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This liberal approves of "Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace"

I don't tend to watch much cable news. Most of it is slanted one way or the other. When that's not the case, it's common for conspiracy theorists to receive just as much airtime as renowned scientists. One show I've come to watch and like, however, is MSNBC's Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace.

Nicolle Wallace, believe it or not, was once George W. Bush's White House Communications Director. She was also a senior advisor to the John McCain-Sarah Palin 2008 campaign team. So she hasn't been shy about her Republican leanings in the past. That all changed when Donald Trump began running for the presidency, however. Especially after Trump received the Republican Party's nomination, Wallace, like many others, felt as though the GOP had left her, so it was time for her to leave the GOP. Ever since that point, she's been one of the Republican Party's (Trump in particular) harshest critics. There have even been times where I, a self-described liberal Trump basher, have listened to her commentary on the show and said, "Dammmmn! That was nasty!" I'll even hear a Democrat on her show partially defend a Republican politician or the party and she'll quickly snap back with something like, "No, he a lying sucktard. Moving on..."

The only complaint I have with the show is the fact it seems Ms. Wallace likes to play apologist for her former boss, George W. Bush. On one hand, I can understand why she does this. On the other, however, while Donald Trump is the worst president in this country's history, George W. Bush isn't far behind. I'll let that slide, though. For whatever reason, there's nothing I like more than seeing a former Republican seeing the light, seeing the party for what it's become, and bashing them harder than Aaron Judge on a 100 mph fastball right down the middle of the plate. So, check it out. Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, on MSNBC from 4 to 5 pm EST Mondays through Fridays.

http://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house

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