MSNBC historian calls to cancel President's Day because 'we don't want to celebrate all presidents'

An anti-Trump guest on MSNBC called to cancel President's Day and said that the day is "silly," suggesting the holiday makes the office out to be a king. 

"Way Too Early" host on MSNBC Ali Vitali asked presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky if she wanted to completely "scrap" the holiday, to which Chervinsky responded, "It is a little bit silly. I mean, we have had some real duds, so I'm not sure we really want to be celebrating all presidents."

She added, "And the tradition actually comes from celebrating birthdays, which is a celebration that we inherited from celebrating the king, and I'm just not sure that that's exactly what we want."

The historian, who has said she was disappointed in the 2024 election outcome, added, "I think that we want to have a certain respect for the office. I totally get that. And some have done extraordinary things, but by celebrating all of them, I do think it causes us to think of the President as somehow other, when reality, they are a citizen, just like everyone else."

Chervinsky was then asked about Trump's near-quoting of Napolean Bonaparte on Truth Social where he wrote "He who saves his country does not violate any law," and told Vitali that the post was something that the American people should "push against" and added, "I think if we think of a president, as someone to celebrate, just because they exist, which is what the king was and that's why they celebrated the King's birthday. Then, kind of, it does evolve into that argument that they can do no wrong."

In a post after the 2024 election of Trump, Chervinsky wrote, "The outcome was unexpected and not what I wanted" and added that she was "originally registered as a Republican" but is a "pro-democracy voter." She later added in the post that she spent multiple days grieving that Trump won.