MSNBC’s Brian Williams dryly skewered House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday night for going to visit former president Donald Trump, a man McCarthy recently asserted held some responsibility for the deadly Capitol riot on Jan. 6.
Williams promised “11th Hour” viewers that he had “exclusive” video of the two Republicans meeting up for the first time post-election, then rolled the famous scene from “Jerry Maguire” in which Tom Cruise and Renee Zellweger try to outdo one another’s professions about how in love with each other they are.
Following Zellweger’s final iconic line — “You had me at hello” — Williams cut back in.