Appearing on MSNBC’s 11 a.m. ET hour on Tuesday, NewsOne Now host Roland Martin said something so offensive about President Trump that even liberal anchor Stephanie Ruhle had to object. Discussing the President giving an unusually political speech to the Boy Scouts on Monday, Martin launched into a tirade: “Here’s the deal, large rallies for Donald Trump – that’s his crack. He is addicted to it. He is a crackhead when it comes to large crowds.”
Ruhle was forced to interrupt her guest and scold him for his nasty attack: “Hold on. Roland – Roland, hold on a second. Hold on – we’re talking about being respectful. This is the president – ” Martin insisted: “No, no, no, follow me here....follow me, Stephanie – ” Ruhle continued to admonish him: “Hold on a second, no. This is the President of the United States. If you want to say he’s an adrenaline addict, if you want to say this fires him up, fine. You’re not going to say it’s his crack.”
Adjusting his language slightly, Martin ranted: “That’s his fix....When he gets in front of a large crowd, he loses it.” The left-wing commentator proclaimed: “He’s gonna keep doing this, and you sat there and listened to it, and it was horrible....I’m sorry, that was despicable and I would like to respect the President, but can he please respect the office?”
After first lecturing Martin, Ruhle then joined in the harsh criticism: “I’ll tell you, my mother, who voted for President Trump, she herself was disgusted by last night’s speech.” She then noted that the President would be “giving another rally tonight to a huge crowd in Ohio.” Co-anchor Ali Velshi remarked: “He’s going to get a fix tonight.” Ruhle agreed: “He’s certainly going to get a fix.”