Comedian Larry David was scheduled to appear on Thursday morning&#8217;s broadcast of the &#8220;TODAY&#8221; show on NBC — but he crashed the set a bit early, shocking hosts when he burst onto the scene and physically assaulted another guest, the &#8220;Sesame Street&#8221; Muppet, Elmo.
Elmo joined the show after an X post about emotional well-being garnered a lot of attention — and the hosts wanted to continue that conversation. David, however, apparently had only one thing on his mind.
Newsbusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck shared a video clip of the wild scene, captioning it, &#8220;OMG: Larry David — whose interview was a few segments away on NBC&#8217;s &#8216;Today&#8217; show — comes out of nowhere &amp; beats up Elmo after his sit-down to talk about the responses to his #emotionalwellbeing post. @CraigMelvin, @SavannahGuthrie, @HodaKotb, @AlRoker, &amp; @Elmo were FLOORED.&#8221;
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OMG: Larry David &#8212; whose interview was a few segments away on NBC&#39;s &#39;Today&#39; show &#8212; comes out of nowhere &amp; beats up Elmo after his sit-down to talk about the responses to his <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/emotionalwellbeing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#emotionalwellbeing</a> post.<a href="https://twitter.com/craigmelvin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CraigMelvin</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/SavannahGuthrie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SavannahGuthrie</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hodakotb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HodaKotb</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/alroker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlRoker</a>, &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/elmo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Elmo</a> were FLOORED. <a href="https://t.co/cW36SHYX6y">pic.twitter.com/cW36SHYX6y</a>
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The conversation between Elmo and the hosts had just wrapped up, and Guthrie announced that they planned to &#8220;go over to Al (Roker) for a check of the weather&#8221; — and that&#8217;s when the chaotic scene began to unfold.
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&#8220;Wait, wait, wait!&#8221; The camera panned back from Roker and his weather map to the hosts on the couch — and they all burst out laughing, with shocked expressions on their faces, as David walked onto the set and grabbed Elmo by the neck. With one hand he held the Muppet still, and with the other he punched several times — and the laughter continued.
Without a word, David turned on his heel and walked off the stage.
&#8220;Elmo loved you before,&#8221; the Muppet called after him.
&#8220;Ask permission, ask permission before you touch people, Larry,&#8221; host Craig Melvin admonished the exiting comedian.

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Larry David Shocks Hosts, Crashes ‘TODAY’ Set To Punch Elmo In The Face

Larry David Shocks Hosts, Crashes 'TODAY' Set To Punch Elmo In The Face

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Actress <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/piers-morgan-tells-amber-heard-its-time-to-stop-playing-the-victim-after-actress-calls-internet-reaction-to-verdict-unfair/">Amber Heard</a> lashed out at her ex-husband, actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/thank-god-its-over-robert-downey-jr-facetimed-pal-johnny-depp-after-victory-over-ex-wife-amber-heard/">Johnny Depp</a>, over his attorneys&#8217; claim that she had given &#8220;the performance of a lifetime&#8221; during their recent defamation trial, arguing that he had been the one who &#8220;convinced the world he had scissors for fingers.&#8221;
Heard spoke to NBC&#8217;s Savannah Guthrie in her first <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/did-they-all-come-in-and-lie-savannah-guthrie-challenges-amber-heards-claim-that-she-never-started-physical-fights/">post-trial interview</a> — which aired Tuesday — and she continued to claim that Depp had lied and that she had been the victim of an exceptionally &#8220;abusive&#8221; and &#8220;toxic&#8221; dynamic throughout their relationship.
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Guthrie: Depp&#39;s attorneys said you gave &quot;the performance of a lifetime&quot; in court.
Heard: &quot;Says the lawyer for the man who convinced the world he had scissors for fingers &#8230; I’m the performer?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/mfF9PXj0Q9">pic.twitter.com/mfF9PXj0Q9</a>
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Guthrie began by pointing directly to the closing arguments, noting that Depp&#8217;s attorneys had referred to Heard&#8217;s often emotionally-charged courtroom testimony as &#8220;the performance of a lifetime.&#8221;
&#8220;In the closing arguments, the Depp lawyer said — called your testimony &#8216;the performance of a lifetime&#8217; and said you were acting. What do you say to that?&#8221; she asked.
&#8220;Says the lawyer for the man who convinced the world he had scissors for fingers?&#8221; Heard quipped. &#8220;I’m the performer? I had listened to weeks of testimony insinuating that — or saying quite directly that — you know, I’m a terrible actress. So, I’m a bit confused how I could be both.&#8221;
&#8220;The Depp team argued that you were the abuser, that you instigated physical violence. Did you?&#8221; Guthrie continued.
&#8220;I never had to instigate it. I responded to it. When you are living in violence and it becomes normal, as I testified to, you have to adapt,&#8221; Heard replied, continuing to insist that she had only gotten physical as a reaction to Depp and the abusive nature of their relationship.
&#8220;You say you were responding, but there is evidence. There are tapes in which you acknowledge hitting. There are tapes which you say, &#8216;I started the fight,'&#8221; Guthrie pressed.
Heard pushed back, claiming that the tapes had been edited and they did not clearly show what was happening in real time. She went on to argue that the tapes were really evidence that she was negotiating with her &#8220;abuser.&#8221;
&#8220;I know much has been made of these audio tapes. They were first leaked online after being edited,&#8221; she said. &#8220;What you would hear in those clips are not evidence of what was happening. It was evidence of a negotiation of how to talk about that with your abuser.&#8221;
Depp, who <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-johnny-depp-wins-in-defamation-case-against-amber-heard/">won his defamation case</a> against Heard, has not given public interviews regarding the outcome of the trial.

