MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow roasted Republican Senators Ted Cruz (TX) and Josh Hawley (MO) after newspaper in their respective states endorsed their opponents.

On Monday’s episode of The Rachel Maddow Show, the host pointed out the fact that Colin Allred — Cruz’s democratic opponent — received endorsements from the state’s five biggest newspapers. Cruz has recently made a habit of begging for donations on live TV as polls indicate his lead on Allred is shrinking.

“Imagine being a U.S. senator and having all your state’s biggest newspapers come out against you — basically all at once — while you’re running for re-election,” Maddow said. “That is the dream that Senator Ted Cruz has been living over the past few days. As of this weekend, all five of the biggest newspapers in Texas have endorsed Ted Cruz’s democratic opponent, Colin Allred. And we could call that the biggest embarrassment suffered by a senator at the hands of his home state newspapers in some time. But there’s stiff competition for that right now.”

Maddow then pivoted to Hawley, whom the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called “quite possibly the worst sitting senator in America right now” in its endorsement of his opponent Lucas Kunce. In the piece, the Post-Dispatch also quoted former Sen. John Danforth as saying his mentorship and support of Hawley in 2018 was “the worst mistake I ever made in my life.”

“Last week in Missouri, for example, Republican Senator Josh Hawley not only saw the St. Louis Post-Dispatch endorse his challenger — Democratic candidate Lucas Kunce — but Senator Hawley managed to flunk that endorsement with distinction,” Maddow continued. “The Post-Dispatch wrote, ‘For reasons above and beyond any partisan considerations. Josh Hawley is quite possibly the worst sitting senator in America right now.’ That’s the biggest paper in Josh Hawley’s home state.”

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