Chuck Todd fairly challenged Sen Blount about the hypocrisy in the positions of Senators in 2016 and 2020 on nominations. But he continues to repeat the false statement that Republicans did not cite the fact in 2016 that the Senate was under the control of the opposing party...
...Todd said again that he has exhaustively looked for any reference to the control of the opposing party of the Senate back in 2016 as a rationale. It took me exactly 50 seconds to find such statements on the Internet...
...McConnell repeatedly made this point: “You did have to go back to 1888, when Grover Cleveland was president, to find the last time a vacancy created in a presidentially elected year was approved by a Senate of a different party. I think you all understand where we are.”
...Todd has repeatedly told NBC viewers that no such statements were ever made. Statements like McConnell's on Feb. 22, 2016: "remember that the Senate has not filled a vacancy arising in an election year when there was divided government since 1888, almost 130 years ago."
...Todd read Sen. Booker his statement in 2016 insisting on a vote in an election year, but did not suggest it was hypocritical given his current opposition to a vote. Booker then attacked the GOP, incongruously stating that you should not say different things at different times.
...What is most concerning about this repeated false statement by Todd is that these were statements made by the Majority Leader of the Senate before Garland was even nominated in March 2016.Yet, Todd has repeatedly told viewers that his exhaustive search found no such statements
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