As per usual for MSNBC, facts were not necessary on Thursday before the second night of the first 2020 Democratic presidential debate. Host and Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferer Nicolle Wallace falsely claimed that there’s never been a presidential “candidate to be credibly accused of sexual assault as violent as the rape described by E. Jean” before Donald Trump.

Moments earlier, Wallace offered another whopper, insisting that the “[t]he Republican Party is dead” despite currently holding the White House, the Senate, and a Supreme Court majority.

First, the rape claim. Speaking about the now scatterbrained story of E. Jean Carroll, and ignoring her bizarre claims (such as her belief that more than a few people find rape sexy), Wallace fretted that “in the flurry of news, to be perfectly honesty, in the flurry of news and some of her media appearances, it became foggy what she was alleging.” Gee, one wonders who’s fault that was!

Wallace then ignored the history regarding any and all of Bill Clinton's accusers (most notably Juanita Broadrick) as well as Ted Kennedy’s sordid history with women to offer the following on Trump (click “expand”):

But in terms of what Donald Trump did and in terms of how the U.S. criminal codes look at the act of what he did, it was a rape. But, you know, it — we are having a Democratic primary that will result in someone who will run against the first ever candidate to be credibly accused of sexual assault as violent as the rape described by E. Jean. So I think what — what Kirsten Gillibrand, what Kamala Harris bring tonight, whether they bring this up or not, I do not know, but I think it is a unique strength that some of these women in the field will have if they decide to make this an issue. These allegations aren't going away. There are more now than there were when Donald Trump ran the first time[.]

As for her nonsense about her former party, the failed McCain/Palin campaign hand asserted that “I’m pretty sure the Democrats don't want to follow the Republican Party to the cemetery. The Republican Party is dead.”

Shockingly, All In host Chris Hayes stepped in for a reality check: “Donald Trump won the presidency. They had unified government for two years. They have a Supreme Court majority of 5-4.”

Wallace attempted to save face, offering some nonsense about Hayes “making an argument about what wins,” but her lie was buried even deeper by MSNBC contributor and former Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill (click “expand”):

I just know when I did 50 town halls in the reddest part of this country, invariably I said who likes Medicare for All? And they would all raise their hands. I said now keep your hand up if it means that you have to give up your insurance at work. Well, all of the sudden everybody's hands went down. They went, “What do you mean we have to give up our insurance at work?”I said well, yeah, that's what it is. And I don't think — I think there is a danger in that issue because most people when they have — that's what I'm talking about. Let's not go so far that we lose sight of November going forward.

Wallace can try to save face by fretting that Republicans have “optimism” with their belief that “there is a civil ideological war inside the Democratic Party, and I think it gives me no comfort that Republicans are comforted by that. I think Republicans think the Democrats are locked in a duel for the soul of the Democratic Party between the AOC wing and between maybe the Biden wing,” which could turn off Obama-to-Trump voters.

Hayes then wrestled away the crazy mantle by describing himself as someone who feels as if America was “sitting in 1940, and we have a rendezvous with destiny and the Nazis are sweeping across Europe and the attack is going to come and we're going to be engaged in a generational fight with climate change.”

In other words, it was more of the same on MSNBC compared to last night.

To see the relevant transcript from MSNBC’s pre-debate coverage on June 27, click “expand.”