MSNBC hosts highlight lack of 'dark, malevolent energy' at military parade in DC

MSNBC hosts Ali Velshi and Chris Hayes appeared amazed connected Saturday that the subject parade lawsuit successful Washington, D.C., wasn't giving disconnected "dark, malevolent energy," which they said was often the lawsuit astatine President Donald Trump's rallies. 

"One happening I volition say, I privation to spell backmost to you, Ali, that, again, erstwhile we speech astir the benignant of hostility successful the country, and sometimes, you know, you and I person some been astatine Trump rallies, those tin beryllium precise tense, a benignant of, I would say, similar benignant of a dark, malevolent energy, sometimes successful them, not always, but it doesn’t look similar that’s the vigor connected the Mall today, which I deliberation is simply a bully sign, right?" Hayes asked Velshi.

The subject parade connected Saturday honored the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary, which besides coincided with Trump's 79th birthday. However, the parade came arsenic riots and protests proceed successful Los Angeles and crossed the state implicit the Trump administration's policies. 

"Correct. You’re truly close astir that, Chris, and it’s thing we were watching for. I’m conscionable benignant of amazed by the fig of radical who were astatine the beforehand of the parade watching, cheering, and past would travel and inquire to instrumentality a selfie. This is simply a precise different, this is simply a precise antithetic temper here. People look to beryllium going retired of their mode to accidental that they’re present to observe the Army’s 250th birthday," Velshi said. 

Ali Velshi speaks astatine the Global Citizen NOW Summit astatine The Glasshouse connected April 28, 2023 successful New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Global Citizen)

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Velshi said that politicization was inactive contiguous astatine the event, but that it wasn't acheronian oregon tense.

"Now, determination are radical walking astir with signs. Moments ago, portion you were talking to Jen, a feline conscionable came astir and said, ‘Trump 2028!’ and I said, ‘How does that enactment exactly?’ and helium was, like, laughing and had a large emblem connected him. So there’s immoderate politicization here, but it’s not dark, it’s not tense, it’s not amped up. It’s different. It’s antithetic from covering a Trump rally," helium continued. 

Hayes brought up "exuberant" protests crossed the nation successful tiny towns and asked MSNBC big Jen Psaki astir the country's "civic culture."

Thousands of radical crossed are expected to rally successful hundreds of cities crossed America connected Saturday to protestation the Trump medication and antagonistic the president’s subject parade successful Washington DC to people the Army’s 250th birthday. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images.)

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"There’s benignant of a feeling of hope, I think, and this speaks to what Ali is benignant of experiencing, is that the country’s civic civilization and antiauthoritarian civilization is really rather beardown and benignant of is an tremendous plus that we person erstwhile we comparison ourselves to different places. There genuinely is simply a antiauthoritarian and civic civilization successful this state that I think, I think, astir Americans inactive bent connected to," helium said.

MSNBC's Jen Psaki said it was "encouraging" to perceive that "there is simply a calm and that it isn’t overly exercised among the radical attending." 

However, Psaki said the calm whitethorn displacement depending connected what President Trump said during his code astatine the parade. 

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Armoured vehicles thrust crossed the Memorial Bridge during the Army 250th Anniversary Parade successful Washington, DC, connected June 14, 2025. (Photo by ANNABELLE GORDON / AFP)  (Getty)

"People who person ne'er participated successful protests oregon person ne'er seen themselves arsenic portion of an activistic question are retired determination today, right? They’re retired determination with their kids and their 98-year-old mothers, and that tells you however radical consciousness moved successful this moment. So, that is simply a portion of our environment, that is simply a portion of who we are arsenic a country, and contiguous is an illustration of that. And let’s surely each anticipation that that continues astatine this lawsuit this evening," the MSNBC big said. 

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