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‘I’m The Performer?’: Amber Heard Says Depp Was ‘Performing’ In Court Because He Once ‘Convinced The World He Had Scissors For Fingers’

Amber Heard Says Depp Was 'Performing' In Court Because He Once 'Convinced The World He Had Scissors For Fingers'

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NBC &#8220;Today&#8221; anchor Savannah Guthrie challenged actress <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/piers-morgan-tells-amber-heard-its-time-to-stop-playing-the-victim-after-actress-calls-internet-reaction-to-verdict-unfair/">Amber Heard</a> during her first post-trial interview, pressing her to defend her continued claims that she had never instigated violence with her ex-husband, actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/thank-god-its-over-robert-downey-jr-facetimed-pal-johnny-depp-after-victory-over-ex-wife-amber-heard/">Johnny Depp</a>.
Heard insisted several times that any time she may have gotten physical with Depp, it was a result of living in a toxic, abusive situation — a situation in which she painted herself as the victim. Guthrie pushed back, noting that both <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/ms-heard-hit-me-is-that-better-depp-pokes-at-heard-lawyer-while-taking-the-stand-second-time/">audio tapes</a> and witnesses had appeared to suggest the opposite was true.
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&quot;Did they all come in and lie in court?&quot; Savannah Guthrie challenges Amber Heard over her continued claims that she didn&#39;t instigate violence. Heard: &quot;I&#39;m not here to call any witnesses any names &#8230;&quot; <a href="https://t.co/TCa9TfN2MS">pic.twitter.com/TCa9TfN2MS</a>
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&#8220;I am looking at a transcript that says he says you start physical fights and you say, &#8216;I did start a physical fight, I can’t promise you I won’t get physical again,'&#8221; Guthrie <a href="https://www.today.com/news/news/amber-heard-nbc-news-exclusive-part-one-rcna33338">began</a>. &#8220;I mean, this is in black and white. I understand context. But you are testifying and telling me today I never started a physical fight. And here you are on tape saying you did.&#8221;
Heard argued that her admission was a function of being the victim of abuse, claiming that she had said the things heard on audio recordings while she was in fear for her safety.
&#8220;When your life is at risk, not only will you take the blame for things that you shouldn’t take the blame for, but when you are in an abusive dynamic, psychologically, emotionally, and physically, you don’t have the resources that, say, you or I do — with the luxury of saying hey, this is black and white. Because it is anything but when you are living in it,&#8221; Heard continued.
&#8220;But there are other times,&#8221; Guthrie pushed back. &#8220;There is another tape where you are taunting him and saying, &#8216;Oh tell the world, Johnny Depp, I, a man, am the victim of domestic violence &#8230;'&#8221;
Heard appeared to claim that some of the quotes were out of context, arguing that they were just snippets of hours-long discussions and were not fully representative of those conversations.
&#8220;Could your side have just put the whole three hours in then?&#8221; Guthrie asked.
&#8220;I’m not a lawyer,&#8221; Heard replied, saying again that when she had been under &#8220;extreme amounts of emotional, psychologically and physical distress&#8221; when those recordings were made.
&#8220;He said he never hit you. Is that a lie?&#8221; Guthrie asked point-blank.
&#8220;Yes it is,&#8221; Heard said.
&#8220;What about the witnesses who said they have seen you instigate physical violence?&#8221; Guthrie pressed again.
&#8220;I’ve seen first hand how people will file rank and support a person they depend on,&#8221; Heard replied, appearing to suggest that witnesses had lied for Depp.
Guthrie responded, &#8220;Did they all come in and lie in court?&#8221;
&#8220;I’m not here to call any witnesses any names,&#8221; Heard said then, going on to concede that she had said and done some things that she regretted while she was involved with Depp.
&#8220;We were awful to each other. You know, I made a lot of — lot of mistakes. A lot of mistakes. But I’ve always told the truth,&#8221; she claimed.

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‘Did They All Come In And Lie?’: Savannah Guthrie Challenges Amber Heard’s Claim That She Never Started Physical Fights

Savannah Guthrie Challenges Amber Heard's Claim That She Never Started Physical Fights

Bill and Melinda Gates shocked fans when they announced in May 2021 that their 27 year marriage was ending. Later reports alleged that Gates had an affair with a Microsoft employee and the billionaire Microsoft co-founder just admitted that he caused his wife pain during an interview with “Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie.
“Were you unfaithful in your marriage? Was that one of the reasons there was the divorce?” Guthrie asked Bill during their conversation, which was mostly to promote the entrepreneur&#8217;s new book, “How to Prevent the Next Pandemic.”
“I certainly made mistakes, and I take responsibility,” the 66-year-old replied, as Page Six <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/05/03/bill-gates-grilled-over-cheating-rumors-after-melinda-divorce/">reported</a>.
&#8220;I don’t think delving into the particulars at this point is constructive, but yes, I caused pain, and I feel terrible about that,” he continued.
Just after the Gates separated last year, Bill admitted to having “an affair almost 20 years ago” with a fellow Microsoft employee.
Melinda demurred when she was asked if her ex-husband was a serial cheater. “Those are questions Bill needs to answer,” the 66-year-old mom of three replied when asked about that on CBS Sunday Morning.
The “Moment of Lift” author delved into how she felt about all of it. “I think it’s really important to say, look, I had a lot of tears for many days,” she said, per <a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/melinda-gates-breaks-silence-on-bill-gates-affair-after-divorce/">Us Weekly</a>. 
“I mean, [I had] days where I’m literally laying on the floor and the carpet, you know, this close to me, thinking, ‘How can this be? How can I get up? How am I gonna move forward?’ And days I certainly was angry. That’s part of the grieving process. You’re grieving a loss of something you thought you had and thought you had for your lifetime. I mean, this is painful stuff.”
“At the end of the day, though, I started on this journey of healing, and I feel like I’m starting to get to the other side. And I do feel like I’m turning a page in the chapter now,” Melinda continued. “I mean, it’s 2022, and I’m actually really excited about what’s to come and life ahead for me.”
The couple wed in 1994 and welcomed three children together through the course of their marriage. They announced their separation in May via a Twitter statement. 
“After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” she wrote. “Over the last 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives. We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue our work together at the foundation, but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives.”

