On Sunday’s Meet the Press on NBC, moderator Chuck Todd had completely unqualified diversity hire Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on the program to preview President Joe Biden’s upcoming state of the union address. During the friendly discussion, Todd asked the sympathetic softball question that why isn’t all of Biden’s accomplishments not penetrating the American public. It apparently never occurred to Todd that almost all of Biden’s so-called accomplishments he’s going to tout are detrimental policies he’s inflicted on the American people.
Right out of the gate, Todd bemoaned how Biden isn’t getting the credit he thinks is deserved. “Look, he's got a lot of things to tout,” Todd noted before asking “why do you think it has not penetrated the American public?”
Buttigieg responded that “these things don't sell themselves,” and went on to regurgitate the historically inaccurate talking points that Biden’s now former Chief of Staff spouted:
Recently the President hosted a send-off for Ron Klain the departing chief of staff and he put it in a way that I thought was especially moving when you think back in historic terms to what it means to inherit one of the toughest situations faced by any President since F.D.R. Passed the most significant legislation on our economy in many ways since F.D.R. While facing the largest land war in Europe since Truman, achieving the second most important healthcare bill since L.B.J. And the most important infrastructure bill since Eisenhower, as Ron put it.
“Yeah, that’s the thing. None of it seems to accrue to his benefit lately,” Todd said disappointingly.
“People say that then this President has exceeded expectations again and again politically and functionally in terms what we're getting done,” Buttigieg replied.
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The transcript is below:
NBC’s Meet the Press
2/5/2023
10:30:30 a.m. EasternCHUCK TODD: Let's go to the President's State of the Union. Look, he's got a lot of things to tout. Why do you think it has not penetrated the American public?
PETE BUTTIGIEG: Look, these things don't sell themselves it’s one of the reasons I am really looking forward to that State of the Union address. I will say that there have been so many accomplishments under this administration it can be difficult to list them in a distilled way. Recently the President hosted a send-off for Ron Klain the departing chief of staff and he put it in a way that I thought was especially moving when you think back in historic terms to what it means to inherit one of the toughest situations faced by any President since F.D.R. Passed the most significant legislation on our economy in many ways since F.D.R. While facing the largest land war in Europe since Truman, achieving the second most important healthcare bill since L.B.J. And the most important infrastructure bill since Eisenhower, as Ron put it.
That was just the beginning of the list of accomplishments. But one of the things that we found was that this is happening simultaneously with some of the toughest circumstances ever. We recognize that. There continue to be a lot of issues Americans are facing every day even as we see extraordinary economic news. 500,000 jobs just created in the last month.
TODD: Yeah, that’s the thing. None of it seems to accrue to his benefit lately.
BUTTIGIEG: People say that then this President has exceeded expectations again and again politically and functionally in terms what we're getting done.
