MSNBC host Chris Jansing learned the hard way this Friday morning why attempting to spin the words of a young Republican is never a wise idea.
Specifically, she tried to twist the words of 11-year-old Matthew Schricker, a young supporter of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump who she claimed had “challenged” Trump’s vice presidential running mate, Mike Pence, a day earlier at a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina.
But when she then brought Schricker onto the show to talk about the so-called “challenge,” the young man quickly set her straight.
I was not meaning for it to be hostile,” he said. “As you said before, I was challenging him. No, I was not!
“I was totally just asking him to see if he was — if Mr. Trump was approving,” he continued. “I was not trying to be mean to him or challenging him or trying to bait him, like many websites who are saying I was grilling him. I was not doing anything to offend him or the Trump campaign.”
Nice try, though, Jansing.
To hear his brutal take-down, watch the clip below:
What Schricker actually said at the rally was this: “I’ve been watching the news lately, and I’ve been noticing that you’ve been kind of softening up on Mr. Trump’s policies and words. Is this going to be your role in the administration?”
The young man later explained to The News & Observer that he had been concerned Pence “wasn’t going full on with Trump’s strong views … (and) he was softening up.”
So instead of “challenging” Pence, he was in reality just wanting to be reassured by Pence that he, the vice presidential running mate, still had Trump’s back.
Luckily for him, Pence surely still does. MSNBC host Chris Jansing, on the other hand, only has the back of the sleazy Democrat Party.