On MSNBC’s MTP Daily, host Chuck Todd wailed that the Republican Party was “built on a lie” and was “gonna get power based on a lie” in November’s midterm elections. Todd and his panel of liberal journalists were expressing frustration that voters don’t seem to care about the Democratic Party’s partisan congressional investigation into January 6th “at all.”
“And Carlos, this gets to the larger picture here, and you’ve expressed your version of disgust on this, which is the party is allowing itself – it’s built on a lie,” Todd complained to disgruntled former Republican Congressman Carlos Curbelo. The anchor continued: “So, I mean, it – how do you – you know, they’re gonna get power based on a lie and then what? How do you govern?”
Curbelo eagerly agreed with Todd’s nasty tantrum: “Well, that’s right, Chuck. The party right now is a fully owned subsidiary of the Trump organization. And that is not an entity that can do its job, that can lead without fear....And when you’re motivated by fear...it’s very difficult to lead under those circumstances.”
The ex-GOP politician turned MSNBC contributor then declared: “So you’re gonna see a lot of unity up until November. If they do take over the House, I think all these cracks are gonna emerge again and we’ll see what comes after that.”
Todd bitterly whined: “The irony, Eugene, here is I don’t know if this matters on the campaign trail – at all.” The Washington Post’s Eugene Scott offered this exasperated reply:
Oh, it absolutely doesn’t. Yeah, [Republican Congressman] Glenn Grothman from Wisconsin told The Washington Post, “Nobody cares about January 6th except for the press.” He literally said that. And so as long as voters are not going to hold these lawmakers accountable for this, they don’t have anything to worry about.
Keeping up his lamentations, Todd fretted the Democrats weren’t bashing Republicans enough leading up to the midterms: “I have probably watched a thousand television ads this cycle, I think I’ve seen two on January 6th....what the right has done with Nancy Pelosi, the left has not done with Kevin McCarthy, have they?”
Reporter Audrey Fahlberg from The Dispatch observed: “I think that right now the Republicans are really trying to express that their voters care about inflation, the border, things like that. I mean, focusing on January 6th is simply not something that they care about....I think that it’s gonna continue to be like that leading up to the midterms.”
Todd bemoaned to Curbelo: “And sadly, Carlos, even though what would be right for the history books, what would be right for this investigation, there is no upside for Kevin McCarthy to voluntarily participate in the January 6th investigation, is there?” Referencing recent leaked audio from the Republican House Minority Leader from that day in 2021, Curbelo agreed: “No, I think the most we’re gonna get from him, you know, are these leaks and secondhand accounts of things that he told other people.”
Just in case viewers had not gotten enough Republican-bashing, Todd touted the latest episode of his podcast: “We have even more on the future of the Republican Party and how all signs are pointing to their inability to govern, on the next episode of The Chuck Toddcast.”
This is a common tactic of the leftist media. If it becomes clear that Republicans are poised to do well at the ballot box, partisan hacks like Todd immediately go to work preemptively declaring the GOP a failure before the party has even had a chance to take office.
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Here is a transcript of the April 27 discussion:
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CHUCK TODD: And Carlos, this gets to the larger picture here, and you’ve expressed your version of disgust on this, which is the party is allowing itself – it’s built on a lie. So, I mean, it – how do you – you know, they’re gonna get power based on a lie and then what? How do you govern?
FMR. REP. CARLOS CURBELO [R-FL]: Well, that’s right, Chuck. The party right now is a fully owned subsidiary of the Trump organization. And that is not an entity that can do its job, that can lead without fear. I mean, House Republicans, especially House Republicans – I think it’s different in the Senate – are constantly looking over their shoulders, see what Donald Trump is doing, where he’s going, what he’s gonna say. And when you’re motivated by fear, in this case, of the former president, it’s very difficult to lead under those circumstances. So you’re gonna see a lot of unity up until November. If they do take over the House, I think all these cracks are gonna emerge again and we’ll see what comes after that.
TODD: The irony, Eugene, here is I don’t know if this matters on the campaign trail – at all.
EUGENE SCOTT [THE WASHINGTON POST NATIONAL POLITICAL REPORTER]: Oh, it absolutely doesn’t. Yeah, [Republican Congressman] Glenn Grothman from Wisconsin told The Washington Post, “Nobody cares about January 6th except for the press.” He literally said that. And so as long as voters are not going to hold these lawmakers accountable for this, they don’t have anything to worry about.
TODD: I think I’ve seen – I have probably watched a thousand television ads this cycle, I think I’ve seen two on January 6th, Audrey. I mean, that is something. And even Kevin McCarthy, he’s not yet – he hasn’t – what the right has done with Nancy Pelosi, the left has not done with Kevin McCarthy, have they?
AUDREY FAHLBERG [REPORTER, THE DISPATCH]: I think that right now the Republicans are really trying to express that their voters care about inflation, the border, things like that. I mean, focusing on January 6th is simply not something that they care about. They always change the topic of conversation when I ask them about this, either in public or in private. So I think that it’s gonna continue to be like that leading up to the midterms.
TODD: And sadly, Carlos, even though what would be right for the history books, what would be right for this investigation, there is no upside for Kevin McCarthy to voluntarily participate in the January 6th investigation, is there?
CURBELO: No, I think the most we’re gonna get from him, you know, are these leaks and secondhand accounts of things that he told other people. And again, the sad part is that it’s obvious where he stood, as I think a couple of people have said already.
TODD: Yeah.
CURBELO: McCarthy is a normal guy. I mean, his reaction to January 6th was visceral. He was agitated, he was anxious, he was nervous, he was worried. But he can’t say any of these things, he can't admit them. That’s – that’s just very frustrating.
TODD: Audrey, Eugene, and Carlos, thank you all. Thank you for bearing with the technical issues here. But, hey, it’s live television.
We have even more on the future of the Republican Party and how all signs are pointing to their inability to govern, on the next episode of The Chuck Toddcast. It’s available right now, get it free wherever you get your podcasts. It's a fun conversation with Matthew Continetti.
