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Nicolle Wallace is one of the original "MSNBC Republicans," a former adviser to George W. Bush and John McCain who quickly swapped sides to become one of the more popular Democrat Party line tap dancers on her show "Deadline White House."

Her reflexive leftist take on the Los Angeles riots was a "uniquely alarming moment" -- not the riots, but President Donald Trump's response to the riots. It wasn't a response so much as it was "theater." She claimed Barack Obama was more effective at deporting illegal immigrants -- like Democrats do.

Naturally, former CNN media reporters Oliver Darcy and Jon Passantino define her as a "defining voice of the resistance" with "clear eyes and keen political insight." Translation: she's reliably, bitterly anti-Trump.

In an interview for their Status newsletter, they tossed softballs, but this is the lamest: "Do you think it's possible at this juncture to penetrate the MAGA Media bubble with fact-based journalism?" This would suggest MSNBC's daily output is "fact-based," not fiercely opinionated. Is MSNBC not part of a "media bubble"?

Wallace smeared conservatives as hostile to facts: "I don't know but I also don't really understand why people in that bubble don't want factual information about incoming hurricanes or the impact of Trump's trade war on their business or the hollowing out of the government."

Is it "factual" to claim the government has been "hollowed out"?

Liberals always assume conservatives don't expose themselves to liberal media, when it's routinely obvious that MSNBC viewers wouldn't be caught dead watching Fox or Newsmax. Conservatives are much more familiar with liberal thoughts and policies. Liberals often fail to locate anything sensible in the conservative argument for anything. Oliver Darcy is one of those liberals.

The Status boys suggested it's silly that right-wingers would categorize Wallace on the left: "You were the communications director for George W. Bush. Now 'conservatives' -- I put that in quotes because it's unclear how the term is defined today -- call you a leftist. What do you make of those insults?"

The leftists think "leftist" is an insult? Wallace answered: "Who called me a leftist? That's so funny. I quit Twitter so I don't see anything like that anymore. What else am I missing?"

If you Google search for "which demographics love Nicolle Wallace," the AI spits out: "She is often seen as a voice for progressive perspectives and a critic of conservative ideology." That's correct -- if you think the Left can be associated with "progress."

Then the Status duo's questions grew weirder: "Would you describe MSNBC as a liberal news outlet? Or do you reject that label, given that there are quite a few old school conservatives woven into its fabric. How would you characterize the network's political identity?"

Who are the "old-school" conservatives "woven into" MSNBC? Joe Scarborough? Michael Steele? They're all DNC messengers.

Wallace couldn't be honest: "I think we are at a place where we want to participate in the conversations that get beyond right and left and increasingly turn on truth and democracy versus something brazenly undemocratic." Republicans aren't "in favor of America remaining a democracy," she said.

How self-glorifying is that? We're Democracy and you're Anti-Democracy. They're all high on their own supply.

When Democrats lose elections, they don't see it as democracy in action but as the ascent of fascism. That's a form of election denial. You can hate an election result without smearing the winners as autocrats.

But it's not surprising MSNBC stars have a tendency to deny reality when they can't even concede they're making opinion shows for the Bernie Bros and the Whitmer wine moms.

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Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org. To find out more about Tim Graham and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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