Rachel Maddow

And you had to work it out with Boris. Correct.

Holy cow. The guy who was pushed out of the transition, this transition for allegedly charging people money. Cash money to get appointments in the Trump administration. To get them confirmed by the Senate.

Holy cow. The guy who was pushed out of the transition, this transition for allegedly charging people money. Cash money to get appointments in the Trump administration. To get them confirmed by the Senate.

But do the business guys come too?

But do the business guys come too?

Yes, exactly. Like I can't I'm sort of I want to fast forward a little bit to see what he ends up doing to Marco Rubio.

Yes, exactly. Like I can't I'm sort of I want to fast forward a little bit to see what he ends up doing to Marco Rubio.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, well, yeah, I feel like the thing that I'm worst at in our type of politics and news coverage is human psychology, just because I'm a weirdo. Yeah. Like, I don't know anybody. Like, you're my friend, but I don't know anybody else, Nicole.

Yeah, well, yeah, I feel like the thing that I'm worst at in our type of politics and news coverage is human psychology, just because I'm a weirdo. Yeah. Like, I don't know anybody. Like, you're my friend, but I don't know anybody else, Nicole.

I'm not going to elaborate on my answers to that because it'll be too revealing. But yeah, I am a hermit. And so the idea that I don't know what lurks in his heart and I don't know what's going on in his mind, but I do know that there are a lot of people like him in history who had a path to political power and to some degree to personal glory based on

I'm not going to elaborate on my answers to that because it'll be too revealing. But yeah, I am a hermit. And so the idea that I don't know what lurks in his heart and I don't know what's going on in his mind, but I do know that there are a lot of people like him in history who had a path to political power and to some degree to personal glory based on

purported values, or at least performance of purported values. And then when they realized that there was some sort of force taking over in politics that could sort of vaunt them up a few steps without them having to do the work themselves, they just jettisoned everything that had purportedly been their values before and instead leeched onto the new power.

purported values, or at least performance of purported values. And then when they realized that there was some sort of force taking over in politics that could sort of vaunt them up a few steps without them having to do the work themselves, they just jettisoned everything that had purportedly been their values before and instead leeched onto the new power.

And that's just—there's a lot of people like that in history, and there's a reason we don't remember their names. It's because they become irrelevant. They're vessels that are then used by authoritarians for as long as they're convenient, and then they're humiliated and discarded. And so I think what's going on with Marco Rubio is, among other things, I think it's the end of his ascendance.

And that's just—there's a lot of people like that in history, and there's a reason we don't remember their names. It's because they become irrelevant. They're vessels that are then used by authoritarians for as long as they're convenient, and then they're humiliated and discarded. And so I think what's going on with Marco Rubio is, among other things, I think it's the end of his ascendance.

Like, who would— Right. Right. Right. Raise your hand if you think that was for real. Right. It's not going to happen.

Like, who would— Right. Right. Right. Raise your hand if you think that was for real. Right. It's not going to happen.

So I just, yeah, I can't say it's sad because Rubio is doing so much damage. I mean, there's going to be So many deaths on the ledger under the State Department and USAID. Just the toll, the human toll of what he will have not just acceded to, but accelerated with his playing a role in it is going to be something that will go down in history just in terms of the body count.