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Bill Gates Addresses Cheating On Melinda Gates In New Interview

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Vice President Kamala Harris made it clear Wednesday that President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration does not have any plans to change the strategy in dealing with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Harris spoke with NBC&#8217;s Savannah Guthrie the morning after Biden delivered his first formal State of the Union address, and Guthrie pressed her on whether or not the administration needed to change tactics since — despite <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/quit-pussy-footing-around-tom-cotton-blasts-biden-administrations-weak-sanctions-on-ruthless-dictator-putin/">heavy sanctions</a> from the United States and other western nations and NATO allies — Putin continues to wage a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/un-votes-to-condemn-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-china-abstains-from-vote-russian-allies-vote-no/">full-scale assault</a> on the neighboring nation of Ukraine.
&#8220;So what else do we have to throw at this when Putin so far is undeterred?&#8221; Guthrie asked.
&#8220;Well, we are going to continue to do what we&#8217;ve done,&#8221; Harris replied. &#8220;For example, in the sanctions, it&#8217;s been sanctions against their financial institutions, against their oligarchs, where we are targeting their mansions and their jets. What we’re going to continue to do is stand firm with our allies in terms of reassessing what we are doing with sanctions.&#8221;
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Guthrie continued to press Harris on the possibility that the United States might implement sanctions on Russia&#8217;s energy sector — or stop buying oil and gas from Russia altogether — in an effort to cut off any income from selling such products and further isolate the nation from the west.
Guthrie noted that the best way to hit Putin &#8220;where it hurts&#8221; was to target the oil and gas sector, adding, &#8220;Some senators agree, Republican and Democrat — Senator Joe Manchin mentioned for example that the U.S. is still currently buying approximately 600,000 barrels of crude and other petroleum products every single day. Is that on the table? Is that something that the administration would continue — would consider in terms of further sanctions, cutting off the oil and gas part of the economy for Russia?&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a> Harris on why Biden’s still buying oil from Russia: &quot;Understanding that right now on the issue of energy, our allies have stood firm and unified in a way that many of the pundits didn’t predict would happen, to ensure that we are unified in our approach to this issue.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/vyiHauZOMm">pic.twitter.com/vyiHauZOMm</a>
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&#8220;Well, as you know, on this issue, for example, we applaud Germany in terms of what it has done as it relates to Nord Stream 2,&#8221; Harris replied, praising Germany for refusing to certify the new pipeline but skipping over the fact that the pipeline was only able to be completed because President Biden had <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/how-do-you-explain-to-people-ap-reporter-corners-state-department-spox-on-bidens-failure-to-halt-nord-stream-2-earlier/">allowed the U.S. sanctions</a> against Nord Stream 2 to expire just months after assuming the presidency.
&#8220;As it relates to what we need to do domestically as well as what we need to do in terms of  this issue generally, we have as the president said reevaluated what we&#8217;re doing in terms of the strategic oil reserve here in the United States to make sure that it will not have an impact or we can mitigate the impact on the American consumer,&#8221; Harris continued, adding, &#8220;But let&#8217;s take this one step at a time, understanding that right now on the issue of energy, our allies have stood firm and unified in a way that many of the pundits didn’t predict would happen, to ensure that we are unified in our approach to this issue.&#8221;
Manchin <a href="https://twitter.com/EdMorrissey/status/1498651141583867908">called it &#8220;ridiculous&#8221;</a> that the United States was continuing to buy Russian oil amid the invasion, saying, &#8220;It’s ridiculous, totally ridiculous that we’re buying over 600,000 barrels a day of crude from Russia.&#8221;
&#8220;If President Biden was serious about pushing back on Russian aggression, he would completely cut off the import of oil from Russia and unleash the American energy industry,&#8221; Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenLummis/status/1498844310929817602">agreed</a>.

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‘We’re Going To Continue To Do What We’ve Done’: Kamala Harris Says The Plan To Stop Putin Is To Keep Doing What Hasn’t Stopped Putin

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Vice President Kamala Harris got testy with NBC&#8217;s Savannah Guthrie during a Thursday morning interview on &#8220;The Today Show,&#8221; snapping at the host when she addressed President Joe Biden&#8217;s implication that the 2022 midterm elections might not be &#8220;legitimate.&#8221;
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-slammed-over-embarrassing-press-conference-let-the-25th-amendment-discussions-begin/">Biden</a> sparked the controversy when he suggested, during his long-awaited Wednesday press conference, that the legitimacy of <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/kamala-harris-channels-pelosi-we-have-to-pass-voting-rights-bill-before-we-can-talk-about-election-legitimacy/">upcoming elections</a> would be dependent on the passage of two sweeping federal election overhaul bills — the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the Freedom to Vote Act, both of which failed when Democratic Senators Joe Manchin (WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) refused to go along with a rules change that would alter or scrap the filibuster.
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Joe Biden is asked by <a href="https://twitter.com/PhilipWegmann?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PhilipWegmann</a> is the 2022 election results could be illegitimate:
&#8220;I think it could easily be illegitimate&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/xSlJWLNdCB">pic.twitter.com/xSlJWLNdCB</a>
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Guthrie raised the question the following morning with <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/i-want-my-name-back-harris-faulkner-says-its-embarrassing-that-vp-harris-is-still-not-ready-for-basic-questions/">Harris</a>, saying, &#8220;He openly cast doubt on whether the 2022 midterm elections would be legitimate. He said, &#8216;It all depends,&#8217; which is astonishing to hear a president question whether our elections will be legitimate. We&#8217;ve heard it before, but not from this president. Is he really concerned that we may not have fair and free elections?&#8221;
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&#8220;The president has been consistent on this issue and the issue at hand, the issue — I was there last night in the chamber of the Senate and the issue is that there are two bills, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the Freedom to Vote Act, that have been the solution that has been offered to address the fact that around our country states have put in place laws that are purposely making it more difficult for the American people to vote. Laws which will be felt by at least 55 million Americans regardless of their party affiliation, their race, their gender or geographic location —&#8221;
&#8220;Those bills were — the bills were debated and they didn’t pass —&#8221; Guthrie pressed, interrupting.
&#8220;If I may finish —&#8221; Harris shot back.
&#8220;But the specific question, if you don’t mind, does he think now that these bills haven’t been passed that the ’22 midterms won’t be legitimate or fair or free?&#8221; Guthrie continued to push for a direct answer, but instead Harris continued in her attempt to sell the bills.
&#8220;Let’s not conflate issues. What we are looking at and the topic of so much debate last night was that we as America cannot afford to allow this blatant erosion of our democracy, and in particular, the right of all Americans who are eligible to vote to have access to the ballot unfettered. That is the topic of the conversation. Let’s not be distracted by the political gamesmanship when what is truly at stake, issues like whether Americans with disability have the opportunity to vote by mail, whether a single parent has the opportunity with three kids in the backseat to vote by dropping off their ballot in a drop box instead of having to stand in line with those three kids for hours. These are the issues that are at stake —&#8221; Harris said.
Harris then pivoted to suggest that the two election overhaul bills were necessary if the United States is to continue to be an example to the rest of the world with regard to maintaining a functioning democracy.
&#8220;I met with prime ministers and presidents from around the globe, both partners and allies of ours, they are asking what is going on with voting rights in America because they look to us as a role model of what it means to be a democracy, and they are monitoring to wonder and question whether there is an erosion of our democracy and, therefore, an erosion of one of the best role models of what a democracy does and can do,&#8221; Harris claimed.
&#8220;Wow they could have cleaned this up but Kamala makes it worse. Refuses to answer whether the next elections will be legitimate, provides word salad about voting bills,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1484147927970951173">Matt Whitlock</a> tweeted in response to Harris&#8217; interview.

