Chuck Todd

NBC News reacted Tuesday night with disdain, disgust, and arguably venom toward President Donald Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address, kvetching that it was “campaign-like,” “confrontation,” “extraordinarily political,” “incredibly raucous,” “partisan,” and responsible for having created a “poisonous...atmosphere” in the House chamber. And of course, there was plenty of invective hurled at…

With fewer and fewer things to talk about on Monday considering the dumpster fire that was the Iowa caucuses, NBC News Now brought on Michael Bloomberg campaign manager Kevin Sheekey to hammer him from the left, including concerns that his presence alongside the far-left Democrats could create “a knock down, drag out war that simply tears the party apart.”

Chuck Todd fancies himself as being on the front lines in the fight against President Trump's so-called war on the truth, but in an interview with Colorado Senator and longshot presidential hopeful Michael Bennet on Monday, Todd let Bennet spew objective falsehoods while also pressing him to censure Trump now that impeachment has failed.

In the 1 pm Eastern hour on Friday, Rush Limbaugh shared a new soundbite from Chuck Todd on NBC, complaining that the lesson of this failing impeachment attempt is that if you're popular enough, you can "essentially bulldoze the Constitution." Replied Rush: "This is the sound of utter futility! The sound of total frustration!"

Acting out of sheer desperation Friday morning, while anchoring MSNBC special coverage of the Senate impeachment trial, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd attempted to argue there was a “risk” for Democrats “folding too early” ahead of President Trump’s expected acquittal. Later in the hour, he seemed resigned to the fact that the “talk radio wing” of the Republican Party had “won” the day.

As the Senate impeachment trial went to a break during the 3:00 p.m. ET hour Wednesday afternoon, anchors of NBC News special coverage immediately went to work blasting the arguments from President Trump’s defense team as “dubious,” “legalizing Watergate,” and asserting “absolute power.” 

As Democrats become more glum about the possibility of getting witnesses and extending the impeachment trial, their counterparts in the media are sharpening criticism of how the whole thing has been handled. Over two hours on Thursday, Chuck Todd repeatedly lamented “missed opportunities” and failure to be “aggressive.” 

While discussing the possibility of former National Security Advisor John Bolton testifying in the Senate impeachment trial, during MSNBC’s special coverage Wednesday morning, anchor Chuck Todd eagerly offered the ex Trump aide the “full hour” of Sunday’s Meet the Press to air accusations against the President.

During NBC News live special coverage of the Senate impeachment trial on Tuesday, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd urged Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to call President Trump as a witness and get him “under oath on this.”

In the 9:00 a.m. ET hour on Monday, hours before the Senate impeachment trial resumed, MSNBC anchor Chuck Todd led a panel discussion about the possibility of President Trump’s State of the Union address being cancelled to prevent the President from having a platform to promote his agenda.

During NBC News live special coverage of the Senate impeachment trial on Monday, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd completely snapped while talking about Trump defense team lawyer Ken Starr, whom he compared to a “bank robber” and accused of having “define[d] impeachment downward” during the proceeding against Bill Clinton. 

Taking a breather from blaming the country’s division solely on right-leaning Americans and railing against moderate female Republican senators who had issues with the Democratic impeachment managers, NBC political director Chuck Todd took time during Sunday’s Meet the Press to share his dread for what President Trump would say if the Senate acquitted him.

During a mid-afternoon break in the Senate impeachment trial on Thursday, both NBC and ABC brought on 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar for softball interviews. Anchors urged the Minnesota Senator to put pressure on her GOP colleagues to vote for witnesses and drag out the proceedings.