MSNBC is often criticized by conservative media members for its liberal bias. Erick Erickson believes the outlet should be chastised for inciting violence against conservatives.
In a post on his Substack, Erickson argued that two MSNBC viewers have attempted “mass political assassination” in the past decade. He also alleged that the network is guilty of the very things it accuses former President Donald Trump of doing.
“Two men were inspired by the depraved hysterics of the women at MSNBC to attempt the mass assassination of conservatives,” Erickson wrote. “If the people at Fox News regularly engaged in this discourse, both Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy would cover it nonstop and denounce Fox News’s subtle calls for the assassination of whichever Democrats they went on about.
“Donald Trump does not have the unique ability to drive people to violence. MSNBC hosts have already driven two men to attempt mass assassination. Now, their extremist rhetoric at a time progressive activists have already turned violent, is just increasing the temperature.”
Erick Erickson went on to argue that the comments from hosts like Joy Reid and Nicolle Wallace insinuate they’d like to see Trump be assassinated.
“The network that has insisted words matter and that people can be driven to violence through others’ words is increasingly dialing up the hysteria as Trump’s poll numbers go up. They would never admit it, but we can acknowledge the network really hopes Trump eats a bullet,” Erickson posited. “They can deny it. But a network that parades daily the terribles of a future Trump Administration and how he must be stopped because he is a unique existential threat will have to forgive us if we do not believe them.”
“Words carry weight. Words uttered at MSNBC inspired the attempted mass assassination of Republican members of Congress. Knowing they have that power, you’d think they would be more responsible unless that’s what they want.”