President Biden And VP Harris Speak On Voters’ Rights Legislation At The Atlanta University Center Consortium

‘If I May Finish’: Kamala Harris Gets Testy With NBC’s Savannah Guthrie Over Election Legitimacy Question

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On Saturday night, after NBC’s Kristin Welker, who will moderate the next presidential debate between President Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, reportedly deactivated her Twitter account on Friday. President Trump said at a Wisconsin rally, “She deleted her entire account. I wonder why? I can&#8217;t imagine.&#8221;
C-SPAN&#8217;s Steve Scully, the original moderator for the second presidential debate, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blasts-steve-scully-for-lying-about-hack-the-debate-was-rigged">put on administrative leave</a> after he lied about a tweet he had sent. Scully released a statement admitting that he lied about being hacked on Twitter after he had sent a message seeking advice from Anthony Scaramucci as to whether Scully should respond to the president.
<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8851585/Donald-Trump-complains-final-debate-moderator-Kristen-Welker-extraordinarily-unfair.html">The Daily Mail reported</a> that Welker “briefly deactivated her Twitter account Friday … by Saturday, Welker&#8217;s Twitter account was turned back on. A spokesperson for NBC told DailyMail.com that ‘she consulted internally, made sure there was two-factor authentication and turned it back on.&#8217;”
Trump said of Welker, “&#8217;I&#8217;ve known her for a long time, she&#8217;s extraordinarily unfair but that&#8217;s all right.” Trump turned to NBC&#8217;s Savannah Guthrie, who moderated Thursday night&#8217;s town hall with him, remarking, “We did very well the other night with a person that I knew was even more unfair, Savannah.”
He joked, “&#8217;In fact nobody&#8217;s seen Savannah for two days, what happened to Savannah?”
“They said, ‘We’d like to give Savannah Guthrie,” Trump continued. “I said, ‘That’s all right. What difference does it make?’ They ask you a question; you give them an answer. Right? It doesn’t matter. But she was sort of jumping out of her seat, she was like flying. She was like, “I told you, I told you.’ I said, ‘I don’t care what you told me. What does that mean?”
“Then you watch Sleepy Joe get interviewed by George Stephanopoulos, nice guy, but he’s a tough guy, and he’s tough, I interviewed with him two weeks ago, he was tough, he’s giving, like, these lobs, like slow motion lobs,” Trump stated. “No, it’s unfair, but you know what? It’s so unfair, and — we’re president, and they’re not.”
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After Guthrie’s performance, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-campaign-shreds-biden-surrogate-savannah-guthrie-after-combative-town-hall">The Daily Wire</a> reported, the Trump campaign stated, &#8220;Even though the commission canceled the in-person debate that could have happened tonight, one occurred anyway, and President Trump soundly defeated NBC’s Savannah Guthrie in her role as debate opponent and Joe Biden surrogate. President Trump masterfully handled Guthrie’s attacks and interacted warmly and effectively with the voters in the room.&#8221;
Federalist co-founder Sean Davis wrote: &#8220;If Guthrie had been half as civilized and professional as the questioners—for example, asking a question and then politely listening to the answer without having a temper tantrum—that would’ve been a really illuminating debate. Instead, she went Full Clown and Trump stomped her.&#8221;
The Trump campaign also blasted George Stephanopoulos, noting, &#8220;Over on ABC it was a completely different scene, as once again Biden was kept comfortable and away from any questions that might challenge him. Americans can see that President Trump is leading the country, has built the economy to the best in the world once and is doing it again, and quite clearly has accomplished more in 47 months than Biden has in 47 years as a failed Washington politician.”

US-VOTE-TRUMP

Moderator For Next Trump/Biden Debate Reportedly Deactivated Her Twitter Account. Trump: ‘I Wonder Why? I Can’t Imagine.’

