[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to demand that NBC remove Ronna McDaniel, 2020 election
denier, Trump ally, and former Republican National Committee chair, from their
network NOW!

Dear MoveOn member,

On Friday, NBC made a leading election denier its newest political
commentator when it announced that Ronna McDaniel, former Republican
National Committee chair and Trump ally would be joining the the
network.^1 

Ronna McDaniel actively worked to sabotage the 2020 election results
alongside Trump. And for the past four years, McDaniel has been sowing
doubt around the 2020 election, refusing to acknowledge that Joe Biden
legitimately won the election.^2 Election deniers like McDaniel should be
held accountable for their attempts to undermine our democracy, not
rewarded with high-profile jobs.

And some of the network's show hosts are making their opposition to this
decision crystal clear, on air.^3 Just this morning, "Morning Joe" hosts
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski criticized the move, saying she'll
never make an appearance on their show and NBC should reconsider their
decision to hire her. And last night, Chuck Todd, former host of NBC's
"Meet the Press," blasted the network after an interview between McDaniel
and NBC host Kristen Welker, claiming the network should apologize to
Welker for the absurd position they put her in.

[ [link removed] ]NBC must reverse course and not give Ronna McDaniel this platform. It's
critical that hundreds of thousands of people demonstrate our clear
opposition to make this happen! Will you sign the petition to demand NBC
remove McDaniel as a political commentator now?

NBC must reverse its decision to hire Ronna McDaniel as a political
commentator for the network. Election deniers have no place in reporting
news and influencing millions of viewers!

[3]Sign the petition

In an interview with CNN's Chris Wallace last year, when she was asked
about her views on the 2020 election, she said, "I think there were lots
of problems with 2020. Ultimately he won the election, but there were lots
of problems with the 2020 election ... I don't think he won it fair. I
don't. I'm not going to say that."^4 She’s clearly trying to play it both
ways, but we know election denial when we hear it.

And then there's her active role in trying to reverse the election
results. In the immediate aftermath of the 2020 election, she was recorded
on a phone call with Donald Trump pressuring two Michigan election
officials to not certify the results, ensuring them that they would find
them attorneys if they complied.^5 This was a blatant intimidation tactic
for them to get their way, even though they knew Trump lost, and this
person has no place giving her political commentary, on NBC, or anywhere
else.

[ [link removed] ]This is one of the many reasons that NBC shouldn't reward McDaniel's
election interference with a job at its network. Click here to sign the
petition to demand that they remove her NOW. It'll take both network hosts
speaking out and hundreds of thousands of people opposing this decision to
make NBC reverse course.

Despite McDaniel speaking disparagingly about both NBC and MSNBC for
years, calling the networks "fake news" and more, NBC's Carrie Budoff
Brown, who oversees the network's news coverage claimed, "It couldn't be a
more important moment to have a voice like Ronna's on the team."^6 It's
unthinkable that NBC would cave for ratings and hire an election denier
and Trump apologist to report to millions of Americans about the 2024
election.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to demand NBC remove Ronna McDaniel as a political
commentator now! She is not a credible commentator and shouldn't be
treated as such.

Thanks for all you do.

–Kelsey, Nadia, Julia, Seth, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "NBC hires former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, who has demonized the press
and refused to acknowledge Biden was fairly elected," CNN, March 22, 2024
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2. Ibid.

3. "Playbook: Inside NBC's McDaniel meltdown," Politico, March 25, 2024
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4. "The head of the GOP is still elevating 2020 election skepticism," The
Washington Post, July 13, 2023
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5. "Ronna McDaniel defends call pressuring canvassers not to sign 2020
election certification," The Detroit News, March 25, 2024
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6. "NBC hires former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, who has demonized the press
and refused to acknowledge Biden was fairly elected," CNN, March 22, 2024
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