Nicolle Wallace didn't "want this to come off sounding harsh," but she was finding it "more difficult" to hope that Sen. Rand Paul, who's tested positive for coronavirus, will be okay.

No worries, Nicolle! Nothing "harsh" at all about finding it difficult to hope that someone with a potentially fatal disease is okay! Particularly when, as you twice mentioned, he's a "Republican."

Here's her full quote: "I think everybody hopes he's okay. I think, not wishing anyone to be sick or to be exposed is a universal sentiment, but I wonder if that's just made more difficult."

Wallace was responding to the report that, despite having being tested for the virus, Paul continued to use Senate facilities. Wrong on his part? Very likely. But finding it hard to summon up human decency regarding his survival? Well, Wallace is an MSNBC host, after all.

Here's the transcript.