Donald Trump

The Trump campaign slammed NBC host Savannah Guthrie on Thursday night following her combative town hall with President Donald Trump, saying that the president &#8220;soundly defeated&#8221; her.
&#8220;Even though the commission canceled the in-person debate that could have happened tonight, one occurred anyway, and President Trump soundly defeated NBC’s Savannah Guthrie in her role as debate opponent and Joe Biden surrogate,&#8221; the campaign said in a statement. &#8220;President Trump masterfully handled Guthrie’s attacks and interacted warmly and effectively with the voters in the room.&#8221;
The campaign also took a shot at Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden and ABC News host George Stephanopoulos, who hosted Biden during a competing town hall event scheduled at the same time, noting that Biden was given a much easier path to navigate.
&#8220;Over on ABC it was a completely different scene, as once again Biden was kept comfortable and away from any questions that might challenge him,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;Americans can see that President Trump is leading the country, has built the economy to the best in the world once and is doing it again, and quite clearly has accomplished more in 47 months than Biden has in 47 years as a failed Washington politician.”
The Trump campaign&#8217;s statement comes after Guthrie was widely criticized on social media over her performance during the town hall.
Federalist co-founder Sean Davis wrote: &#8220;If Guthrie had been half as civilized and professional as the questioners—for example, asking a question and then politely listening to the answer without having a temper tantrum—that would’ve been a really illuminating debate. Instead, she went Full Clown and Trump stomped her.&#8221;
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Podcast host Ben Shapiro wrote: &#8220;Congratulations to Savannah Guthrie on her appointment as Joe Biden&#8217;s White House press secretary!&#8221;
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Congratulations to Savannah Guthrie on her appointment as Joe Biden&#39;s White House press secretary!
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Political commentator Lisa Boothe added: &#8220;LOL, love how Savannah Guthrie says we will take more questions after the break when we are 44 minutes in and it’s just been her badgering President Trump!&#8221;
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LOL, love how Savannah Guthrie says we will take more questions after the break when we are 44 minutes in and it’s just been her badgering President Trump!
&mdash; Lisa Boothe 🇺🇸 (@LisaMarieBoothe) <a href="https://twitter.com/LisaMarieBoothe/status/1316902834521198592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Federalist co-founder Ben Domenech added: &#8220;The questions from the voters were great! The questions from Savannah Guthrie, not so much. Half townhall, half debate. Voters are better at this than the experts.&#8221;
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The questions from the voters were great! The questions from Savannah Guthrie, not so much. Half townhall, half debate. Voters are better at this than the experts.
&mdash; Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1316907993934561282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Media reporter Joe Concha highlighted one particular instance of Guthrie’s aggressiveness that encapsulated her hostility toward the president, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/savannah-guthrie-blasted-for-hostile-behavior-toward-trump">writing</a>: “Trump denounces White Supremacy multiple times. Savannah Guthrie follows by accusing Trump of dodging. This is already an absolute joke. And does the audience get to ask questions? Trump pushes back by asking why Lester Holt didn’t ask about Antifa. Trump denounces white supremacy a good four times. Guthrie: ‘It sounds like you’re dodging.&#8217;”
Political commentator and podcast host Megyn Kelly noted: “So far, this is not a town hall for voters, it is designed to appease the angry NBC employees/Dems who are pissed off Trump’s on NBC at all.”
Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer wrote: “I just switched to NBC since ABC is in a commercial. Savannah Guthrie has interrupted Trump in these 60 seconds more than Stephanopoulos has done to Biden in 40 mins. NBC is an interrogation. ABC is a picnic.”

US-VOTE-TRUMP-TOWNHALL

Trump Campaign Shreds ‘Biden Surrogate’ Savannah Guthrie After Combative Town Hall

2020 Election

Leftist Savannah Guthrie was slammed online on Thursday night for her hostile and biased behavior toward President Donald Trump during an NBC News town hall event that was held in place of the second presidential debate, which was canceled last week.
Guthrie, whose husband was former Vice President Al Gore&#8217;s traveling chief of staff during the 2000 presidential election cycle, was repeatedly combative with the president while Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden fielded mostly softball questions during a competing town hall event on ABC News.
Media reporter Joe Concha highlighted one such instance of Guthrie&#8217;s aggressiveness toward the president, writing: &#8220;Trump denounces White Supremacy multiple times. Savannah Guthrie follows by accusing Trump of dodging. This is already an absolute joke. And does the audience get to ask questions? Trump pushes back by asking why Lester Holt didn’t ask about Antifa. Trump denounces white supremacy a good four times. Guthrie: &#8216;It sounds like you&#8217;re dodging.'&#8221;
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Trump denounces white supremacy a good four times. Guthrie: “It sounds like your dodging.”
&mdash; Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1316901298894196736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Political commentator Lisa Boothe commented: &#8220;Why is Savannah Guthrie debating President Trump? I thought this was a town hall. The media is garbage these days.&#8221;
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Why is Savannah Guthrie debating President Trump? I thought this was a town hall. The media is garbage these days.
&mdash; Lisa Boothe 🇺🇸 (@LisaMarieBoothe) <a href="https://twitter.com/LisaMarieBoothe/status/1316895080939212800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Fox News host Greg Gutfeld tweeted: &#8220;NBC is embarrassing itself. worse than expected. Guthrie is like a poorly disguised ambush. even she follows up with planned questions after the &#8216;townhall&#8217; question. what a horrible show trial.&#8221;
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NBC is embarrassing itself. worse than expected. Guthrie is like a poorly disguised ambush. even she follows up with planned questions after the &quot;townhall&quot; question. what a horrible show trial
&mdash; GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) <a href="https://twitter.com/greggutfeld/status/1316897273691897857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Gutfeld later added: &#8220;Savanah is the new Karen. apologies to Karens.&#8221;
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Savanah is the new Karen. apologies to Karens
&mdash; GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) <a href="https://twitter.com/greggutfeld/status/1316901446365958149?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Political commentator Megyn Kelly noted: &#8220;So far, this is not a town hall for voters, it is designed to appease the angry NBC employees/Dems who are pissed off Trump’s on NBC at all.&#8221;
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So far, this is not a town hall for voters, it is designed to appease the angry NBC employees/Dems who are pissed off Trump’s on NBC at all.
&mdash; Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1316902953870151686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Reuters reporter James Oliphant wrote: &#8220;Savannah Guthrie tougher on Trump than most, but he also fought back and was better in this arena than he was in the first debate.&#8221;
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Savannah Guthrie tougher on Trump than most, but he also fought back and was better in this arena than he was in the first debate.
&mdash; James Oliphant (@jamesoliphant) <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesoliphant/status/1316907274611445761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer wrote: &#8220;I just switched to NBC since ABC is in a commercial. Savanah[sic] Guthrie has interrupted Trump in these 60 seconds more than Stephanopulos has done to Biden in 40 mins. NBC is an interrogation. ABC is a picnic.&#8221;
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I just switched to NBC since ABC is in a commercial. Savanah Guthrie has interrupted Trump in these 60 seconds more than Stephanopulos has done to Biden in 40 mins. NBC is an interrogation. ABC is a picnic.
&mdash; Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) <a href="https://twitter.com/AriFleischer/status/1316901960159793154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Political commentator Dana Loesch wrote: &#8220;Guthrie’s performance here shows there is difference between being aggressive and being undisciplined.&#8221;
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Guthrie’s performance here shows there is difference between being aggressive and being undisciplined.
&mdash; Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href="https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/1316904637459464193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Federalist co-founder Sean Davis tweeted: &#8220;It’s turning into a nightmare for NBC News and Guthrie, who is now reading a question from a Biden voter (not her, someone else) about stimulus legislation, which Pelosi is blocking. Guthrie claims the Biden voter (again, not her) is &#8216;stuck in traffic.'&#8221;
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Political commentator Dan Bongino tweeted: &#8220;Savannah Guthrie is, without a doubt, the worst moderator I have ever seen.&#8221;
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Political commentator Bill O&#8217;Reilly tweeted: &#8220;This NBC thing with Mr. Trump is a complete setup. Ms. Guthrie is hostile. Meanwhile, it’s a smooch fest between Stephanopolus [sic] and Biden on ABC.&#8221;
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This NBC thing with Mr. Trump is a complete setup. Ms. Guthrie is hostile. Meanwhile, it’s a smooch fest between Stephanopolus and Biden on ABC.
&mdash; Bill O&#39;Reilly (@BillOReilly) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillOReilly/status/1316897727498911745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Columnist Byron York tweeted: &#8220;It&#8217;s fine if NBC wants to have a Trump vs. Guthrie debate. Just don&#8217;t call it a town hall.&#8221;
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It&#39;s fine if NBC wants to have a Trump vs. Guthrie debate. Just don&#39;t call it a town hall.
&mdash; Byron York (@ByronYork) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1316902226577817600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Daily Caller social media manager Logan Hall tweeted: &#8220;congrats to savannah guthrie on her new job working for the biden campaign.&#8221;
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congrats to savannah guthrie on her new job working for the biden campaign
&mdash; Logan Hall (@loganclarkhall) <a href="https://twitter.com/loganclarkhall/status/1316896915024453633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Today – Season 66

