MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle surprisingly praised President-elect Donald Trump earlier this week, highlighting the major difference between him and his failed challenger, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Ruhle, who has consistently supported and defended Harris, admitted in an interview with “So Many Issues” host Lukas Thimm that Trump was always accessible to the media, while Harris hid behind her handlers.
“I rolled the dice and I called him on the phone,” the MSNBC host explained regarding reaching out to Trump after his historic Madison Square Garden rally. “And he answered!”
“I wasn’t calling to chit-chat,” Ruhle added. “I called for one reason, I said, ‘You just said a whole bunch of public things. I’d like to sit down for an interview with you. We’ve got five days before the election.’ … I said, ‘I want an interview.’ Obviously, he said no.”
She went on to joke that Trump had basically told her to go f—k herself, but at least he answered — while Harris and President Joe Biden hide behind their handlers and staff.
“But my point is, I was able to get to him by dialing his phone,” Ruhle said. “Now, that might be completely apes***, and you’re like, ‘I can’t believe people know this guy’s phone number’ — but the reverse of that, if I were to want to connect with VP Harris or President Biden, there’s 50 people between me and them.”
“I could write a note that maybe could get to somebody, to get somebody, then through Phony Express and a pigeon, something might end up in a mailbox near them,” she joked. “And I called DJT to say, ‘Yo, can I get an interview?’ And he told me to go f—k myself, but I still was able to connect with him.”
Thimm shared the clip of Ruhle’s comments in a post on social media, where he highlighted the fact that “politicians need to adapt” to the evolving media landscape.
“One such way is providing easier access so people can hear from them directly,” he wrote. “Stephanie Ruhle and other journalists have a direct line to the president-elect, and as Stephanie says in jest, their conversation didn’t last long but still shows how she was able to connect with him.”
MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle describes Donald Trump as approachable, in contrast to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris:
Stephanie Ruhle: "The day after, after Donald Trump had that crazy rally at Madison Square Garden. I rolled the dice and I called him on the phone and he answered.
It was… pic.twitter.com/6FrLpTqWTV— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) December 17, 2024
This comes just a few month after Ruhle actually interviewed Harris, where she asked nothing but softball questions.
MSNBC will air a taped and contrived interview tonight where far-left @SRuhle will be lobbing Kamala Harris nothing but softball questions.
Ruhle recently appeared on Bill Maher and endorsed Kamala.
You don’t hate the media nearly enough. pic.twitter.com/yNS8BhnhwA
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) September 25, 2024
