A discussion on MSNBC on Wednesday morning about Donald Trump's return to making wild claims and accusations while raging on his Truth Social account in the middle of the night led one contributor to warn the press not to give the president-elect what it is he craves, by which he meant attention.
During his appearance on "Morning Joe," longtime political commentator Mike Barnicle complained that there is a tendency in the media to "overreact to everything the president-elect does dating back to when he first ran for president in 2016."
After a discussion about Trump lashing out at ex-Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) at approximately 2:30 AM ET, Barnicle cautioned the co-hosts about over-inflating each move and utterance of Trump.
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"There's another element to it and I would submit that it's around the president-elect tweeting at 3:30 this morning whatever it was he tweeted, or texted or what's --."
"Truth Social'd," co-host Jonathan Lemire prompted him.
"Truth Social, sorry, correction. I don't want to be charged with anything," he joked referencing Trump's latest tact of suing media personalities.
"We overreact to him," he claimed. "We overreact to every excess, every lie, every bizarre statement he makes which is what he wants and what he's getting again."
"It's how he got elected in 2016. It's how he got re-elected the second time out in November," he pointed out. "We overreact to everything. I can tell you, just ordinary people, out there in the country when they hear this, when they hear what he said, when he hears what we say about it or other people say about it and millions of people write about it in the papers, you know what they do? They tape their eyelids open in order to stay awake –– they're so sick of it."
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