HuffPost's Alex Wagner Discusses Donald Trump On MSNBC (VIDEO)

HuffPost's Alex Wagner spoke to MSNBC's Cenk Uygur Friday night about Donald Trump.

Wagner, discussing controversial comments made by Trump and Rush Limbaugh, commented, "Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh, what they effectively do is change the magnetic poles here. And you know, regardless of how feasible his candidacy actually is, when Donald Trump, you know, starts engaging in this rhetoric, and Rush Limbaugh starts engaging in this rhetoric, it gives fuel to the fire."

She also explained that the GOP is "dead serious about cutting this deficit. They are dead serious about economic reform. They are dead serious about entitlement reforms. And so they are going to be making much more of a concerted effort in the following weeks and months to get the carny sideshow of social conservatism that is Donald Trump off the main stage."

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Comments

[den1953]

11:07 AM on 04/16/2011

Notice how all the other candidates do not mention how the Chinese are destroying this nation wonder why that is, could it be they don't want to upset the Chinese to insure farther borrowing?

[Tugar]

02:15 AM on 04/18/2011

den, you sound like a person with many problems !

[den1953]

08:31 AM on 04/18/2011

You sound like a person that shops at WalMart and just don't care about American jobs?

[WrongApeture]

12:11 PM on 04/20/2011

"the Chinese" - r u referring to all chinese people, people from china, chinese-americans, please be more specific, otherwise you're just grouping a bunch of people together.

[den1953]

04:04 PM on 04/20/2011

When one thinks of the powerful Chinese one has to talk about the Chinese government, the Chinese citizen is under communist government control and are not in the position to lend other governments large sums of money to finance wars or government programs...... I hope this clears it up for you!

[ANCook]

10:57 AM on 04/16/2011

Man, I love Cenk. So happy he's been so successful lately.

[Sumsanity]

10:54 AM on 04/16/2011

I won't ever trust a politician who refuses to produce a birth certificate. I think you have to to run for president don't you?

[edtheengineer]

03:38 PM on 04/16/2011

In the case of The Donald and other candydates, it would be much more comforting to see a certificate attesting to passage of a sanity check.

[noxxe]

02:46 PM on 04/17/2011

You birthers are really still perpetuating this nonsense?

1) Does it REALLY matter? Attack his policies if you have an issue with the man, not a technicality based on a rumor that's been disproved over and over.

2) Verify for yourself: http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html

3) I don't give damn where our politicians are from. Regardless - it seems none of them are in touch with real people or real life. When you're making over 100k/yr and aren't affected by a lot of your legislation you have no incentive to *really* work for the people. That applies to both democrats AND republicans.

4) Nearly all politicians in congress right now aren't working towards solving problems. They're aiming to enforce ideologies. And well, sorry, I don't give a damn if homosexuals want to marry or if women want abortions right now. I'm concerned about REAL problems - like our damned economy that's going down the tubes. Hell, they can't even agree on what they disagree on.

[Sumsanity]

05:06 PM on 04/17/2011

Thanks for that. I am not a birther supporter. I would like the distraction to go away. Your reference seems genuine.

[Farmers Market]

10:51 AM on 04/16/2011

The GOP/Ryan budget will seal their doom with SENIORS.

[msjimmied]

10:34 AM on 04/16/2011

What is with the circumcision language in the Arizona bill? What are they gonna do? Inspect the junk? What if we had a woman candidate? What does she need to show? GAWD!

[ariveria]

10:21 AM on 04/16/2011

the republican/conservative/teabaggers are not serious about reducing the deficit if so they would raise taxes not continue to cut them.

they are serious about using the deficit as a smoke screen to turn america into a third world oligarchy.

of course the donald brither who wants to see obamas long form birth certificate but cant find his own. the first document he released wasnt even a legal document.

the second one was a photo copy of something. it didnt even have a raised seal. as any birther knows the long form birth certificate has the name and signature of the doctor that performed the delivery. this does not.

the donald went on the air and publicly stated that the long form birth certificate includes the religion what he provided does not.

of course the biggest difference between what the donald provided and what obama provided is what the states say about them. the state of hawaii says what obama provided is a valid legal birth certificate proving birth in hawaii.

the state of new york has refused to state the same about what the donald provided.

come on donald where is your real birth certificate.

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"Remember Gabby and the Tucson 6"
Civility Counts

[The Albany Kid]

09:23 AM on 04/16/2011

And I thought that Ana Marie Cox and A.B Stoddard were cute....Alex Wagner blows them both away!

[Jaczar]

08:23 AM on 04/16/2011

Why would you use Donald Trump's picture headlining Alex Wagner's article? Alex is bright and beautiful with a radiant smils. I don't want to see The Donald, show me Alex!

[fromdnorth]

08:19 AM on 04/16/2011

...and Bush?

[cybersense]

07:34 AM on 04/16/2011

Pawlenty should not try to joke or try to look witty. Let his staff do stunts for him. LOL

[edtheengineer]

03:20 PM on 04/16/2011

None of the current slate of party candydates has the ability to be witty since some of them are witless and the rest are just plain jokes.

[Dawit Tesfaye]

06:47 AM on 04/16/2011

she is so cute !

[Tugar]

06:29 AM on 04/16/2011

AND DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS ONE !

I heard on this evening's news, something about Arizona and other states requiring that a birth certificate must show the name of the doctor who delivered you ! It must show a signature, and the name of the hospital where you were born !

Earlier, I understood a "NOTARY SEAL" was required on birth certificates in other states ! It seems that each state has their own set of rules and requirements concerning acceptable Birth Certificates ! ... LOL !

LEAVE PRES. OBAMA ALONE WITH THIS NONSENSE ! .... AND IF ANYTHING... DO SOMETHING TO MAKE STANDARDIZED REQUIREMENTS NATION-WIDE ! Because right now, my own birth certificate falls short of all this nonsense ! The doctor who delivered me, the hosp etc., Good Lord ! I suppose the next thing they will require for all of us, would be to look the poor doctor up (if he/she is still living) to personally attest to all past deliveries !

REALLY, LMAO !

[fromdnorth]

08:20 AM on 04/16/2011

I was born at home!
I guess that blows my chances...

[ariveria]

10:26 AM on 04/16/2011

birthers have long claimed that information is on the long form birth certificate. the arizona law does not require that information. it does allow a baptism certificate. which is nonsense because that doesnt prove where a person was born. somebody could be born anyplace in the world then brought to the good ole us of a and baptized.

the donald released what he claims is his birth certificate. it has a multitude of problems one of which is that it does not list the name of the doctor or have the doctors signature.

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"Remember Gabby and the Tucson 6"
Civility Counts

[rel77]

02:18 AM on 04/16/2011

Alex Wagner is my ideal woman. Brilliant, beautiful, warm and funny. And a very melodic voice, too. And those dimples. I am sure she will go far in her field, and I'll be cheering her on. She'll have her own show, and soon.

[fromdnorth]

08:21 AM on 04/16/2011

You're turning me on...

[MacGuffin]

01:54 AM on 04/16/2011

Alex Wagner is really cute.

Good to see she is getting a bigger role. Smart chick, too.

[BigHound1]

12:33 AM on 04/16/2011

I'm glad that Trump is giving the teaballers something to hold on to. Puff, now its gone.

That's Trump for you!!!!