Senator Claire McCaskill went on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to push forward Hillary Clinton’s recent talking points concerning Donald Trump being a corrupt and terrible and wildly unacceptable candidate for president of the United States. One of the new, more frustrating narratives that the media is working off of these days is: we know that Donald Trump is terrible and a fraud but how come Hillary Clinton hasn’t already won every poll? The fact that the traditional media outlets asking this question have little interest in actually pursuing the dissatisfaction being experienced by a large population of the United States because of income inequality and social injustice makes the question both rhetorical and pointless. All it serves to do is add to the mythology that Clinton is untrustworthy, without offering up anything real. Sen. McCaskill, for her part, stayed on topic, blasting Trump’s foreign business ties and his fraudulent charity.
At the end of the interview, host Mika Brzezinski brings up Trump’s television “interview” with Dr. Oz.
Oh my Lord, talk about two snake-oil salesmen.
She’s referring to Dr. Mehmet Oz, best known for being a fraud himself with his own crazy glorious hair.
Skip to around 8:55, at the end of the interview. You can watch the full interview if you’d like, but let me suggest you enjoy the snake-oil commentary and then move on.