Savannah Guthrie Blasted For Hostile Behavior Toward Trump During Town Hall

During an interview Monday, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden lost it on &#8220;Today&#8221; co-host Savannah Guthrie for asking about his son Hunter Biden&#8217;s controversial high-paying position at Burisma, a large Ukrainian natural gas firm, during Biden&#8217;s tenure as Vice President.
Mr. Biden, who&#8217;s been dogged by questions surrounding Hunter, reacted as he&#8217;s typically reacted to such inquiries: with palpable anger.
&#8220;You don&#8217;t know what your&#8217;e talking about!&#8221; the former VP shouted at Guthrie, when the co-host suggested Hunter&#8217;s position was improper, and only a way for the company to gain access to the Obama administration.
Here&#8217;s the exchange:
<blockquote>Guthrie: Has it occurred to you that there&#8217;s a certain irony here that, here the president is accused of, and has acknowledged, wanting to get information about your son Hunter and his dealings with Ukraine? And this process of impeachment has ensured that everyone knows about Hunter&#8217;s dealings with Ukraine.
Biden: Thats a good thing! And no one has found anything wrong with his dealing with Ukraine, expect that they say that it set a &#8220;bad image.&#8221;
Guthrie: Would you agree that it sets a bad image?
Biden: Yeah, and my son said that!
Guthrie: Do you think it was wrong for him to take that position, knowing that it was really because that company wanted access to you.
Biden: Well, that&#8217;s not true. You&#8217;re saying things that you do not know what you&#8217;re talking about! No one said that! Who said that?
Guthrie: Well &#8212;
Biden: Who said that?
Guthrie: Don&#8217;t you think that it&#8217;s just one of those things where people think, Well, that&#8217;s kind of sleazy. Why would he (Hunter) have that job if not for who his father is?
Biden: Because he&#8217;s a very bright guy.
Guthrie: Well, I guess the question I&#8217;m kind of asking is, was it right?
Biden: Well, he said he (Hunter) regretted having done it. Speaks for himself. He&#8217;s a grown man. </blockquote>
As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-caught-making-new-apparent-false-claim-about-sons-ukraine-work-at-burisma">The Daily Wire</a> in December, Biden was pressed by NPR about Hunter&#8217;s position on the board of Burisma, too.
&#8220;You know it didn’t look good for Hunter Biden to be on that board, even if he did nothing wrong,&#8221; NPR&#8217;s “Morning Edition&#8221; host Rachel Martin said to the former VP. &#8220;The optics weren’t good. And you talk a lot about what it means to be a Biden and the integrity that is imbued in that family name. But there were former White House aides of yours who tried to warn you about the potential conflicts of interest.&#8221;
Biden claimed he was never warned about a &#8220;potential conflict of interest.&#8221;
Martin challenged Biden, noting, &#8220;George Kent, the State Department official, testified that he raised&#8221; the issue to the then-VP&#8217;s staff.
&#8220;I never, never heard that once at all,&#8221; Biden claimed. &#8220;Well, my son was dying, so I guess that’s why he said it, because my son was on his deathbed. But that, that’s not the reason why – they should have told me.&#8221;
&#8220;And the fact of the matter is, my son testified and did an interview saying if he, looking back on it, made a mistake, he made a mistake although he did nothing wrong,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The appearance looked bad and it gave folks like Rudy Giuliani an excuse to come up with a Trumpian kind of defense, why they were violating the Constitution. His, his words speak for themselves.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> snaps at <a href="https://twitter.com/SavannahGuthrie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SavannahGuthrie</a> after she asks about Hunter Biden: “You’re saying things you don’t know what you’re talking about!” <a href="https://t.co/4O4LmLNenb">pic.twitter.com/4O4LmLNenb</a>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-caught-making-new-apparent-false-claim-about-sons-ukraine-work-at-burisma">Biden Caught Making New Apparent False Claim About Son’s Ukraine Work At Burisma</a>

Joe Biden, Savannah Guthrie

WATCH: Biden Snaps On Savannah Guthrie For Asking About Son Hunter: ‘You Don’t Know What You’re Talking About!’

