POLL: What was the worst media take of the week? (Vote below)
NOMINEES:
1. Chuck Todd: Donald Trump Has Turned GOP Into a “Kleptocracy”
“The Republican party right now is a kleptocracy. He [Donald Trump] has not turned the country into a kleptocracy yet....This is worse than Teapot Dome. This is worse than Watergate.”
— Former NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd on CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five, May 10.
2. How Can American Catholics Support a President Who is “Antithetical” to “Teachings of Jesus Christ?”
“What do American Catholics do when they have an American pope who speaks - you know - the teachings of Jesus Christ….and yet they’ve been supporting a man [Donald Trump] who is antithetical to all of those things?”
— Washington Post associate editor/PBS contributor Jonathan Capehart on PBS’s News Hour, May 9.
3. Bruce Springsteen Bashes Trump’s “Treasonous Administration”
“In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration. Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experience to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism, and let freedom ring.”
— Singer Bruce Springsteen live from the Co-Op Live stage in Manchester, England on May 14.
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