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babylonsister

(171,056 posts)
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 08:56 AM Dec 2021

Chuck Todd Blames Democrats For GOP Anti-Vax Agendas



https://crooksandliars.com/2021/12/chuck-todd-blames-democrats

Chuck Todd Blames Democrats For GOP Anti-Vax Agendas
NBC Meet the Press host Chuck Todd declined to criticize Republican governors with anti-vaccination agendas while he blamed Democratic President Joe Biden and his administration for not pushing vaccine mandates hard enough.
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By David — December 5, 2021


NBC Meet the Press host Chuck Todd declined to criticize Republican governors with anti-vaccination agendas while he blamed Democratic President Joe Biden and his administration for not pushing vaccine mandates hard enough.

"I feel like they've been pretty reluctant to go back and put this front and center until this week when I think the Omicron variant made it impossible for them not to do it this way," Todd said during a promotion for Meet the Press. "What are they going to do to push back on anti-vaccine mandate pushback. There they have done -- they have not defended their vaccine mandate. It's a soft mandate. They've allowed sort of the right to dictate the messaging on that."

"They're also telling us they want to have more tests available," he continued. "That's a promise that goes back two presidencies now. We've been promised more available testing, quicker, faster, at-home for over -- for now almost two years -- basically for the entire pandemic -- and we're still not there."


Despite Todd's complaint, PCR tests are widely available from CVS and other pharmacies.
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Chuck Todd Blames Democrats For GOP Anti-Vax Agendas (Original Post) babylonsister Dec 2021 OP
Apparently Chuckie is trying hard to make sure of one thing DFW Dec 2021 #1
Chuck Todd is caving to the GOP PARANOIA strategy bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #2
Chuck Toad is not caving, he believes what he says. gab13by13 Dec 2021 #3
Wish I had kept a recent article to post here: conservatives are far more fearful of everything. machoneman Dec 2021 #15
Chuck Todd is a moron and likely the worst host of any political show ever rpannier Dec 2021 #4
Wish he was on Fox where he belongs BlueJac Dec 2021 #5
Then, we would never have to see him. Baitball Blogger Dec 2021 #12
He didn't used to be this inflammatory. I don't know what happened. bearsfootball516 Dec 2021 #6
20 Years Ago... ProfessorGAC Dec 2021 #10
I don't.. I remember his Cha Dec 2021 #20
Chuck Todd is a mediocre man who thinks he's smart. madaboutharry Dec 2021 #7
' . . . without completing the critical thinking process' empedocles Dec 2021 #8
Did the little moron mention that "the Dems" have been in power 10 months, not 2 years? marble falls Dec 2021 #9
I'm pretty sure majority of "sane" Americans know that is not true . ... Lovie777 Dec 2021 #11
Is this another, "They made me do it" right-wing excuse? Baitball Blogger Dec 2021 #13
Playing devil's advocate here... MissMillie Dec 2021 #14
Just like the NYT article written by some moron governor from Montana traitorsgalore Dec 2021 #16
Lordy, when is NBC going to get rid of him? Poiuyt Dec 2021 #17
Toad is smart enough to know he's paid to say things like this. Hassler Dec 2021 #18
Who decided it was a good idea to give this idiot a microphone? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2021 #19
Sounds like an abusive husband blaming his wife for his beating her up. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2021 #21
Tuck Choad slap blames Democrats for MurrayDelph Dec 2021 #22

DFW

(54,341 posts)
1. Apparently Chuckie is trying hard to make sure of one thing
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 09:06 AM
Dec 2021

His nickname of "Chuck Toad" will do nothing but stick harder with stupid comments like this.

If you want to be a Republican propagandist masquerading as a newscaster, go to Fox, where it it is S.O.P.

But Chuck has been doing this from the beginning:
http://legacy.buzzflash.com/videos/video/letterman-needles-chuck-todd-for-bad-mtp-obama-interview

bucolic_frolic

(43,127 posts)
2. Chuck Todd is caving to the GOP PARANOIA strategy
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 09:07 AM
Dec 2021

GOP wants the public in fear of guns, shootings, vaccine requirements, CRT, inflation, LGBTQ. They will demonize anyone and anything that might give them an election advantage. We need to burst that paranoia and get inside voters' heads to turn off the paranoia.

