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Anyone else find it odd that Trump has never mentioned or made fun of Rachel Maddow (Original Post) Fullduplexxx Jan 2018 OP
Bullies do not pick on people that they are sure could kneecap them in front of everyone (n/t) Moostache Jan 2018 #1
Im thinking she's right on target and he doesnt want to draw attention to her Fullduplexxx Jan 2018 #3
Correct Moostache... Dem4eva Jan 2018 #20
She would chew him up and samplegirl Jan 2018 #2
I think he is afraid of her SummerSnow Jan 2018 #4
I think he thinks she is eerily accurate Fullduplexxx Jan 2018 #8
I think most conservatives are...VERY few will go on her show whathehell Jan 2018 #10
And he refused to ever come back as I recall Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2018 #16
Not really Phoenix61 Jan 2018 #5
He only obnoxiousdrunk Jan 2018 #6
He's doesn't have a long enough attention span kennetha Jan 2018 #7
Rachel weaves a tapestry gibraltar72 Jan 2018 #24
Extremely, I always have. I used to be worried for her safety, I still am, just not to the same dewsgirl Jan 2018 #9
Good observation, I hadn't realized that CanonRay Jan 2018 #11
Nope...Malcom Nance was reporting on this today.. HipChick Jan 2018 #12
So good to hear this! I respect Malcolm Nance. Thanks for passing it on. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2018 #18
Was that on Stephanie Miller's show ? OnDoutside Jan 2018 #26
Yes it was ....nt Fullduplexxx Jan 2018 #30
Rachel is very well educated. She would verbally castrate him on air. cntrygrl Jan 2018 #13
He probably doesn't really know she exists. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #14
He also doesn't attack ABC's "The View" left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #15
He can't think of a good nickname for her hauckeye Jan 2018 #17
bullies only pick on easy targets. Rachel would eat him alive. and he knows it. nt Javaman Jan 2018 #19
Yep. It's best to hit him head on and hard - he hasn't said anything about Tammy Duckworth either dalton99a Jan 2018 #27
I have wondered about this many times. eom Control-Z Jan 2018 #21
Has he ever picked on cilla4progress Jan 2018 #22
Would like to see her questioned gibraltar72 Jan 2018 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author NCTraveler Jan 2018 #23
Simple - more people already prefer watching her than malaise Jan 2018 #28
I also find to be interesting Gothmog Jan 2018 #29
he is obsessed bdamomma Jan 2018 #31
 

Dem4eva

(41 posts)
20. Correct Moostache...
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:39 PM
Jan 2018

RM probably has an IQ of about 140ish. Trumpler comes in about 85ish....tops. So, even he knows he's way out of his league with her.

samplegirl

(11,476 posts)
2. She would chew him up and
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:03 PM
Jan 2018

Spit him out. Most of the time I’m not even sure it is Trump that is tweeting!

whathehell

(29,067 posts)
10. I think most conservatives are...VERY few will go on her show
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:10 PM
Jan 2018

I actually remember only one -- Rand Paul -- and, as I recall, she made mincemeat of him -- in her cheerful, smiling way of course.

kennetha

(3,666 posts)
7. He's doesn't have a long enough attention span
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:05 PM
Jan 2018

to follow her longish set-ups. So he can never see her point. Which means he thinks she is not making any point.

he needs information in micro-bit sized chunks to be able to process it at all.

gibraltar72

(7,503 posts)
24. Rachel weaves a tapestry
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:57 PM
Jan 2018

it takes time. She just keeps adding threads and all of a sudden a masterpiece.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
9. Extremely, I always have. I used to be worried for her safety, I still am, just not to the same
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:09 PM
Jan 2018

Extent. I remember reading (the Devil's Bargain maybe) about how Steve Bannon was a big Rachel Maddow fan. I assume he has to be aware of her coverage, I know years ago he would tweet about Lawrence O'Donnell. Just bizzare, I wonder if she scares him?

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
12. Nope...Malcom Nance was reporting on this today..
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:17 PM
Jan 2018

He said that Trump is frightened to death of her,because her reporting is so close to the truth..

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,851 posts)
14. He probably doesn't really know she exists.
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:19 PM
Jan 2018

First off, he's going to dismiss her out of hand because she's female. If anyone has bothered to tell him she's a lesbian, well, that puts her totally beneath his notice.

Second, her show comes on at 9pm, which means he's probably sound asleep by then.

Third, as has already been pointed out, her long college lecture hall style of setting the background for her stories would leave him unable to follow what she is actually reporting.

I'm only going to lend small credence to the possibility that he doesn't attack her because he's afraid of her, because I don't think he has any capability of being afraid of anyone. Keep in mind, he's a total narcissist, which means that to him no one else is real, everything is about him. Were he to watch her, he'd become so befuddled by what's being said, that he'd be unable to tweet anything at all.

I was going to say anything coherent, and then realized that many of his tweets aren't coherent.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
15. He also doesn't attack ABC's "The View"
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:27 PM
Jan 2018

He's afraid of strong women.

I wonder what his relationship with his mother was like?

dalton99a

(81,455 posts)
27. Yep. It's best to hit him head on and hard - he hasn't said anything about Tammy Duckworth either
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 01:17 PM
Jan 2018

Trump is a bully and a coward.

cilla4progress

(24,728 posts)
22. Has he ever picked on
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:49 PM
Jan 2018

Lawrence or Chris Hayes?

Dunno. Seems like MSNBC night time is not on his radar.

I agree about Rachel's honesty. I appreciated her segment with Schumer last night. She does not roll over.

Would like to see her on a panel to moderate a presidential debate.



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