Quotes from MSNOW

C: The [court] didn't act with any alacrity when the East Wing [was] being torn down[.] [later] S: We have to take a commercial break because I have to look up the definition of the word 'alacrity'. [...] 'Alacrity', I thought I was here with Chris Hayes. C: Ouch! — Carol and Stephanie, 21 Oct 2026

"Were you trying to say BS? I just want you guys to know I got a huge problem these days. There is no synonym in the English language for BS. My producers constantly hit me with 'malarkey', that's not even a word in the state of New Jersey." — Stephanie Ruhle, 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 21 Oct 2026

"The journalist almost treats it like they're having a conversation with the Hamburglar and you're like, do you steal hamburgers? He's like no, not at all! Even though the stripes are here, right?" — Dr Jason Johnson, 𝘖𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘦, 20 Oct 2026

ER: This is Marjorie Taylor Greene territory. JA: Do you think she was in the crowd, incognito? <laughter> VH: Nope, she was on social media, blasting the President, after he called her a whack job at that very rally. — Eugene Robinson, Jackie Alemany and Vaughn Hillyard, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥, 18 Oct 2026

"Ken Paxton won't get on stage is because he's just frankly, not very bright. If brains were dynamite, he couldn't blow his nose. And they don't want to put him on a stage because he would have to answer to James Talarico, who's gonna make him look like a total clown." — Kendall Scudder, 17 Oct 2026

"They asked [Katie Zachariah where she passed the bar] and she answered, 'when I moved to China'. I mean - did she get it in the duty free shop at the airport? Did she think they meant, when did you walk past a bar? So it spoke to the deeper problems here." — Norm Eisen, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨, 14 Oct 2026

"I once spoke to a Trump associate who says Trump is one of the only people that you meet who shoots himself in one foot just so you don't look at the other, and that continues to be how I think he talks about the economy, and the state of the country." — Akayla Gardner, 𝘞𝘢𝘺 𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺, 6 Oct 2026

"So this is just [a wild] clown show by Eric Schmitt, desperately trying to grab attention. They planted a story about him being considered for VP that morning. [..] They saw this as his moment in the sun. And as it turned out, he ended up in a pile of Schmitt." — Claire McCaskill, 1 Oct 2026

"Sixteen percent of all Americans believe in Bigfoot. I'm surprised it's not higher. Seventeen percent of Americans believe in Donald Trump, and the job he's doing as President when it comes to the cost of living. Seventeen percent." — Nicolle Wallace, 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 1 Oct 2026

"Donald Trump's solution to his Donald Trump problem? More Donald Trump!" — Chris Hayes, 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘐𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘴, 30 Sept 2026

"We just have amateur hour going on with regard to this summit between Xi and Trump. All that came out of this was like a two-month trade truce that the Chinese got, and in return, we got two pandas. And that was it." — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 11𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳, 28 Sept 2026

"One has to wonder though, Xi doesn't really have to do anything to end up looking like the stable leader in the world. He just has to watch Donald Trump flail around and mistakes like this happen." — Ali Velshi, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 11𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳, 28 Sept 2026

"On one hand, [Trump] drives up all this crap about protecting national security, but then on the other, he and his administration continue to undermine it themselves. [...] Did national security matter when [Natalie Harp] went one year without a security clearance?" — Jacob Soboroff, 26 Sept 2026

"How about punishing ICE protesters or derailing clean energy? National security. How about a ballroom encrusted in gold? We obviously need that to bolster our national security. I think you get my point. The breadth is crazy. The irony, is somehow crazier." — Jacob Soboroff, 26 Sept 2026

"The cake may be baked, but they keep adding icing at every turn. It's like they just can't let the cake be." — Alicia Menendez, 𝘖𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘦, 25 Sept 2026

"This is an all-in effort of government to simply make it harder for people to vote who this administration does not want to be part of the political process. [...] Today the Supreme Court either turned a blind eye to that, or was extremely naive, or worse." — Marc Elias, 𝘖𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘦, 25 Sept 2026

"The judge said this order is effective immediately. [So] the refusal to admit reporters today is a breach of that court order. There is either incompetence in not alerting Secret Service [or] this is contempt of court." — Barb McQuade, 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 24 Sept 2026

"[Judge Kelly is] setting an expedited briefing schedule for preliminary injunction, which would be a longer-term block here. And so he will likely have to tackle those First Amendment arguments. But at this point, this is all about due process." — Fallon Gallagher, 𝘞𝘢𝘺 𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺, 24 Sept 2026

"Overnight, US District Judge Timothy Kelly issued a 14-day temporary restraining order restoring access to MS Now, CNN and Politico while ruling that Trump's ban on the outlets is likely unconstitutional." — Ali Vitali, 𝘞𝘢𝘺 𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺, 24 Sept 2026

"Failed businessman, failed President, and now apparently a failed authoritarian that you're to the point where you're running around having people tell you you can put your name on anything in Washington DC." — Michael Steele, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 23 Sept 2026

"The plaintiffs' attorneys [made] the argument that Team Trump seems to use 'national security' as like a magic bean type of word. We'll just throw it out there and expect it to sprout." — Scott MacFarlane, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 23 Sept 2026

"This is being challenged in court, I better say 'national security', those talismanic words that mean I get to do whatever I want, get out of law free card. It's so clear [at the hearing that] everything national security related was a post hoc rationale." — Mary McCord, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 23 Sept 2026

"[The President] does not like coverage that is critical of him. He does not like honest coverage. He doesn't like coverage done by professional journalists." — Luke Russert, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 23 Sept 2026

"Every time Donald Trump opens his mouth, he is admitting to the fact that the reason why there is a ban has nothing to do with national security, it has to do with his ego." — Luke Russert, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 23 Sept 2026

"Elections are won by those extremes of intensity. And [in] the latest poll that I saw, he had a very favorable of about 15 and a very unfavorable approaching 50. [And] I think this is what is scaring Republicans the most, because that is what's going to drive turnout." — Rick Stengel, 23 Sept 2026