MSNBC political analyst Elise Jordan on Thursday compared Republicans getting close with President Donald Trump to people hugging a suicide bomber.
Host Craig Melvin spurred a conversation with Jordan about Trump's tweet on Thursday saying he has no recordings of his private conversations with former FBI Director James Comey. Trump had previously suggested such tapes may exist.
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"Earlier in the broadcast I said bluff. I said the president was bluffing. I may have been perhaps too fair," Melvin said. "It would seem as if the president may have been lying all along about the existence of these tapes."
"He wasted the country's collective time speculating over whether these tapes existed or not," Jordan responded. "It's a sad day when you cannot depend on the president's word."
She then gave advice to Republicans who may be close with the president.
"My advice would just be to Republicans who do cozy up to him: it's just like hugging a suicide bomber. He blows you up in the process with him," Jordan said.
"That's a little strong, Elise," Melvin said.
"If you are a Republican who went out on a limb and defended Donald Trump over saying, 'Well, he's got tapes that are going to back up his point of view,' you just got blown up, too," Jordan responded.