CNN, MSNBC anchors hold back tears after stunning Trump win: ‘Nightmare’

MSNBC and CNN anchors held backmost tears and questioned nan authorities of America arsenic they reckoned pinch a stunning triumph by erstwhile President Donald Trump during nan early hours of Wednesday morning.

CNN governmental commentator Van Jones appeared to beryllium connected nan verge of weeping arsenic it became progressively apparent that erstwhile president Donald Trump would handily conclusion Vice President Kamala Harris successful Tuesday’s election.

Jones, nan erstwhile Obama management charismatic and Democratic Party activist, gave a somber appraisal of nan predetermination precocious Tuesday night, saying that he “woke up this greeting pinch a dream” only to beryllium “going to furniture pinch a nightmare.”

“I’m reasoning astir nan group who are not a portion of anybody’s elite, who are hurting tonight,” Jones told CNN co-panelists connected Tuesday arsenic nan ballot count successful nan cardinal battleground states showed Trump well-positioned to seizure a 2nd word successful nan White House.

Meanwhile, MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki, who served arsenic White House property caput during nan Biden management until 2022, predicted nan Democratic statement would statesman questioning its determination to oust President Joe Biden from nan race.

“It will begin,” Psaki said connected NBC News precocious Tuesday night, earlier nan web had projected a winner. “She’s tally a run complete nan people of 107 days. That is not thing we’ve seen successful history. And there’ll beryllium tons of questions astir precisely that, nan timing and nan effect of that.”

By Wednesday morning, The Associated Press, The New York Times and awesome news networks including NBC and CNN had called nan predetermination for Trump.

MSNBC panelists reflected connected Trump’s overwhelming power among plaything states, arsenic good arsenic an outpour of Republican votes that gave nan GOP power of nan Senate.

“We had talked astir a reddish activity 2 years agone that ne'er materialized,” “Morning Joe” anchor Joe Scarborough said connected Wednesday. “I’ve sewage to say, this is nan biggest reddish activity I’ve seen since Ronald Reagan’s 49-state triumph successful 1984. It seems each Republican crossed nan state improved.”

“Morning Joe” panelist Claire McCaskill, nan erstwhile United States legislator from Missouri, acknowledged nan “red wave” and placed into mobility nan Democratic party’s knowing of nan country.

“I deliberation we person to admit that Donald Trump knows our state amended than we do,” she said. “I deliberation he figured retired that anger and, frankly, fearfulness were measurement much powerful than appealing to people’s amended angels. That anger and fearfulness were going to activity successful this election.”

As of Wednesday greeting astir 9:30 a.m., The Associated Press reported Trump had won cardinal battleground states and clinched triumph pinch 277 electoral votes.

CNN’s Jones said Black women, successful particular, “who cognize a small spot astir being talked down to” and “having their economical dreams crushed” are “trading successful a batch of dream for a batch of hurt” because “they were hoping that…one of their ain could beryllium seen arsenic worthy.”

Trump has vowed to ace down connected forbidden migration during his word successful office. Jones said that those who “don’t person papers” person logic to beryllium “terrified tonight.”

MSNBC panelists reacted to an progressively much blimpish country.

“America, first of all, is acold much to nan correct than anytime successful our lifetimes, moreover going backmost to nan Reagan years,” Scarborough said. 

The “Morning Joe” big said Republicans will apt predominate each branches of authorities for nan adjacent respective years.

“The scope and standard of this triumph is sweeping,” Scarborough said connected Wednesday. “This is simply a Democratic statement that has been conscionable wiped retired this morning.”

McCaskill claimed Trump had won nan presidency by playing connected voters’ fears.

“Whether you’re acrophobic of immigrants aliases acrophobic of group who are trans, he figured that out. And I deliberation we each thought everyone’s amended angels would prevail,” she said. “Turns out, nan amended angels went connected picnic erstwhile Donald Trump came down nan escalator. And they haven’t returned.”