'Wait. What?' Philippe Reines has NO right to play this game with Donald Trump's 'rhetoric'

Sarah D | 1:53 PM on October 24, 2018

For some reason, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell thought Philippe Reines would be a good person to talk to about the recent bomb threats against Democratic politicians and officials:

.@PhilippeReines: if you are looking at who they have targeted so far, it is almost like they are following Donald Trump's Twitter feed #AMR

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) October 24, 2018

Philippe Reines, longtime Hillary Clinton side, just now on MSNBC says we have to ask how responsible @realDonaldTrump is for these suspicious package attacks because of his rhetoric.

— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) October 24, 2018

Exact Quote: "If you are looking at who they have targeted so far, it is almost like they are following Donald Trump’s Twitter feed … You have to ask how much Donald Trump is responsible for the climate where things like this happen.”

— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) October 24, 2018

Has Philippe Reines listened to his own rhetoric lately?

I'm sure MSNBC really took Reines to task for this. https://t.co/d6H5GNj6Wb

— BT (@back_ttys) October 24, 2018

Spoiler alert: They didn’t.

They should have, though. Because this was disgusting:

Here is Obama's former deputy secretary of state, Philippe Reines, excusing, and perhaps even promoting, attacking Mitch McConnell while he eats with his wife in a restaurant. McConnell "got away with murder" on Merrick Garland, so "this is fine." pic.twitter.com/6A70d9hIqR

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 21, 2018