Chuck Todd: "Kamala's proof if you haven't dreamed of being president your whole life, don't do it"

[StarfishSaver]

Yes. He said that.

We all know that if she HAD behaved as if she wanted to be president her whole life, she'd have been "too ambitious."

Kimberly Atkins countered with an excellent point. "How many times have you heard someone say, 'I like Kamala Harris, but I don't think a black woman can win in this environment.' or 'I like Kamala Harris, but I'm not sure people will vote for a black woman.' We need to be willing to acknowledge the role those 'buts.' played in this race."

[George II]

1. Todd can be entirely irrational at times.

[redqueen]

2. Yes, exactly.

You can't win with certain media types, and he definitely is one.

[msongs]

3. so how was her polling in SC among various demographics? nt

[BeyondGeography]

4. He is the personification of unearned smugness

[Docreed2003]

5. JFC....

I have no doubt that Todd has zero concept of the amount of privilege he exhibited with that comment

[YOHABLO]

6. Fact is, she ran out of money. That's what is so f..d up about the political system.

And everyone goes around saying we have to save our ''Democracy''. It's gone bye bye a long time ago. Corporate America and BigMoney killed it.

[LakeArenal]

12. Yep.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. His lack of self-awareness is showing

He immediately confronts Democratic positions. He is a shining example of the Peter Principle.

[jcgoldie]

11. lack of self awareness

I'm constantly floored by the fact that he anchors a daily media show about politics and fails to see the irony in spending half his time bemoaning the fact that 'Democrats just aren't getting their message across' and 'people just don't think the facts are important'... hello McFly whos fucking job is it to get the message about the facts to people if not you? People only care about the politics because people like Chuck Todd ONLY talk about the politics.

[StarfishSaver]

14. IKR?!

[thesquanderer]

8. re: "not sure people will vote for a black woman"

Her polling did hit 20. There were plenty of people willing to vote for her. She wasn't able to capitalize on the success she'd started to have.

[Autumn]

9. Well guess what. Toads buddy the orange fat ass didn't dream of being President all his life.

The whole fucking truth right here.

"How many times have you heard someone say, 'I like Kamala Harris, but I don't think a black woman can win in this environment.' or 'I like Kamala Harris, but I'm not sure people will vote for a black woman.' We need to be willing to acknowledge the role those 'buts.' played in this race."

And lets add the media to that too. The media who spent time on people that had no business being in the race.

[IluvPitties]

10. Kamala lacked a coherent message and went after Biden in the most disingenuous way possible.

I like her for VP or AG, but it is what it is.

[LakeArenal]

13. Chuck Toad. Authority on nothing.

Especially Democrats.
I take his opinion exactly as I do Meghan Mc Cain’s. She’s just more interesting than he.

[corbettkroehler]

15. Thank You, Senator Harris!

I concur with the outrage here. Harris' reply on Twitter was perfect.

As a Berner, I would like to state for the record my gratitude to Senator Harris for contributing to the process markedly.

Link to tweet

[Sloumeau]

16. I think Chuck Todd likes to see how many stupid things he can say...

in a single hour. He's easily the worst host on MSNBC. Does his comment mean if Kamala's been dreaming of becoming President since she was 8, but someone else has been dreaming since they were six, she was destined to lose? At what age was it too late to dream? What a pointless comment, Chuck Todd.

I watched Todd a little today but I chose to stop watching when Todd and his panel were saying that the Democrats should not impeach until they looked under every rock. Todd and Company were acting as if the Democrats were completely finished investigating--apparently not realizing that this was just a resting point for the Intelligence Committee while they hand their report to the Judiciary Committee. Everyone on Todd's panel acted like the Democrats were completely finished investigating. What a clueless bunch Todd and his guests are.