NBC's Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow rejoice in ex-RNC chair Ronna McDaniel's firing - as boss's spineless memo apologizing to left-leaning reporters is revealed

NBC's Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow rejoiced aft receiving nan news that their web leader had decided to driblet ex-RNC chair Ronna McDaniel after falling prey to aggravated backlash from nan far-left anchors. 

NBCUniversal News Group president Cesar Conde sent an apologetic memo to staffers Tuesday announcing that McDaniel was out. 

'There is nary uncertainty that nan past respective days person been difficult for nan News Group. After listening to nan morganatic concerns of galore of you, I person decided that Ronna McDaniel will not beryllium an NBC News contributor,' he announced. 

Conde said the initial determination was made owed to nan network's 'deep committedness to presenting our audiences pinch a wide divers group of viewpoints and experiences, peculiarly during these consequential times.' 

Ironically, nan large leader could not uphold nan network's alleged 'value' for 'diverse viewpoints' arsenic he quickly succumb to nan whines of his far-left hosts who person been furiously calling for McDaniel's ousting since her first quality arsenic a contributor. 

'I want to personally apologize to our squad members who felt we fto them down,' Conde continued. 'While this was a corporate proposal by immoderate members of our activity team, I approved it and return afloat work for it.' 

NBC anchors were thrilled to perceive nan news - and couldn't hold to stock their excitement connected aerial pinch their viewers. 

'I cognize I felt very powerfully astir it, I cognize you felt very powerfully astir it,' Joy Reid, big of The ReidOut, said.  'And I conscionable person to say, erstwhile personification does nan correct thing, I consciousness for illustration it should beryllium acknowledged arsenic publically arsenic we acknowledged our outrage.'

'I cognize really I consciousness astir it. I'm grateful to Cesar for really making nan correct decision. I deliberation it was nan correct decision,' she added. 

'I will conscionable opportunity that journalists are a fractious bunch,' Maddow said.

Maddow stated, 'To spot fundamentally nan unanimous emotion among each nan journalists successful this building and each nan elder unit and each nan producers and everybody successful this building astir this was 1 thing.'

'But past to spot nan executives and nan activity perceive that and respond to it and beryllium consenting to alteration people based connected it, based connected their respect for america and proceeding what we argued, I person heavy respect for that,' she continued. 

Maddow said it was 'a show of strength' for Conde to admit responsibility and a 'show of respect for nan group who activity astatine this institution and who make america who we are.'

'That activity was consenting to alteration connected this, and I'm grateful to them,' she said.

Sources told Deadline that McDaniel has besides been dropped by CAA and McDaniel was seeking imaginable ineligible options.

  
The erstwhile apical Republican is group to beryllium gone wrong a week of her hiring, and has responded by seeking ineligible representation, Puck News says. 

It comes aft nan network's apical governmental expert Chuck Todd erupted into an on-air rant astir McDaniel's hiring, peculiarly taking rumor pinch her support for Donald Trump's mendacious 2020 predetermination fraud claims. 

Todd's meltdown was quickly followed by different wide media stars, pinch MSNBC big Rachel Maddow describing nan hiring arsenic 'inexplicable' and said she hoped bosses would 'reconsider that decision.'

Fury astatine McDaniel's hiring reportedly began down closed doors, pinch apical contributors taking discourtesy to not being asked their opinions beforehand.

On Sunday, 2 days aft McDaniel's caller domiciled was announced, this spilled complete into Todd's hosting of his show Meet nan Press arsenic he launched into a scathing takedown of his bosses.

Todd told his successor Kristen Welker that NBC executives had put her successful an 'impossible situation' by having her question and reply McDaniel connected her first appearance. 

'Let maine woody pinch nan elephant successful nan room,' Todd said. 'I deliberation our bosses beryllium you an apology for putting you successful this situation, because I don't cognize what to believe.' 

When McDaniel appeared pinch Welker for nan first clip arsenic an worker of nan network, she seemed intent connected distancing herself from her past rhetoric.

She insisted that Biden won nan 2020 predetermination 'fair and square', adding, 'He's nan president. He's nan morganatic president.'

McDaniel had only stepped down arsenic RNC main 2 weeks earlier she was announced arsenic a paid NBC contributor. 

Amid nan backlash, MSNBC said she would not beryllium appearing connected nan web and would only characteristic connected NBC, arsenic galore of its apical anchors followed Todd's lead successful sounding disconnected successful public.

Amid disorder complete nan capacity successful which McDaniel would appear, Rachel Maddow took nan opportunity to besides return a changeable astatine her bosses. 

She said that MSNBC bosses had approved nan hiring, but erstwhile faced pinch outrage, they past walked backmost nan anticipation of her translating complete from NBC. 

Maddow said institution executives had been attempting to 'muddy that up successful nan press' and make it look they hadn't caved to pressure.  

'I tin guarantee that, that is what happened astatine MSNBC,' she said.

Following this, 'Morning Joe' hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski vowed to not person McDaniel connected their show, arsenic Brzezinski said she would not invited 'a personification who utilized her position of powerfulness to beryllium an anti-democracy predetermination denier.' 

While nan wide web melted down complete nan hiring, others felt nan disapproval was hypocritical, because Democrat stars specified arsenic erstwhile White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki person seamlessly moved from authorities to punditry. 

Another ex-White House Press Secretary, Trump's Sean Spicer, questioned: 'Did (Todd) ever show interest astir Jen Psaki joining nan left-wing network?... Didn't deliberation so.' 

NewsNation analogous Geraldo Rivera besides waded into nan controversy, claiming that nan backlash was fueled by 'pretentious bulls***.'

'Really, each of these group that person a instrumentality up their behinds, really situation they!' he said. 

'Chuck Todd, I don't retrieve his 9 years astatine Meet nan Press arsenic being precisely triumphant. You know, she is nan eventual insider, and to opportunity that they don't want to prosecute her now because of predetermination denialism, good past you don't want half nan state to watch your network.

'Half nan state is Republican, much aliases less, and they judge – a batch of them – aliases astatine slightest they've convinced themselves, astir nan predetermination being, you know, fraudulent aliases immoderate it is.'

Psaki, now big of MSNBC's 'Inside pinch Jen Psaki, chimed successful connected nan controversy, and said acquisition successful front-line authorities 'only matters and only has worth to viewers if it is paired pinch honesty and bully faith.' 

Todd besides said critics of his consequence were being intentionally dishonest, and he was offended by nan hiring of an predetermination denier, not that McDaniel was a Republican.

'This is astir whether honorable journalists are expected to lend their credibility to personification who intentionally tried to ruin ours,' he said connected X. 

Todd's takedown of nan web was seen by immoderate arsenic a watershed moment, pinch it antecedently unheard of for a contributor to blast a colleague's employment unrecorded connected nan air. 

McDaniel had served arsenic RNC Chair since 2017, aft antecedently serving arsenic chair of nan Michigan Republican Party and helped present nan authorities for Trump successful 2016. 

She is nan granddaughter of precocious Michigan Governor George Romney and niece of Utah Senator Mitt Romney.

However, her tenure made her unpopular among immoderate factions successful nan Republican Party, peculiarly arsenic nan statement mislaid crushed successful nan House, Senate and White House complete varying midterms and statesmanlike elections.