UPDATE -- Recently replaced Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was sacked Tuesday by NBC News after vociferous objections about her hiring by erstwhile NBC News and MSNBC colleagues. Yes, both NBC News and MSNBC have hired former Republican, as well as former Democratic, operatives as on-air pundits, but McDaniel's years of criticizing real news outlets as "fake news" and of facilitating Donald J. Trump's election denials did not go over well with critics inside and outside the network.

Tuesday evening, NBC Universal Group Chairman Cesar Conde emailed the following to staff members: "There is no doubt that the last several days have been difficult for the News Group. After listening to the legitimate concerns of many of you, I have decided that Ronna McDaniel will not be an NBC News contributor."

Question: Will Fox News now pick up McDaniel (for, we surmise, a discount fee) or will she be relegated to the likes of One America News Network?

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On McDaniel's Landing at NBC News

NBC News is taking serious hits for hiring former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel as a paid commentator last week. After years of carrying the water for Republican Party head Donald J. Trump, McDaniel conceded on Sunday’s Meet the Press that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election “fair and square,” The Bulwark reports. Chuck Todd, former moderator of Meet the Press asked on the Sunday morning show, “Who’s paying for her?” according to USA Today.

McDaniel was replaced in the RNC by Trump’s hand-picked chairman Michael Whatley and co-chair Lara Trump, wife of Eric Trump.

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Scroll Down … with the trackbar on the far right to read RJ Caster’s conservative commentary on President Biden’s State of the Union address, “SOTU Meets Low Expectations.” Scroll down further to read Pundit-at-Large Stephen Macaulay’s commentary from the right, “Beautiful Bloviation.”

Further down the page on this side, you can read about Nikki Haley’s anti-climactic withdrawal from the race for the GOP presidential nomination.

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