MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts today was forced to interview Maggie Gallagher‘s empty chair as Maggie Gallagher was a no-show. Roberts stated that just one hour prior Gallagher had confirmed she would appear. We hope she is well and will re-schedule.
UPDATE: Thomas Roberts just admitted:
MYSTERY solved… @maggiemarriage was in a studio ready for our #nom interview it was just the wrong studio booked improperly on @msnbc_booking IT WAS OUR MISTAKE and she has an open invite for the show. Our sincerest apologies.
That kind of mistake makes MSNBC and liberals look bad. Seriously, you don’t know where folks are, MSNBC? Shame on you.
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Fortunately, Wayne Besen, who was to be opposite Gallagher, did show up, and had a great many things to say, including that “people are being rejected by their parents because of such rhetoric,” and adds, “There’s a real disconnect with the National Organization For Marriage and their political memos that are dreamed up in Washington, and what happens on the ground to real people. And what they’ve done essentially is manufactured malice between communities where it didn’t previously exist.”