Hunter Biden

NBC News recently asked Nick Sandmann if he would like to apologize to anyone for his &#8220;actions&#8221; during the encounter with Native American protester Nathan Phillips. But the real question that needs to be asked is should the media be apologizing to the Covington Catholic students? And why did the media attack these kids without the full story? Andrew Klavan discussed why on Wednesday&#8217;s episode of &#8220;The Andrew Klavan Show.&#8221;
&#8220;So, these are kids being doxxed, these are 15, 16-year-old kids being doxxed, their information put out online, and death threats,&#8221; said Klavan. &#8220;This is what the media has wrought, and I just want to show you the media&#8217;s attitude, not all of them, again ABC and CBS handled this well, but I want to show you this. NBC was one of the chief offenders.&#8221;
Klavan played a clip of Covington student Nick Sandmann&#8217;s interview with NBC host Savannah Guthrie, who asked the teenager, &#8220;Do you feel that you owe anybody an apology? Do you see your own fault in any way?&#8221;
&#8220;As far as I&#8217;m concerned, Savannah Guthrie should be groveling on the floor, begging this kid for forgiveness, not asking if he wants to apologize,&#8221; said Klavan. &#8220;She should be sorry she works for a network that slandered children, she should be sorry that they haven&#8217;t stood down from that slander, she should be sorry for everything they did and she as a representative of that network, not personally but as a representative of that network, ought to be groveling and asking for forgiveness instead of asking him, the kid, whether he wants to apologize.&#8221;
Klavan then played a clip of Donald Trump, Jr. telling Fox News, &#8220;You had some Catholic school boys that were at a right to life march. Ok? They were wearing a MAGA hat, they had to pounce because the media wants that to be true, they want a bunch of nice Catholic kids, happened to be white, they want them to be the enemy. This is what they&#8217;ve created, the media has done this to themselves. They have shot themselves in the foot time and time again, because they so desperately want this to be the truth.&#8221;
&#8220;He&#8217;s absolutely right about this,&#8221; Klavan explained. &#8220;What these kids represent, chief among it the Christian religion, their Catholicism which was on full display, and they&#8217;re defending the right to life, the right for babies to live and grow in the womb without being destroyed, without having themselves wiped off the face of the earth. We know this because of the way they treated Karen Pence when it came out that she was teaching part-time at a small private Christian school that, among other things, upheld the classic traditional Christian teaching against homosexuality.&#8221;
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<blockquote>So, these are kids being doxxed, these are 15, 16 year old kids being doxed, their information put out online, and death threats. This is what the media has wrought &#8211; and I just want to show you the media&#8217;s attitude, not all of them, again ABC and CBS handled this well, but I want to show you this. NBC was one of the chief offenders.
Savannah Guthrie on NBC has Nick Sandmann, who was the boy who was kind of targeted by this guy, and people were saying he should be punched in the face, one woman tweeted that she would give oral sex to anybody who would punch him. So Savannah Guthrie on NBC, one of the chief offenders, this is how she interviews him:
Savannah Guthrie: &#8220;Do you feel that you owe anybody an apology? Do you see your own fault in any way?&#8221;
Nick Sandmann: &#8220;As far as standing there, I had every right to do so. My position is that I was not disrespectful to Mr. Phillips. I respect him, I&#8217;d like to talk to him, I mean in hindsight I wish we could have walked away and avoided the whole thing.&#8221;
As far as I&#8217;m concerned, Savannah Guthrie should be groveling on the floor, begging this kid for forgiveness, not asking if he wants to apologize. She should be sorry she works for a network that slandered children, she should be sorry that they haven&#8217;t stood down from that slander, she should be sorry for everything they did and she as a representative of that network, not personally but as a representative of that network, ought to be groveling and asking for forgiveness instead of asking him, the kid, whether he wants to apologize.
There was just a wonderfully revelatory moment, although not completely revelatory, on &#8220;The View&#8221; with Whoopi and Joy. As I always say, without Whoopi there&#8217;s no Joy, and without Joy there&#8217;s no Whoopi &#8211; and here&#8217;s Whoopi and Joy talking about how this could have happened:
Whoopi Goldberg: Many people admitted they made snap judgments before these other facts came in, but is it that we just instantly say, &#8220;that&#8217;s what it is!&#8221; Based on what we see in that moment and then have to walk stuff back when it turns out we&#8217;re wrong&#8230; why do we keep making the same mistake?&#8221;
Joy Behar: &#8220;Because we&#8217;re desperate to get Trump out of office, that&#8217;s why.
So, she at least was honest about that, but again this happened with Reagan in the 80&#8217;s, it happened to George W. Bush, it happens to every Republican, it happened to Mitt Romney during the races when they accused him of murder, essentially, or allowed him to be accused of murder. This is what they do. Donald Trump Jr. came closer to the truth in his accusation on Fox, here&#8217;s what he said to Laura Ingraham:
Donald Trump Jr.: &#8220;You had some Catholic school boys that were at a right to life march. Ok? They were wearing a MAGA hat, they had to pounce because the media wants that to be true, they want a bunch of nice Catholic kids, happened to be white, they want them to be the enemy. This is what they&#8217;ve created, the media has done this to themselves. They have shot themselves in the foot time and time again, because they so desperately want this to be the truth.&#8221;
He&#8217;s absolutely right about this. What these kids represent, chief among it the Christian religion, their Catholicism which was on full display, and they&#8217;re defending the right to life, the right for babies to live and grow in the womb without being destroyed, without having themselves wiped off the face of the earth. We know this because of the way they treated Karen Pence when it came out that she was teaching part-time at a small private Christian school that, among other things, upheld the classic traditional Christian teaching against homosexuality.
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Klavan: The Media Owes The Covington Students An Apology

Andrew Klavan

Conservatism

Covington Catholic High School

Donald Trump Jr.