This is the whole GOP ball of wax. Paranoia.

gab13by13

(21,303 posts)
3. Chuck Toad is not caving, he believes what he says.
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 09:10 AM
Dec 2021

He works for right wing cable news and cable news pushes the right wing narrative.

machoneman

(4,006 posts)
15. Wish I had kept a recent article to post here: conservatives are far more fearful of everything.
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 10:46 AM
Dec 2021

The study found that conservatives, by a wide margin, fear a host of things, loss of white privilege, immigrants, gun rights taken away, Democrats, China and far more. The study concluded that R politicians (and Fox-type media) do regularly instill fear in their constituents in order to maintain power and win at the ballot box. We liberals have far less inclinations to fear almost everything than the right does and even wonder why these folks accept these often ludicrous positions. Repetitive stoking of these ideas is what works with R voters.

rpannier

(24,329 posts)
4. Chuck Todd is a moron and likely the worst host of any political show ever
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 09:12 AM
Dec 2021

The reich wingers on faux spews know the agenda they're pushing
Todd just comes across as a stupid person who thinks he's clever

Face facts: It doesn't matter what Pres Biden, You, I, or God says to these people, they aren't getting vaccinated
There was an article in Salon (link to article below) where they were talking to people in western Oklahoma (the article was on the stretch of road called Trump Highway) and the reporter asked on guy if he'd get vaccinated if Trump told him to and he said no (get ready for this) because Trump is a New York Liberal
How frickin' off the rails and in a ditch do you have to be to believe that il douche is a liberal

https://www.salon.com/2021/10/09/road-to-nowhere-oklahomas-donald-j-highway-runs-through-the-dust-bowl/

the quote from the article
A roomful of glares shot back at Tuchman, who then sat down and tried to press the issue with a group of men in hunter orange. "Trump's a liberal New Yorker," one said. "Why would we trust him?"

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
6. He didn't used to be this inflammatory. I don't know what happened.
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 09:32 AM
Dec 2021

I remember him being pretty liberal during Obama's first term.

ProfessorGAC

(64,995 posts)
10. 20 Years Ago...
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 09:41 AM
Dec 2021

...when Todd worked at The Hotline, he was an open admirer of Lee Atwater.
While it's true he worked on a democratic campaign in the 90s, he was, a bit later, an admirer of the godfather of dirty tricksters.
I don't think he's ever been all that liberal. Just an opportunist.

Cha

(297,137 posts)
20. I don't.. I remember his
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 07:45 PM
Dec 2021

1st interview with Pres Obama and Chuckie blew it.

There was an OP with over 300 replies on it that Sunday morning.

madaboutharry

(40,206 posts)
7. Chuck Todd is a mediocre man who thinks he's smart.
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 09:33 AM
Dec 2021

He always speaks without completing the critical thinking process.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
8. ' . . . without completing the critical thinking process'
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 09:38 AM
Dec 2021

Like his across the board ratings constituency?

MissMillie

(38,548 posts)
14. Playing devil's advocate here...
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 10:32 AM
Dec 2021

There is a HUGE difference between health officials providing free testing and people being able to buy tests at CVS.

I don't really need to buy tests because I very rarely leave the house. (I'm vaccinated and when I DO leave the house I wear a mask.)

If I had to buy them, I couldn't afford to.

Maybe local health departments should be supplying them for FREE.

traitorsgalore

(1,396 posts)
16. Just like the NYT article written by some moron governor from Montana
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 04:06 PM
Dec 2021

We, democrats, are supposed to reach out to libertarians that don't trust government, according to the former governor of Montana, otherwise the libertarians will keep voting for Rs. LOL.

Upchuck Terd is another vacuous soul selling hatred, tension and lies.

Oh, and just like the NPR article the other day saying misinformation is to blame for covid spread in repuke areas, instead of telling the truth that the repuke areas are resistant to learning as they hate everyone with a degree or a D next to their name.

MurrayDelph

(5,293 posts)
22. Tuck Choad slap blames Democrats for
Wed Dec 8, 2021, 04:02 AM
Dec 2021

The Lindbergh baby
Amelia Earhart, Will Rogers, Wiley Post, Glenn Miller, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, add The Big Bopper
Shooting the Sheriff, but not the deputy

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