Guest post by Steve Malzberg
Last Thursday the United States Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, as she became the first black female to earn that honor. A day later Joe Biden and company held a ceremony on the White House lawn in celebration of the historic event.
When it was over, MSNBC’s Chuck Todd weighed in by praising the speech given by the Justice-in-waiting at the event, calling the confirmation vote, “A major victory for the Democratic Party.” But it was what he said next that set the left off. “But what if it’s the last of the calendar year?” he asked, later adding,” “Democratic priorities are, at best, on pause… or at worse, dead.” The Meet the Press host was asking a legitimate question about the prospects for any major legislation getting passed prior to the November midterms, where Dems are expected to face a reckoning.
While there were many outraged reactions to choose from on Twitter, where Chuck Todd was trending for what he had said, one, in particular, caught my eye. It was posted by Joan Walsh of The Nation, a former cable news talking head.
“WTF” she asked, while claiming that she had tried really hard not to join “the pile-on” against Chuck Todd.
And I responded to Joan Walsh’s “WTF” with a series of my own tweets:
#4-Imagine if @chucktodd had told his viewers about #JoeBiden’s remarks on “Indian-Americans” and Seven-Elevens.
There was also a sixth tweet in response to Joan Walsh, you can see it here:
Chuck Todd and the rest of the “disinformation media”, (and it is important not to call them fake news anymore, but properly tag THEM with DISINFORMATION, which as the left will tell you every single day, is a threat to our democracy) have never put Biden’s Ketanji Brown Jackson nomination in perspective. To do so would be to reveal Biden’s long history of racist comments and actions.
Joan Walsh’s media buddies, including Chuck Todd, hid it all during the 2020 election campaign. They also hid Biden’s trouble with the truth, and his history of plagiarism, not to mention the Hunter Biden story.
So my message to Ms. Walsh is stop the sanctimonious “WTF” nonsense.
It just shows the intolerance of the left, and their attempts at silencing anyone, even on their own side, who might, in their view, step the slightest bit out of line.
Steve Malzberg is a talk show host and can be followed on twitter, Instagram and FB @stevemtalk