Posted on 01/05/2021 7:18:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A bully has more than met his match, and – like most bullies -- has disgraced himself when challenged. Chuck Todd is a bully in possession of a huge weapon, NBC News, of which he is political director, and his perch as host of its premier program, Meet the Press. But all it took was a challenge from normally mild-mannered Senator Ron Johnson to have Todd shaking in his chair, his voice cracking, and abruptly ending his interview on Meet the Press.
Todd must have been expecting another Republican patsy when he framed the interview (complete video embedded below) as about “the Republican effort to delegitimize Joe Biden’s election,” claiming “there was no widespread fraud,” there is “no chance of overturning the election,” and “it looks like it is being done to curry favor with President Trump.”
But Senator Johnson didn’t take the bait and calmy began with his extremely important work on Covid therapies, the ability of physicians to effectively treat early-stage cases with widely available, safe, cheap medications. (This December 8, 2020 hearing chaired by Johnson is very eye-opening, and the fact the medical establishment is largely ignoring if not suppressing these therapies is the greatest public health scandal since the Tuskegee studies.) The senator then moved on to point to facts and the fireworks began. Nicholas Fondacaro of Newsbusters describes the melee:
YouTube screengrab
After Todd accused Johnson and his fellow Republicans of being arsonists for holding hearings on the 2020 election, the Senator called out the media for being the ones who started the fire (though some would argue that it’s been burning since the world’s been turning):
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
This started when the mainstream media stopped, dropped any pretense of being unbiased, and actually chose sides during this election. This fire was started when you completely ignored, for example, our investigation of Hunter Biden. You know, “no evidence of wrongdoing there.” Now we find out after the election, no, there is a fair amount of evidence to the point that we have a real FBI investigation –
Once the facts about Hunter Biden came out of Johnson’s mouth, Todd immediately tried to shut it down. “Senator! All right. I've had enough of hearing this,” Todd screamed over his honorable guest.
That kicked off a heated shouting match which saw Johnson call out the media for destroying their own credibility and American institutions. And at one point, Todd seemed as though he wanted to place that blame on Republicans:
JOHNSON: No, listen, I've had enough of this, too.
TODD: No, Senator –
JOHNSON: The bias in the media--
[Crosstalk]
TODD: You spent the last two years --
JOHNSON: Republicans and conservatives do not trust --
TODD: No --
JOHNSON: - the mainstream media and that is what destroyed the credibility of the media and our institutions and —
TODD: Right.
JOHNSON: -- really –
TODD (Yelling over guest): The destruction of the institutions--
JOHNSON: So, I didn't start this.
You can watch for yourself:
Propaganda media rose to defend Todd, but Ric Grenell provoked Todd into de facto admitting defeat by blocking him (hat tip: Red State)
Chuck’s shaking in his chair and his voice is cracking. He doesn’t like being confronted with the truth.
Wow, Ron Johnson really got to Chuck Todd. https://t.co/g6Sur1VRJX — Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) January 3, 2021
Lil UpChuck has a job to do. History will remember the MSM as nothing more than fluffers on the Dem porn set.
Just another depraved ATT whore
Well, can't blame him, most are patsy's. It's sad when one rises up and takes on these Lefty activist's pretending to be journalists and makes news. It should be COMMON.
I’ve come to realize that when this kind of exchange is characterized as a beat down, or that someone was destroyed or whatever, the reality is in the eye of the beholder.
Leftist will think Chuckie was bold and forceful, and standing up for what is “right”.
There is no bridge between right and left. They are our enemy, and the left sees us as an enemy.
Chuck is such a Turd.
Chuck has the behavioral level of a 9-year-old kid. Just trying to watch him go through his ‘act’....I’ve got sixty seconds max of viewing-power, before I hit mute.
Quit insulting turds, please.
Chucky would have been castrated ..... if he had any to begin with. Johnson nailed Chucky... and Chucky knew it.
Not saying please and thank you, not so much.
CNN’s Chuck Todd? Last time I checked he was with NBC’s Meet the Press.
CNN’s Chuck Todd??????
He is employed by NBC or so I thought.
Chuck Todd is from NBC’s (Comcast) Meet the Press, not CNN. Although both are equally vile and spew lies.
For the life of me I have never understood why more on the Republican side don't push back more like what we see here.
That and the fact that he's not the brightest bulb.
Disgusting bias by Todd.
He makes it clear that he doesn’t think beginning an investigation can be justified until the charges have been proven.
What? Is that what they teach in J-School?
Moon landing fraud, 9/11 an inside job... all hot button issues?
Chucky has been duped but is either too embarrassed to admit it or knows which side his bread is buttered on.
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