Mike Huckabee blasts MSNBC host Rachel Maddow's debate performance: 'She pretends to be a journalist'
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Thursday that he found something lacking in MSNBC host Rachel Maddow's performance as a moderator during Wednesday's MSNBC-Washington Post Democratic presidential debate.
The Republican described Maddow as being overtly opinionated and said she showed a clear anti-Trump bias in some of her questioning.
"Rachel Maddow, first of all, is about as objective as I am," Huckabee said during an appearance on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle."
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During the debate, Maddow asked Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., how central President Trump's alleged "conduct uncovered by this impeachment inquiry" should be to the Democratic presidential contenders' campaigns.
She also asked Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., if she would try to convince Senate Republicans to convict Trump, if he is impeached by the House, and remove him from office, a sentiment Maddow said Warren has previously espoused.
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The "Rachel Maddow Show" host also asked former Vice President Joe Biden about a "potential criminal investigation" against Trump after he leaves the White House.
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"I don't pretend to be a journalist -- I don't play one on TV," Huckabee said. "I know I have a point of view [and] she does too but she pretends to be a journalist."
He added that if the federal government under a Democratic president decides Trump should be prosecuted, they will have to wait five years to do so.
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"By then, a lot of them are going to be so utterly discredited nobody will pay attention," he claimed.
Host Laura Ingraham added that Democratic candidate Andrew Yang, a New York businessman, claimed the impeachment narrative is not working to advance the Democratic platform in regard to the presidential race.
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Huckabee agreed, responding that Democrats appear to hate constitutional principles more than they hold disdain for Trump.