During a ridiculous softball interview with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday, MSNBC Democratic Party puppet Andrea Mitchell was horrified at the possibility of President Trump accepting the Republican nomination at the White House, in lieu of a party convention, due to coronavirus concerns. The partisan anchor even argued there ought to be a “law against” the President holding such an event.
Not even trying to hide her disdain, Mitchell fretted that Trump “has floated the idea today of doing it on the South Lawn of the White House.” Turning to Pelosi, the host suggested the move might be illegal: “I’m not sure if there’s a law against it, but there certainly is a tradition, you don’t use the White House as the backdrop for any politics....But the acceptance for the Republican nomination coming with the White House as the backdrop, does that strike you as wrong?”
Unsurprisingly, the far-left Democratic congressional leader joined Mitchell in condemning the President:
Yeah, it’s very wrong. Again, when we’re in the Capitol of the United States, under the dome, we have a very limited opportunity to reference anything political. And for the President of the United States to degrade, once again, the White House, as he has done over and over again, by saying he’s going to completely politicize it, is something that should be rejected right out of hand. It’s again notion-mongering, not serious thinking. And that’s – well, it won’t happen, let’s put it that way. Whether it’s legally wrong or ethically out of the question, it shouldn’t have even been something that was expressed.
Revealing her role as a leftist loyalist, Mitchell pleaded: “Can you stop him?”
Pelosi wailed: “He can’t do that. You can’t do that.” She then absurdly insisted: “...you don’t talk politics in the White House. And you don’t talk politics under the dome of the Capitol....You don’t have political events in the Capitol. You don’t have political events in the White House.
Despite that assertion, just seconds earlier, Pelosi was engaging in partisan campaign politics while speaking to Mitchell from Capitol Hill. After Mitchell worried about the canceled in-person Democratic convention causing “damage” to Biden’s “campaign,” Pelosi assured her “we can all make our plans from around the country for a great American victory for Joe Biden, as he is nominated for president.”
Well, that certainly sounds like she was talking “politics under the dome of the Capitol.”
Minutes later, when Mitchell eagerly asked who Biden should pick as a vice presidential running mate, Pelosi wasn’t shy about talking campaign politics yet again:
I don’t think that who the vice president is makes that much difference in the election. It’s about Joe Biden versus Donald Trump, and that’s what the election is about....But I think he has a remarkable field to choose from. Any one of them would be great. We’re ready to embrace whoever it is.
Mitchell of course ignored the Democratic lawmaker’s stunning hypocrisy.
Instead, during a follow-up segment, the host reiterated: “I don’t know if there’s a law that prohibits it, not that I’ve been able to find, because the Hatch Act does not cover the president. Certainly by tradition, accepting the nomination from the White House would be completely out of bounds.”
White House correspondent Kristen Welker chimed in to tout how her and her fellow hack “journalists” were “scrambling to figure out whether he can actually do that and what type of backlash he might get if, in fact, he does move forward with that type of an acceptance speech from the White House, which would be unprecedented.”
Previously, the Democratic propagandists in the press were outraged that Trump would try to hold a convention in the midst of the pandemic, now they’re outraged that he may accept his party’s nomination from the White House. Maybe the President should just go to Joe Biden’s basement to officially be nominated, surely reporters couldn’t object to that.
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Here is a transcript of Mitchell’s friendly August 5 chat with Pelosi:
12:03 PM ET
ANDREA MITCHELL: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joining me now. Madam Speaker, thank you very much for being with us.
REP. NANCY PELOSI [D-CA]: Always a pleasure.
MITCHELL: It’s always a pleasure. And this is a big day. Well, first of all, the breaking news. Wisconsin, battleground state, the convention, an enormous opportunity for Democrats, virtually if not in person, and now Joe Biden is not going to Milwaukee. How much does this damage the campaign?
PELOSI: Oh, I think that we’re all learning this at the same time now, that he won’t be there, but I think it’s an indication of the seriousness with which he judges the situation. This pandemic is dangerous and the increase in numbers just demands that we keep our distances. I commend him for doing that. It’s going to be a great convention. People will see it virtually and we’re very proud of him. I think it’s a great thing that he’s doing this early enough so the rest of us now are told that we’re not coming either, I guess, and we can all make our plans from around the country for a great American victory for Joe Biden, as he is nominated for president.
