Chuck Todd to step down as Meet the Press moderator after 9 years, Kristen Welker To Replace Him

[Rhiannon12866]

Meet the Press host and moderator Chuck Todd announced on Sunday that he will step down this year after nine years hosting the public affairs talk show. Kristen Welker, NBC News co-chief White House correspondent, will succeed him. - NBC News - Aired on 06/04/2023.

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. 9 loooong horrible years of toad have finally come to an end.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. LOL! As soon as I saw this news, I knew that this announcement would be good news here on DU!

[Sibelius Fan]

2. The king of bothsiderism. Press the Meat is instantly improved.

[MagaSmash]

16. Yeah I think it was last month he asked his first tough question

[EYESORE 9001]

3. I admit to knowing nothing whatsoever about Kristen Welker

She’s gotta be an improvement over choad, right? If I hear good things, I may break my self-imposed exile from talk news programs and actually watch.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. She's the one who reports news from the White House, I like her a lot

And IIRC she moderated the final debate between President Biden and TFG, and received great reviews for keeping the ranter-in-chief in line!

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[SouthernDem4ever]

7. That gives me hope. I'll try watching MTP again.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. That was my first thought, too!

[EYESORE 9001]

10. That's encouraging

The last two hosts were political flacks who lived in exclusive communities like their guests. I think Russert lived very close to Dick Cheney. Both flacks started thinking they were ‘somebody’ through association. I’ll read reviews and watch video clips until I see whether I’d watch in its entirety.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. As I said, I've always liked her a lot, I'll miss her factual White House reports

But she truly is "fair and balanced," news reports say that she was a registered Democrat in 2004 and 2012, but has been "unaffiliated" since 2016, no doubt due to her job.

[Squaredeal]

12. I stopped watching MTP ever since Tim Russert was it's host.

I hated his chuckle. I thought of him as self-important chuckle head. Why he’s still revered by people at NBC is beyond me.

[Walleye]

5. Chuck, just go already! How can we miss you if you won't go away

[Bristlecone]

9. Taking time off to grow out his bangs...

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

14. lol

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

13. step down or pushed down?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. Chuck Todd never recovered from this

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