Chuck Todd apparently can’t understand why Vice President Mike Pence would be upset with a New York Times piece that outlines how he and other Republicans are going to oust Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
Sorta stunned that an obvious point from the NYT piece about a sitting VP's own ambitions appears to be causing Team Pence such heartburn
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) August 6, 2017
Even for the standards of the Times, it was a dumb piece.
NYT taunts Donald Trump with ‘pure fiction’ on potential 2020 GOP challengers https://t.co/79UKAUJSmw
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 6, 2017
The clincher is how the piece began.
The opening sentence uses @BenSasse paying off a bet to @bennyjohnson as evidence. https://t.co/tDc5dF0LZ5
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) August 6, 2017
It’s just impossible to imagine why Pence took issue with it.
It's almost like they don't appreciate people making stuff up about them, or something… #JournalismIsDead https://t.co/5w4alWudW9
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) August 6, 2017
Maybe they don't like being lied about. https://t.co/gLaosuXNae
— Keith ??? Burton (@bbeekk321) August 6, 2017
If @jmartNYT & @alexburnsNYT are amazed @VP is attending political events, think what will be written when he attends funerals #whatVPsdo
— David Avella (@david_avella) August 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/Reaganite8/status/894224682844655620
And we’re sorta stunned that anyone still takes the New York Times seriously.