Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) on Sunday tried to blame the media for his party’s woes, complaining on NBC’s “Meet The Press” about the reporting on Donald Trump’s continual lies about the 2020 presidential election. It didn’t go well as host Chuck Todd shook himself out of his normal complacency to shut down Crenshaw’s remarks.
During the interview, Todd confronted Crenshaw about the former president’s statement on Saturday calling the election the “Crime of the century.” That is when the battle began.
Todd accused the Texas Republican of previously questioning the election results and adding “what you did gets weaponized by the former president.”
Crenshaw fired back, saying: “You guys in the press love doing this — and I get it. The press is largely liberal…”
That was when the NBC host cut him off and talked over him.
“Don’t start that. There’s nothing lazier than that excuse,” Todd lectured as Crenshaw whined, “I’m not going to take the bait.”
“I’m not trying to bait you,” Todd shot back.
Watch the exchange below from NBC News.
Dan Crenshaw doesn't like Chuck Todd bringing up the fact that he signed onto the Texas lawsuit to toss out swing state votes, then says "you guys in the press" like doing this because they're "largely liberal."
Todd: "Don’t start that. There’s nothing lazier than that excuse." pic.twitter.com/FGRS7tF8UL
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) May 16, 2021
