{"id":2380619,"date":"2024-12-16T15:31:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T20:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-host-defends-abc-saying-comment-on-trump-seems-to-hold-up-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-16T15:31:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T20:31:28","slug":"msnbc-host-defends-abc-saying-comment-on-trump-seems-to-hold-up-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-host-defends-abc-saying-comment-on-trump-seems-to-hold-up-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC host defends ABC saying comment on Trump \u2018seems to hold up\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmsnbc-host-defends-abc-saying-comment-on-trump-seems-to-hold-up-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2380619&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">content appears<\/a> to be a webpage snippet that features a &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button,\u200d encouraging users to expand the text for additional details. The primary focus of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-man-convicted-of-fatally-shooting-black-lives-matter-protester-wont-get-new-trial-judge-rules\/\" title=\"Texas man who killed Black Lives Matter protester won&#039;t receive new trial, judge decides.\">provided text<\/a> is a headline stating that an MSNBC\u2063 host has defended a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-judge-fines-trump-10000-for-benign-campaign-comment\/\" title=\"NY Judge fines Trump k for harmless campaign remark.\">comment \u2062made<\/a> by ABC regarding Donald Trump, suggesting that the comment &#8220;seems\u2064 to hold up.&#8221; Additional details might potentially be available upon further exploration\u200c of the\u200c text that follows the button; though,the provided snippet mainly \u2062includes HTML structures rather \u2062than \u200dcomplete\u2064 information on the topic.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">MSNBC host defends ABC saying comment on Trump &lsquo;seems to hold up&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1913575\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/msnbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MSNBC<\/a> host Symone Sanders-Townsend took to George Stephanopoulos&rsquo;s defense Sunday, agreeing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3261020\/stephanopoulos-abc-news-ordered-to-apologize-pay-15-million-trump-defamation-settlement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"conviction\">his characterization<\/a> of President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/2927431\/trump-defamation-lawsuit-against-george-stephanopoulos-abc-nancy-mace-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"conviction\">conviction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Stephanopoulos is fresh from settling with Trump in a lawsuit over his comment that Trump was &ldquo;liable for rape,&rdquo; for which his network will pay $15 million. Trump will take the settlement toward establishing a &ldquo;Presidential foundation and museum to be established by or for Plaintiff, as Presidents of the United States of America have established in the past.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Sanders-Townsend called the settlement &ldquo;insane&rdquo; on MSNBC&rsquo;s <em>The Weekend<\/em> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would just say, I mean, this feels like it has a real chilling effect,&rdquo; Sanders-Townsend said. &ldquo;Like, I mean, shout out to the standards department standards is always making sure that we are keeping the bar high and substantive and accurate. But what George Stephanopoulos said in that interview, I mean, it seems to hold up, what the judge said after the back.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2728556&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=40782813bf67bd9dfa2a49796cdb839c\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The anchor was referring to federal Judge Lewis Kaplan&rsquo;s ruling, which he wrote that even though E. Jean Carroll failed to prove accusations of rape, it does not mean that she failed to prove Trump &ldquo;raped&rdquo; her, as many people commonly understand the word &ldquo;rape.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And now he&rsquo;s &mdash; news organization and himself George Stephanopoulos himself &mdash; is paying a million of his own money to the lawyers and ABC, $15 million. It&rsquo;s insane,&rdquo; Sanders-Townsend said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump has yet to publicly comment on Sanders-Townsend, seemingly reinforcing the comment that Trump accused Stephanopoulos of defaming him. 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