MSNBC's Ari Melber cited a Washington Free Beacon story on Monday about all but one of the candidates running to head the Democratic National Committee skipping the Women's March on Saturday to stay at a donor retreat near Miami, Florida.
Melber started off the segment by describing the march that took place the day after the presidential inauguration.
"After a big weekend of activism, Democrats are grappling with how to harness the energy from those women's marches that took over cities around the nation and even the world," he said. "The marches immediately drew comparisons to Tea Party rallies, with activists and operatives asking the question that also faced the GOP when Obama took office, 'How do you direct energy that is more of a grassroots reaction than a proactive embrace of any given party or agenda?'"
He then brought up a screenshot of the article written by the Free Beacon's Lachlan Markay.
"And is the Democratic Party so-called-establishment even really listening?" Melber asked.
As the protesters "flooded the streets around the country," the people running to head the main political party behind the march were not on the ground with them, Melber explained.
They were instead at a donor retreat in Miami headed by David Brock.
Melber pointed out that a single candidate did manage to make it to the march.
"As activists flooded the streets around the country, a gathering of major donors and strategists was convening near Miami," he said. "Of the seven candidates vying to chair the DNC, only South Bend, Indiana Mayor, Pete Buttigieg joined one of the actual marches."