Laura Ingraham

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As The Daily Wire reported Tuesday, NBC&#8217;s decision to give viewers the chance to hear from Nicholas Sandmann &#8212; the high school junior at the center of a series of libelous accusations and reports about an encounter between students from Kentucky&#8217;s Covington Catholic High School and a Native American activist &#8212; prompted <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/42525/left-irate-over-news-nbc-will-broadcast-its-josh-hammer">outrage</a> from those who continue to portray the boys as cruel harassers, despite video evidence debunking that unfair characterization of events.
NBC has now released the full interview (below), which includes Sandmann defending his right to be there and underscoring that he was not disrespectful to the activist Nathan Phillips, who approached him, at times getting inches from his face, and later described the boys as &#8220;beasts.&#8221;
Soon after the 3:45 carefully clipped video of the encounter between the students and Phillips went viral on Saturday, two hours of footage surfaced showing that Phillips&#8217; description of the event and most of the early reporting by mainstream media outlets was false. Rather than being the harassers, the boys were harassed by radical racial activist group Black Hebrew Israelites, which has been designated a &#8220;<a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/01/21/black-hebrew-israelites-believe-african-americans-gods-chosen-people/2636154002/">hate group</a>&#8221; by the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center, who hurled racist and homophobic insults at the students. After hysterical critics called for the doxxing of the boys, some even encouraging violence against them, Sandmann issued a lengthy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/42423/read-it-teen-center-covington-catholic-hs-amanda-prestigiacomo">account of the incident</a> that aligns far more with the full video footage than Phillips&#8217; widely reported account.
In his interview with &#8220;TODAY&#8221; co-host Savannah Guthrie, Sandmann made a point of saying that he respects Phillips and hopes to speak with him in person. While Sandmann defended his right to be there and his decision to remain calm in order to &#8220;defuse&#8221; the situation, as he said in his statement, he also said, &#8220;In hindsight, I wish we could&#8217;ve walked away and avoided the whole thing.&#8221;
&#8220;Do you feel from this experience that you owe anybody an apology?&#8221; asked Guthrie. &#8220;Do you see your own fault in any way?&#8221;
&#8220;As far as standing there, I had every right to do so,&#8221; Sandmann replied. &#8220;My position is that I was not disrespectful to Mr. Phillips &#8212; I respect him, I&#8217;d like to talk to him. In hindsight, I wish we could have walked away and avoided the whole thing, but I can&#8217;t say that I&#8217;m sorry for listening to him and standing there.&#8221;
After the hostile campaign against him and his fellow classmates, which escalated to the point that school officials felt it necessary to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/42483/covington-catholic-closes-tuesday-over-security-ashe-schow">cancel school</a> on Tuesday, it&#8217;s not suprising that Sandmann wishes the whole thing had never happened. Watch the interview below via &#8220;TODAY&#8221;:

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&#8220;In hindsight, I wish we could&#8217;ve walked away and avoided the whole thing.&#8221;
Watch Nick Sadnmann&#8217;s full exclusive interview with <a href="https://twitter.com/SavannahGuthrie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@savannahguthrie</a> <a href="https://t.co/WpyPLvSLS2">pic.twitter.com/WpyPLvSLS2</a>
&#8212; TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1088061731287515136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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In his initial statements to the press, Phillips described the boys as &#8220;beasts&#8221; and said he believed he had inserted himself between them and their &#8220;prey,&#8221; by whom he meant the BHI members that had called them &#8220;f*ggots&#8221; and &#8220;crackers&#8221; and told them to &#8220;go back to Europe.&#8221; Phillips initially rejected an offer to speak with the boys, saying, &#8220;At first, I wanted the teachers and chaperones to be reprimanded &#8212; some fired &#8212; for letting this happen. For the students, I was against any expulsions, but now I have to revisit that.&#8221; But amid mounting backlash, Phillips has reversed himself, issuing a <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/northern-ky/2019/01/22/nathan-phillips-sandmann-needs-take-responsibility/2641463002/">statement</a> in which he makes clear that he beleives Sandmann should &#8220;apologize&#8221; and accused him of lying:
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I have read the statement from Nick Sandmann, the student who stared at me for a long time. He did not apologize, and I believe there are intentional falsehoods in his testimony. But I have faith that human beings can use a moment like this to find a way to gain understanding from one another.
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After he approached the boys and became the central figure in the viral video, Phillips reportedly helped lead his activist group to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/42526/report-nathan-phillips-led-protest-inside-catholic-amanda-prestigiacomo">crash the Saturday Mass</a> at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
NBC&#8217;s announcement Tuesday that they interviewed Sandmann was met with outrage online. Some examples highlighted by Daily Wire&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/42525/left-irate-over-news-nbc-will-broadcast-its-josh-hammer">Josh Hammer</a> which include comparing the high school boy to Hitler and racist mass murder Dylann Roof:
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Hey everyone-
If we can organize boycotting Trump&#8217;s Oval Office address, we can certainly orchestrate a boycott of <a href="https://twitter.com/TODAYshow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TODAYshow</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/SavannahGuthrie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SavannahGuthrie</a> for at least week! Who&#8217;s in?
&#8212; Amy Siskind &#65039;&#8205; (@Amy_Siskind) <a href="https://twitter.com/Amy_Siskind/status/1087819129690693634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Sounds awesome! Will you be digging up Hitler&#8217;s corpse for a fun dialogue on Thursday as well Savannah?
&#8212; Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) <a href="https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski/status/1087797726904025088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Do you think Pepe the Frog is available for Thursday&#8217;s show? Can Dylann Roof do a segment from prison? Heart-to-heart with some Fentanyl traffickers?
&#8212; Eric Garland (@ericgarland) <a href="https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/1087794396672741377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/42474/lawyer-covington-kids-threatens-sue-nyt-obvious-james-barrett">Lawyer For Covington Kids Threatens To Sue NYT For &#8216;Obvious Libel&#8217;; People Line Up To Help</a>

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