Welp, that was fast. Cheerios announced a cute sequel to its surprisingly controversial 2013 ad featuring an interracial family (the original is adorable) and though it's only a day old, it has already generated its first firing. MSNBC tweeted "“Maybe the rightwing will hate it, but everyone else will go awww: the adorable new #Cheerios ad w/ biracial family" on Wednesday and RNC chairman Reince Priebus immediately said he was forbidding any Republicans from appearing on the network in response.
Griffin apologized, and, as befitting a politician, Priebus then used the opportunity to tee off on the network, praising Morning Joe (coincidentally hosted by a former Republican congressman) and picking out Melissa Harris-Perry, Ronan Farrow, Martin Bashir and Alec Baldwin for particular criticism.
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