MSNBC’s Tiffany Cross Accuses Media of Pandering to ‘Racist White People’ (Video)

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new co-host on “The View,” adding that he TV deal speaks to the larger issue of media pandering to “racist white people” since 2016.“Now, remember, in 2016, after many, many members of the news media helped usher in this lunatic into the White House, the takeaway for many executives was, ‘Guys, we in the news didn’t pay enough attention to racist white people,'” Cross began on Saturday’s edition of “The Cross Connection.”“That’s how we got those ridiculous terms like white economic anxiety and those voters of the Heartland segments with a bunch of white Midwesterners and coffee shops that have never seen folks who look like this right here,” she went on. “Then there were all the deep dives in the Trump country and print profiles of Trump supporters.”In this week’s essay, @TiffanyDCross shares her take on a former Trump loyalist who could be the newest host on The View. #CrossConnection pic.twitter.com/lyj66mdBd0To Cross, Griffin’s hiring indicates that little has changed.

Earlier this week, multiple sources reported that the CNN political commentator and former press secretary for Mike Pence is joining the daytime talk show in September.

Griffin will purportedly fill the “conservative spot” vacated by Meghan McCain last August. Though ABC has yet to issue a formal announcement of Griffin’s hiring, “Let’s please not forget that this tawdry turncoat Trump loyalist quickly morphed into an opportunist after voluntarily taking jobs with the Trump administration,” Cross said, adding that Griffin “rode his wave of open xenophobia and racism all the way to network television.”In addition to serving as a Trump aide, Griffin wrote for WorldNetDaily, the far-right conspiracy website founded by her father Joseph Farah.