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Chris Hayes

Opinion · Politics, policy commentary · @chrislhayes on X

Host of All In with Chris Hayes since 2013 and editor-at-large of The Nation. Former Washington editor of The Nation.

Previously: The Nation, In These Times, Chicago Reader, MSNBC (Up with Chris Hayes)

Slant Score · ranked #27 of 175 from most left to most right
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The receipts (8)

Broke with own side · served the right · +1.8 R · Dec 17, 2024

Called older Democrats' refusal to step aside 'genuine madness'

After Rep. Gerry Connolly won the Oversight ranking-member post, Hayes said older Democrats' refusal to give up power was 'genuine madness' and cited Biden's late exit.

Source: TheWrap →
Broke with own side · served the right · +1.8 R · Jul 10, 2024

Said Biden 'increasingly likely to lose'

After George Clooney's op-ed, Hayes said on All In that Biden was 'just aging' and 'increasingly likely to lose reelection' to Trump.

Source: TheWrap →
On-record statement · served the left · +1.5 L · Nov 9, 2020

Hayes describes GOP post-election stance as 'Trump-or-we-burn-the-country'

Posted: "Real Trump-or-we-burn-the-country vibes from the GOP today."

Source: X (@chrislhayes) →
Partisan opinion role · served the left · +2.8 L · Jan 1, 2019

Opinion host; Democratic Party member

Hosts a weekday news-and-opinion show and is editor-at-large of the progressive Nation; Wikipedia lists him as a member of the Democratic Party as of 2019.

Source: Wikipedia →
On-record statement · served the left · +1.4 L · Jun 19, 2018

Hayes says Trump administration took children 'as hostages'

Posted: "the Trump administration took 2500 kids as hostages and now congress is negotiating the ransom."

Source: X (@chrislhayes) →
On-record statement · served the left · +1.3 L · Feb 6, 2018

Hayes says Trump 'is the Republican party'

Posted: "Donald Trump embodies what Republicans want in a president and political figure. He *is* the Republican party. He *is* conservatism."

Source: X (@chrislhayes) →
Correction / walk-back · served the left · +1.8 L · Jun 25, 2015

Apologized for misquoting O'Reilly on Confederate flag

He attributed to Bill O'Reilly a view of the Confederate flag that O'Reilly was describing as others' view; Hayes apologized on air.

Source: The Propaganda Files →
Political donation · served the left · +1.8 L · Dec 1, 2009

Donations to Democratic candidates

OpenSecrets records cited by the Village Voice show $1,500 (c. 2008) and $250 (Dec. 2009) to Democrat Josh Segall and $250 to Democrat Tom Geoghegan; MSNBC dropped him as Olbermann's fill-in in Nov. 2010 after the donations surfaced.

Source: Village Voice →
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