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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHakeem Jeffries Refuses To Be Bullied By Chuck Todd Into Respecting Trump
From the article:
Let me ask you this. Im going to put up a tweet of yours. And youve been tweeting, youve been referring to the president not as the president in your tweets. You refer to him as Individual 1. Let me put up one here, for instance, from last week. For decades, Individual 1 made a living stiffing his workers and contractors. And now hes doing it to 800,000 federal employees and contractors. We must end reckless Trump shutdown and continue our fight for the people. You refer to him as Individual 1. Obviously its something having to do with the Mueller probe. You called him the grand wizard. It seemsYoure a member of leadership. Whats that line in your mind? Why should the president negotiate with you if youre going to name call him? I know he name calls. Why should he negotiate with you if youre going to name call him?
To read more:
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/01/27/hakeem-jeffries-refuses-to-be-bullied-by-chuck-todd-into-respecting-trump.html
I agree with Jeffries. Trump is a crook. That is simply acknowledging reality. And he is an open racist.
malaise
(269,144 posts)Get thee to the greatest page.
Fuckie Todd is a first rate hack. I don't watch him
blm
(113,082 posts)You are far too kind, malaise. I am not. ; )
Heheh
I'll never forget when he argued that it was not his job to call out lies
blm
(113,082 posts)Fvcker
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And avoidance of hard questions.
malaise
(269,144 posts)Truth be damned
But that fiction of balance is vital, so a lie by Trump is treated as simply another opinion.
2naSalit
(86,742 posts)spanone
(135,857 posts)fuck you chuck
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And all of this avoidance is one way to normalize the insanity that is Trump.
ooky
(8,926 posts)M$M golden boy.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Is he really the best that they could find?
TNNurse
(6,929 posts)ooky
(8,926 posts)Yes, Hewitt's awful, and his only reason for being on is to push partisan right wing drivel to hosts like Todd who don't challenge it.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,389 posts)I've seen 1 episode with the Toad. That was the end of it.
He is bothsidesisms and false equivalency personified.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)As is avoiding Trump's vicious racism.
Cha
(297,484 posts)Good on Hakeem Jefferies
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Todd prefers the fiction that we are post-racial.
populistdriven
(5,644 posts)And it's Management's fault
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But for some reason, chucktodd doesn't think that's anything to upbraid the president for; only Hakeem Jeffries should be taken to task for name calling. Why should Trump negotiate with Jeffries if Jeffries calls Trump names? No question going the other way: Why should Jeffries or anyone in the House negotiate with Trump because of his name calling?
This is what passes for objective journalism in the first quarter of the 21st Century.
tblue37
(65,469 posts)tymorial
(3,433 posts)We cannot and should not respect the man currently occupying the white house. I long for the day when the presidency is returned to the people represented by a decent and honorable person uninfluence by corporate interest, greed and personal power.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Todd prefers to normalize Trump's viciousness as part of the media obsession with balance.
tblue37
(65,469 posts)should be more "civil." That simply never works.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Negotiation implies at least 2 sides actually presenting ideas, and it assumes that each side is willing to find a commo ground.
Trump never negotiates, he demands, or he refuses to pay his bills.
Docreed2003
(16,869 posts)When he calls a Trump lackey our on the carpet for their BS, I'll reconsider, but Todd is FOS and his attempts at bothsiderism are appalling.
Pull your head out of your ass Chuck!! You're outraged by so called "name calling" of the supreme troll in Chief???
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)CT bugs the ever loving shit out of me.
SallyHemmings
(1,822 posts)iluvtennis
(19,868 posts)barbtries
(28,810 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)But "propaganda" sounds so harsh.
But reality can be harsh at times.
Amazing how the corporate media can say that one person lying about an issue is " the other side" of the issue. It is not, "the other side', it is a lie.
sagetea
(1,374 posts)You roll over and submit to Flaccid45 and his minions giving verbal blowjobs for the all mighty $. You're pathetic, Chuckie.
*apologies for the rant
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sage
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)He was asking a legitimate question. "Aren't you risking that Trump won't negotiate with you?"
The answer, of course, is...."I don't negotiate directly with Trump."
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)and referring to Trump's open racism are legitimate points to make.
And has Trump ever shown any willingness to negotiate? Demanding something is not negotiating.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)should not be done (altho that can be inferred). He was just ASKING. The guest answered.
This is not a partisan show. This is a balanced, neutral show (or supposed to be). There SHOULD be questions you won't hear from Lawrence or Rachel or other shows. So he tries to ask soft and hard questions, both.
I was more disturbed by McCarthy's presence on the show and the garbage he spewed, but I can't say there was anything wrong w/the interview.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Should know better. And he shouldn't pretend to not know where the moniker comes from. I1 isn't an insult. It's the truth.
I am nearly always polite with people, but in the past year, I have met admitted Nazis and Act for America people, and my politeness meter was on empty each time.