On Monday, NBC anchor Matt Lauer revealed just how much he adores the team of Barack Obama and Joe Biden, revealing he wept while watching Obama bestow the presidential Medal of Freedom on Biden on Sunday.
Before Lauer made his bathetic confession, NBC reporter intoned:
“It’s a bond like we’ve never seen before. At times, more like a White House buddy movie than a political partnership, their friendship often reaching a fever pitch on social media; Biden tweeting a photo of a friendship bracelet on the president’s birthday: “Happy 55th, Barack. A brother to me, a best friend forever.”
Lauer then dripped the emotional syrup: “So I’m glad there were no cameras in my apartment yesterday; ‘cause I was sitting there just weeping; I just burst out crying when I saw that moment; it was incredible.”
Lauer ripped the GOP after the November election, snapping, “Opposing the president’s policy is not a policy.” On the other hand, he was slammed after the Commander-in-Chief forum he hosted with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton for asking her consistent questions about her email scandal but not challenging Trump when he said he had opposed the war in Iraq.
Whether Lauer is partisan one way or the other isn’t even the central point; what is obnoxious is his attempt to manipulate viewers with his emotionally lachrymose statements.
“I just burst out crying when I saw that moment; it was incredible.”
Matt Lauer
Video of Lauer’ weepy confession below:
Video of Obama’s presentation to Biden below: