awards from rockefeller center. here is your host, al sharpton. good evening, and welcome to politicsnation s 14th annual revvie awards. it s where we celebrate the best and worst of politics in 2023, and give awards to those who deserve it. i m honored to have been bringing you some of the most significant and memorable moments this past year, and what a year in his been. with that, let s bring in our esteemed panel this year. jen psaki. i m so proud to have her with us, host of inside with jen psaki. right here, an msnbc. republican strategist and msnbc political analyst, susan del percio, who i would say is my favorite republican. [laughter] and ali velshi, host of velshi, also here on msnbc weekends. and he s wearing his i thought it was a clergy caller at first. [laughter] people were accessing for some blessings, so. let s get right to our first revvie. of 2023.est political headline i ll share a few of my own nominees to get us started. my first top news story,
your successor at the epa says it is a far away problem and not going to be with us 50 or 75 years. let s hope this administration isn t either. that s all i m going to say. gina mccarthy, good to see you as always, a former epa administrator. we got breaking news. the ceo of online retailer overstock.com has abruptly resigned after making controversial deep state comments. patrick burn announced he was stepping down a short time ago saying it was good for the firm. he had been under fire for releasing a statement about his alleged role in the federal government s investigation into the 2016 election where he called the feds the men in black. he even told the new york times he had a relationship with maria bhoutina the russian operative who used gun rights activism to infiltrate american politics. if everything i just said really confused you that makes two of us. nbc news reporter benecolins who does follow this stuff joins me now because he has been following the conspiracy
the gun rights activism, telling the white house don t move an inch, we re not going to give anything, and mcconnell s play i m told is to let it peter out, talk about background checks and let it peter out. here s the biggest question, you re a democrat, but i think i have to start with you. what s trump more afraid of, being too opposition to the gun control people and the american people that he looks like he s pro gun and pro death or more afraid of rush limbaugh calling him a traitor? i think it s a toss up. look, he s more fearful about losing face. already calling him a traitor. and i think that donald trump in the back of his mind knows if he tries to concede on background checks and goes forward on that, even if 75% of nra supports background checks. his base. is he more afraid of his base, rush limbaugh or the
accusations. according to court documents obtained by the new york times with, maria butina, a russian, will do anything to hurt this president. when he was told the democrats her plea deal includes spending five months in jail. the 30-year-old previously pleaded not guilty in july for will do anything. conspiracy and failing to register as a foreign agent. hatch was asked if he was concerned about the allegations prosecutors alleged she and hatch said no. purposefully infiltrated gun rights activism circles particularly with within the nra but i don t think he was involved in crime because even to influence politics in then, you know oh, my. russia s favor. these people are turning into butina tried to broker a 2016 trump. you can blow it out of po meeting between then candidate portion. you can do a lot of things. donald trump and russian louisiana senator john kennedy president vladimir putin. told nbc news, let me say this the times reports butina will before mr. cohen. work