“Meet The Press” host Chuck Todd let loose on President Donald Trump on Sunday for his refusal to concede the presidential election to Joe Biden. Todd went so far as to claim that Trump is refusing to accept reality.
“Nearly two weeks after an election contest won by Joe Biden by more than 5.5 million votes so far and a comfortable electoral vote margin, the country is facing two interconnected crises,” Todd said. “One, the President of the United States refuses to concede the election, claiming falsely that it was somehow stolen. His attorney general is currently encouraging investigations into voter fraud, despite a lack of evidence that any exists His secretary of state is suggesting the president will be inaugurated for a second term. Perhaps he was kidding.”
“The president fired his defense secretary and filling the Defense Department with loyalists, some of whom traffic in conspiracy theories,” the NBC host added. “If this were happening anywhere else, our State Department would be issuing grim reports about the future of that country’s democracy. But that country is this country. It’s happening here.”
Not stopping there, Todd criticized Trump for the way he is treating Biden.
“Making matters worse, the administration is refusing to allow Biden’s team access to secure communications and classified briefings including Operation Warp Speed, which covers vaccination distribution for the exploding COVID crisis,” he said. “In fact, this is happening as President Trump is all but ignoring the pandemic, reportedly not even met with his own COVID task force in at least five months.”
“The pandemic is at its highest peak yet,” Todd continued. “In just the last week, 31 states report records for new cases, and the last six states have seen the highest case counts nationwide. In short, President Trump is refusing to acknowledge two realities, his defeat, and COVID-19. But the virus does not care, as it continues its march across the country doing exactly what experts have long predicted it would do.”
Though various media outlets have called the election for Biden, Trump has yet to officially concede. Instead, he has promised to fight this election out in court, filing various lawsuits that he says will expose mass voter fraud.
This piece was written by James Samson on November 15, 2020. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.
Read more at LifeZette:
Pelosi Goes Off On Republicans As Trump Refuses To Concede – ‘Stop The Circus And Get To Work’
OPINION: It’s Over. President Says Biden “Won.”
Justice Alito Sounds An Alarm Over Biden And PC
The opinions expressed by contributors and/or content partners are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Steve Gruber.
Join the Discussion
COMMENTS POLICY: We have no tolerance for messages of violence, racism, vulgarity, obscenity or other such discourteous behavior. Thank you for contributing to a respectful and useful online dialogue.