ANDREA MITCHELL: I also wanted to ask you about our reporting that the Republicans are also planning not to have the President leave Washington for his acceptance speech. But most interestingly, he has floated the idea today of doing it on the South Lawn of the White House. Our reporting is also that he has suggested monuments as a backdrop, like the Lincoln Memorial. Is that appropriate? I’m not sure if there’s a law against it, but there certainly is a tradition, you don’t use the White House as the backdrop for any politics. He has broken that with the Rose Garden and other events before. But the acceptance for the Republican nomination coming with the White House as the backdrop, does that strike you as wrong?
PELOSI: Yeah, it’s very wrong. Again, when we’re in the Capitol of the United States, under the dome, we have a very limited opportunity to reference anything political. And for the President of the United States to degrade, once again, the White House, as he has done over and over again, by saying he’s going to completely politicize it, is something that should be rejected right out of hand. It’s again notion-mongering, not serious thinking. And that’s – well, it won’t happen, let’s put it that way. Whether it’s legally wrong or ethically out of the question, it shouldn’t have even been something that was expressed.
MITCHELL: Can you stop him?
PELOSI: He can’t do that. You can’t do that. I mean, you would be very surprised, I think, at the fact that when you’re at the White House, you’re talking about policy, you’re not talking politics. We never did – you would have a limited reference as it applied to our civic life, in terms of politics, but you don’t talk politics in the White House. And you don’t talk politics under the dome of the Capitol, except perhaps a reference to it, but not an event. You don’t have political events in the Capitol. You don’t have political events in the White House.
MITCHELL: Well, I know that you and other members, senators, you leave the building to do any fundraising, you have your own offices offsite.
PELOSI: Of course.
MITCHELL: But that said, if he’s exempt from the Hatch Act, which is why some of his aides have been...
PELOSI: He can’t do it.
MITCHELL: ...cited for unethical activity, you don’t think he can get away with it?
PELOSI: Andrea, my friend, once again he is diverting attention from the fact that people are dying in our country. Children are hungry. Families are fearing eviction. Workers are concerned about getting money into their pockets. The state and local governments are suffering from the virus and the rest. And we’re talking about whether he can have a political event at the White House. He can’t.
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12:14 PM ET
MITCHELL: Briefly on the vice presidential announcement that we expect soon from Joe Biden, two members of your caucus are in the group that are being considered and some of your other friends and colleagues. What are the most important qualities that you think Joe Biden needs? Jim Clyburn said passion, to fill the gap, he has compassion but not passion, not electricity. What do you think is the most important quality?
PELOSI: Well, the most important is that Joe Biden has trust in the person, that they have shared values and that he knows. First of all, the three things I would say if I were asked, and you’re asking me, is I don’t think that who the vice president is makes that much difference in the election. It’s about Joe Biden versus Donald Trump, and that’s what the election is about. Since Lyndon Johnson, I don’t think any vice president has ever made a positive difference, except from a negative standpoint, perhaps, Sarah Palin. But in terms of significance, Lyndon Johnson. Otherwise, it’s nice to see who can do no harm in the campaign, that the president will trust, and that could be a good president should that need arise, God willing it wouldn’t.
But I think he has a remarkable field to choose from. Any one of them would be great. We’re ready to embrace whoever it is.
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12:23 PM ET
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ANDREA MITCHELL: And Kristen, you just saw with Nancy Pelosi, talking about – her saying he just can’t do that. I don’t know if there’s a law that prohibits it, not that I’ve been able to find, because the Hatch Act does not cover the president. Certainly by tradition, accepting the nomination from the White House would be completely out of bounds. But he could also choose from monuments in Washington. But now he’s staying in Washington.
KRISTEN WELKER: It would be completely untraditional for him to give his acceptance speech from the White House, Andrea, there is no doubt about that. But I think you hit the nail on the head, which is that this has really been a process that has brought about some whiplash as President Trump has sort of gone back and forth in terms of where he’s going to accept his party’s nomination, would it be North Carolina, would it be Florida? And then, of course, cancelling his plans to be in Florida as cases there have continued to spike. And I really think it speaks to this challenge for the President, which is that this is shining a very bright light on his leadership at this critical moment and his decision-making process, Andrea. So President Trump today signaling that he is looking very seriously at delivering that speech from the White House grounds. But of course we’re scrambling to figure out whether he can actually do that and what type of backlash he might get if, in fact, he does move forward with that type of an acceptance speech from the White House, which would be unprecedented, Andrea.
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