MS NOW Host Spots The Major Way Voters Hit Back At GOP's 'Cruel' Attacks On This Community

HuffPost · Ben Blanchet · 2026-11-05 20:28 UTC

Chris Hayes said he’s “very, very grateful” that the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the attacks failed with Americans at the polls.

MS NOW’s Chris Hayes on Tuesday called out Republicans for rallying behind vile anti-transgender attacks in this year’s midterms, stressing that the message failed to resonate with voters.

The host — while serving on a network panel as results poured in revealing a referendum on President Donald Trump, who has caped for several acts targeting the trans community — stressed that the attacks had become “so toxic and so common and so cruel and so ceaseless” throughout the cycle.

“And it was every ad, every ad. You watch a Sunday football game, and it was, ‘These people are the reason. This is the problem. This is the thing you have to think about.’ And they pumped hundreds of millions of dollars,” Hayes said.

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