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Donald Trump unleashed mockery on former RNC chief Ronna McDaniel Tuesday after she was let go by NBC News just days after the network offered her a political contributor gig.
"Wow! Ronna McDaniel got fired by Fake News NBC," Trump posted on TruthSocial. "She only lasted two days, and this after McDaniel went out of her way to say what they wanted to hear."
Trump then made it sound as though McDaniel was lost on a mythical island in a J. M. Barrie novel.
"It leaves her in a very strange place, it’s called NEVER NEVERLAND, and it’s not a place you want to be," reads the post.
"These Radical Left Lunatics are CRAZY, and the top people at NBC ARE WEAK. They were BROKEN and EMBARRASSED by LOW RATINGS, HIGHLY OVERPAID, “TALENT.” BRING BACK FREE AND FAIR PRESS - MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN 2024!"
Having faced a near uprising among high-profile staffers and viewers after hiring McDaniel, on Tuesday NBC bowed to the pressure and cut ties with her.
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Many, including some who voiced their displeasure on the air, were furious that she would be hired despite having backed Trump's rigged election theories. She had been ousted from her role at the RNC earlier in March, as Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump and ally Michael Whatley took over.
NBC Universal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde apologized in a memo to staffers for having greenlit her hiring.
“No organization, particularly a newsroom, can succeed unless it is cohesive and aligned. Over the last few days, it has become clear that this appointment undermines that goal,” Conde stated. But he said the network remained committed to centering “voices that represent different parts of the political spectrum.”
NBC had announced McDaniel would join as a contributor on Friday as the heated presidential election neared.
Over the weekend, former “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd broke ranks on-air Sunday to take aim at the hire.
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