Chuck Todd Calls Out Dan Crenshaw for Blaming 'Liberal' Media Over Questions on Trump's Lies:...

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Chuck Todd Calls Out Dan Crenshaw for Blaming ‘Liberal’ Media Over Questions on Trump’s Lies: ‘Nothing Lazier Than That Excuse’

By Ken MeyerMay 16th, 2021, 10:46 am

NBC’s Chuck Todd confronted Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) when the congressman complained about the “liberal” media scrutinizing Republicans for backing up former President Donald Trump and his lies about the 2020 election.

In an interview for Meet The Press, Todd pressed Crenshaw on the GOP’s subservience to Trump as exemplified by the vote to remove Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) from their leadership conference because of her opposition to the former president. The interview ended up gravitating around how Republicans keep going along with Trump’s “big lie” that the election was stolen from him by unsubstantiated widespread fraud.

It was to this end that Todd questioned Crenshaw by asking why he signed on with the widely-mocked lawsuit from Texas last year that sought to overturn the 2020 election outcome. Crenshaw clearly did not enjoy the question, grumbling that “you guys in the press painted that as some extreme action and of course it wasn’t.”

As Crenshaw defended himself by saying he was asking a legal question at the time, Todd countered that “what you did gets weaponized by the former president,” as evidenced by Trump’s latest election harangue.

“I understand you want to put this behind you, but he is the leader of your party and he doesn’t stop talking about this nonsense,” Todd said.

“He’s one of many leaders,” Crenshaw responded. He then complained once again that “you guys in the press love doing this, and I get it. The press is largely liberal…”

“Don’t start that,” Todd interjected. “There’s nothing lazier than that excuse.”

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[Ocelot II]

1. What happened to Chuck Todd?

He finally seems to have grown a pair. I hope this isn't temporary.

[Bev54]

5. I thought Todd was about to yell at him

that HE is not liberal media, because as we all know he is far from it.

[StarfishSaver]

2. Even better would have been not to put Crenshaw on in the first place

They give these people a platform and then take victory laps when they challenge them.

[hibbing]

3. No doubt, just like Irag lies

These shows will continue to amplify the lie by having these liars on. I recall during the lies leading to the Iraq invasion and occupation the ratio of those lying for war to those telling the truth about it, was like 10 to 1.

Peace

[peppertree]

14. +1

All the flag waving, jingoism and chest thumping gave it all a "Nazi Germany on the eve of Sudetenland" atmosphere both in the media and in the public at large.

Even the "liberal" media had jumped on that bandwagon.

As Phil Donahue can attest to.

[wnylib]

17. I remember Katie Curic on the Today Show

gushing over the military as they prepared for the invasion of Iraq with an inane comment that she just loved the uniforms. It was nauseating.

[agingdem]

4. agree..

Crenshaw and his reptilian house/senate buddies have Fox and NewsMax and all sorts of nauseating podcasts...Chucky gives them a legitimate forum to spread their lying bullshit mostly unchallenged...Chucky is well past his sell-by date...he's got to go

[redstateblues]

7. I doubt that Todd decides who comes on that show

Most of the talking heads are given the guests and topics topics by the producers of the show

[agingdem]

10. disagree

Chuck Todd is all about access...and the cretins come on his show because they know he will either stay silent when they spew their vomit or pull his both-sides-do-it garbage...the fact that he went after Crenshaw on his crap should be the norm not a "Chuck grew a spine" high 5 moment...

[LonePirate]

6. Do the Sunday shows book these traitors in order to cash in on the publicity of a viral moment?

That's the only reason I can think of for booking someone like Crenshaw.

[WHITT]

8. Crenshaw Made An Absolute Fool Of Himself

[Paladin]

9. Yeah, he even empowered Chuck Todd. (nt)

[peggysue2]

11. What? What?

Chuckles grew a spine? He pushed back on the BS?

Didn't catch the segment but if Todd called out Crenshaw, it's a start. A slow one but a start nonetheless.

[ShazzieB]

20. He did!

He pushed back hard! I felt like applauding. He continued to come down pretty hard on the GOP's continued Trump worship and support of the Big Lie, not just in the segment with Crenshaw but throughout the show.

I don't know what got into him, but it was like somebody woke up a hibernating bear, and he was grouchy as hell and not going to stand for any b.s.

I hope this doesn't turn out to be just a fluke, but I enjoyed today's show regardless.

[SWBTATTReg]

12. "Don't start that," Todd interjected. "There's nothing lazier than that excuse."

Repugs using the worn out excuse of a 'liberal press' being the one to blame...and surprise of all surprises, Todd went after Crenshaw for peddling this excuse...

Maybe, just maybe one day repugs will look seriously at themselves in the mirror, and see who's to blame for their whole mess that they are in. Funny, it's Liz Cheney that grew a pair when she mocked djt's continuing lies about election fraud.

Maybe believing a person such as rump w/ his 30,000+ lies might also cause people to run away from the repug party...and why the repug party is now at one of its lowest ranking as a political party among voters in some time, as a "Market Watch" article mentioned, in referring to a new Gallup poll...after all, if the repug party can't believe its own lies, then why should anyone else believe in the GOP?

--snip--
The GOP is losing its grip, according to the latest Gallup poll.
The number of Americans identifying as Republicans or as independents who lean toward the GOP dropped to 40% in the first quarter of 2021, compared with the number of Democrats or independents leaning toward the Democratic party hitting 49%. And that nine-percentage-point lead is the greatest Democratic advantage that Gallup has measured since the fourth quarter of 2012, when former President Barack Obama was re-elected.
--snip--

[George II]

13. Did Amazon deliver his testicles overnight?

[AwakeAtLast]

15. .

[Boomerproud]

16. Crenshaw dishonors the uniform he wore.

He's a world class jerk who doesn't deserve our tax money.

[spanone]

18. is toad growing a spine?

naaaaaaaah

[liberalmediaaddict]

19. The liberal media that constantly

books these seditionist Trumpublicans on their Sunday shows to gaslight the American people.

They're hasn't been a liberal media since Fox News convinced the major news networks 20 years ago they had to "both sides" every issue.

Chuck Todd has to stop booking anti-democractic GOP lawmakers on Meet The Press.

[ShazzieB]

21. AFAIC....

He's welcome to book as many as he wants, afaic, as long as he demolishes the them way he did Crenshaw today.

Todd made a monkey out of Crenshaw, and Crenshaw knew it. Watching Crenshaw squirm did my heart a world of good!

[AngryOldDem]

22. I wish he were that forceful with that clown Ron Johnson.