side over the years, it’s that the other side plays really dirty, and I wish my side would play as dirty as them, because maybe we’d win more elections.
And maybe somebody just got to say, I might think the other side plays really dirty and really mean, and I’m just not gonna do it and let’s see what the outcome is then.
RUHLE: Alright, I love this idea of leveling up, but let me give you a history — not a history lesson — but let me remind you of where we are historically. David, it was exactly ten years ago that Donald Trump came down the golden escalator at Trump Tower, just a few blocks from here, and said he was running for president.
Remembering that day, what was your reaction to everything that happened this weekend, especially when you juxtapose it with the idea you presented? What if there was a political leader to level up and saying, when they go low, we actually will go high right now?
(...)
11:11:54 PM
DRUCKER: This is what they tell me when I interview voters over the years and when the conversation about an election which has happened more than once lately, is we just need somebody to break things because everything isn’t working. That’s the kind of attitude that is going to excuse the kind of rhetoric and behavior that will, at times, lead to this sort of violence.
RUHLE: Unless, of course, someone breaks things, violence breaks out, and they don’t actually offer a better solution to the American people. All they did was actually run on anger and hate and convincing people not to trust institutions, and then we’re just left with rubble.
Susan, lets talk about the protests, these massive crowds across the country. On one hand, some people could look at it and say, what did it actually accomplish? But is there something about it being out there, seeing how many people came out? Hundreds of thousands, millions across the country that could potentially galvanize everyday Americans that feel disaffected, that feel like giving up, like the system is not working for them because maybe the official system isn’t. But these people coming together are demanding more, and they’re demanding it together.
SUSAN GLASSER: Yeah, I think, Steph, especially if you compare this with the initial days after Trump was re-inaugurated as president. In a sense, among his opponents, that not only were there no leaders really stepping up, but that civil society itself was somehow regrouping. Taking a pass, and you know, what I’ve heard consistently from people is the hunger for collective action, the hunger to show the world, to show the rest of the country, to show your community that there are millions of people who don’t agree with what Donald Trump is doing right now.