It’s time to find out who had the Worst Media Quote of the Week. This interactive series is where you — our loyal NewsBusters visitors and MRC supporters — get to vote on which leftist journalist or celebrity had the worst media quote of the week.
Much appreciation to all who voted last week via NewsBusters and the MRC’s various social media sites (Facebook, Instagram and X.com).
The results of the Worst Media Quote of the Week are in and the winner is…
Charlamagne!
The co-host of The Breakfast Club won with a 46 percent of the vote. Charlamagne Tha God took first place for declaring that when President Donald Trump dies: “people are going to treat it like Mardi Gras!” ABC late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel came in second place with 44 percent. Finishing last was ABC’s The View co-host Sunny Hostin at 10 percent.
Check out the following clip (via the MRC Video team) to see the nominees in action:
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WINNER (46 percent of the vote)
Charlamagne: When Trump Dies, “People Are Going to Treat It Like Mardi Gras!”
“You’re, you know, going to go down as the worst president of all time because you don’t give a damn about democracy, ok? Wiping your ass with the Constitution, and on pace to lead this country into the worst financial crisis of all time. But you are also – ok – putting yourself into a position that when you pass, people are going to treat it like Mardi Gras in New Orleans!”
— Charlamagne Tha God on The Breakfast Club, March 23.
SECOND PLACE (44 percent of the vote)
Elitist Jimmy Kimmel: Sen. Markwayne Mullin Unqualified to Be DHS Secretary Because He Used to Be a Plumber
“Trump’s got a whole new generation of thinkers lined up, including his newly confirmed Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne ‘Chuck Mike Bruce Dave’ Melon — Mullin. Maybe Melon’s better. He’s the now former senator of Oklahoma. Before he was elected to the Senate, Markwayne Mullin was a low-level MMA fighter and a plumber. That’s right. We have a plumber protecting us from terrorism now. Well it worked for Super Mario. Why not Markwayne?”
— Host Jimmy Kimmel on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, March 24.
THIRD PLACE (10 percent of the vote)
Sunny Hostin: Sen. Markwayne Mullin Shouldn’t Be In Charge of “Lawless Band of Masked Bandits” at ICE Because He Was an MMA Fighter
“This man [Senator Markwayne Mullin] had been in Congress, and so he had governmental experience. He was also a talk show host. He was a construction worker. He was also a professional MMA fighter. And a plumber. I just don’t think that even with his government experience, someone with that sort of fighter mentality, who has been so aggressive, should be heading a lawless band of masked bandits!”
— Co-host Sunny Hostin on ABC’s The View, March 19.
Thanks again to all who participated!
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