• MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski offered a rare bit of praise on Tuesday to Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, saying that she could find nothing to criticize about his recent interaction with a Russian journalist.
• Brzezinski opened a segment during Tuesday’s broadcast of “Morning Joe” with comments about McCarthy’s trip to Israel, paying particular attention to his testy exchange with a Russian reporter during a press conference.
• “I just want to jump ahead to our B block for a second — did you see Kevin McCarthy on Ukraine?” Brzezinski asked.

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