Chris Hayes pulled no punches Wednesday with his scathing critique of former national security adviser John Bolton and his upcoming tell-all book about working in the Trump White House.
The host of MSNBC’s “All In” described Bolton as “morally odious,” slamming him for failing to speak up about incidents he describes in the book — such as President Donald Trump reportedly asking Chinese President Xi to help him win reelection — at the time they happened.
Instead, Hayes charged, Bolton “is attempting to literally cash in on betrayal of his country” with the book, titled “The Room Where It Happened,” for which he received a reported $2 million payout.
“He’s never been held accountable for all the terrible things he’s done in his long public career, and there are many,” said Hayes. “He is a completely morally odious individual you would not want in your organization or anywhere around you, and yet he is of course also a Fox News contributor and at the highest levels of the Republican policy making.”
“Because that’s the way the Republican Party and the conservative movement are now,” Hayes added.
Hayes recalled that Bolton “was one of the people that broke up the White House pandemic response unit,” advocated for the U.S. invasion of Iraq and “fought against testifying” in Trump’s impeachment.
“John Bolton could spend the rest of his life, like Lady Macbeth, trying to wash the blood off his hands and it would be there still,” said Hayes.
Check out Hayes’ monologue above.