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Politics 5/17/20 9:00 am Read time: 1 minute
Chuck Todd Says Nothing As Trump Aide Repeatedly Calls Pandemic 'The China Virus'
Trump administration trade adviser Peter Navarro repeatedly referred to COVID-19 as the "China virus" during an interview with NBC's Chuck Todd on Sunday.
By David
Trump administration trade adviser Peter Navarro repeatedly referred to COVID-19 as the "China virus" during an interview with NBC's Chuck Todd on Sunday.
During an appearance on Meet the Press, Todd asked Navarro if he had a "good explanation" for why the national stockpiles were not replenished by the Trump administration before the current pandemic.
"I'm not looking in the rear-view mirror right now, Chuck," Navarro insisted. "This president is just looking straight ahead towards what's going to be a really strong future."
When Todd wondered why the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) had not held a briefing in over a month, Navarro pivoted to attack China.
https://crooksandliars.com/2020/05/chuck-todd-says-nothing-trump-aide
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"The fact of the matter is, and what President Trump realized early on, is that if you lock people down, you may save lives directly from the China virus, but you indirectly are going to kill a lot more people," Navarro opined. "So if you contrast like this complete lockdown where some of the people in the medical community want to just run and hide until the virus is extinguished, that's not going to not only take a huge toll on the American economy, it's going to kill many more people than the virus, the China virus, ever would."
Instead of noting that there is no such thing as "the China virus," Todd moved on to the next question.
Hey Todd, ......you have no business having a news program called Meet the Press..........you are disgrace to the press..............and should be fired............people are dying because of this and you do absolutely nothing............BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS...........
samsingh
(17,600 posts)he's useless
JI7
(89,260 posts)oasis
(49,398 posts)Not buying anymore is his fake sincerity.
2naSalit
(86,742 posts)a smarmy demeanor that I just can't stand... aside from really sucking at his job.
House of Roberts
(5,179 posts)who alternated asking the questions instead of just the host.
The host asking all the questions perverts the purpose of the show, and allows for partisan softball throwing.
Celerity
(43,469 posts)dem4decades
(11,300 posts)But they still give him Meet the Press?
What a bunch of idiots, he deserves nothing.
keithbvadu2
(36,869 posts)Trumpvirus or Trump virus...
Your choice
Cha
(297,480 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,389 posts)chillfactor
(7,579 posts)I switch channels!
DFW
(54,426 posts)When it was Larry Spivak's domain, it was a truly journalistic program. My dad was an occasional panelist, and the program never used to try to point the discussion in any one direction, and the guest was never thrown softball questions.
Only when the panel format was abandoned and it became the "lookit me" show for Tim Russert did it start to go downhill in content, although the ratings improved. When Russert died, NBC made the poor decision to offer the program to the uninspiring Republican-leaning David Gregory. When that fizzled, they figured one good mistake deserves another, and they give it to another Republican partisan, Chuck Todd. Todd's first time moderating the program, with no less than President Obama as his guest, was such a miserable performance, he got cited by David Letterman:
https://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/letterman-needles-chuck-todd-new-show
ProfessorGAC
(65,134 posts)I don't know how much more obviously partisan one could be, than to worship Atwater.
DFW
(54,426 posts)turbinetree
(24,710 posts)samnsara
(17,625 posts)uponit7771
(90,348 posts)turbinetree
(24,710 posts)and you reminding me of that quote just proves that he is unqualified to do anything in the press..............
uponit7771
(90,348 posts)turbinetree
(24,710 posts)accountable, why am I spending good money to have that show on my cable, Directv bill.............