text: On Thursday, Mitt Romney (unfortunately) made a speech condemning Donald Trump as a bully and a fraud. But as NBC’s Chuck Todd pointed out on Sunday, when accepting the real estate developer’s endorsement in 2012 Romney spoke glowingly of Trump’s character and business acumen.
  Trump on Debunked 9/11 Claim: 'I'm Not Going To Take It Back'
  Melissa Cronin · 11/29/15 01:08PM
  Donald Trump, orange-tufted sentient troll doll, is just going to “play cool” until we all get over his big fat lie about 9/11.
  Lindsey Graham Says He's Never Sent an Email
  Brendan O'Connor · 03/08/15 01:10PM
  Not only does Republican Lindsey Graham claim not to have had a private email address—unlike Hillary Clinton—during his tenure in Congress, he also claims to have never sent an email. Ever. At all.
  Rudy Giuliani: Cops Exist to Stop Black People From Killing Each Other
  Dayna Evans · 11/23/14 03:30PM
  On an episode of NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday morning, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani made some egregiously misplaced statements regarding the disproportionately heavy population of white police officers in black communities. Instead of focusing on the issue at hand, Giuliani went on to lament black-on-black violence. Ah, false equivalencies!
  "Meet the Press" to Be Reimagined as Garbage Dump
  Hamilton Nolan · 09/04/14 08:52AM
  Now that NBC has dumped David Gregory as host of Meet the Press, some radical changes are in store. What was once a subpar Sunday political talk show will now be a landfill, full of the most useless NBC News personalities.
  Republicans Start to Give Up as Obama Clowns Them on Meet The Press
  MTanzer · 12/30/12 11:11AM
  President Obama appeared on Meet The Press this morning to talk about the ongoing fiscal cliff negotiations. His 30 minute conversation with host David Gregory was pretty cordial and never really got heated at any point. Those looking for Obama to show anger at Republicans were probably disappointed, but he dug into them at several moments for their inability to take any of the deals that he offered over the past month.
  Mayor Bloomberg Outlines Gun Control Reform Strategy on Meet the Press
  Mallory Ortberg · 12/16/12 05:00PM
  Bloomberg had a few things to say about gun violence on Meet the Press today:
  Mitt Romney 'Retired Retroactively' From Bain Capital, Whatever The Hell That Means
  Louis Peitzman · 07/15/12 12:15PM
  "Retroactively" is a word that might haunt Mitt Romney for some time.
  Cory Booker: JV Obama, Varsity Rainmaker
  Mobutu Sese Seko · 05/23/12 04:42PM
  This Sunday, Newark Mayor Cory Booker went on NBC's Meet the Press, home of David Gregory's meatball pitch to right-handed batters, and called Barack Obama's attacks on Mitt Romney's Bain Capital record "nauseating."
  Joe Biden Supports Will & Grace and Also Gay Marriage
  Caity Weaver · 05/06/12 10:18AM
  In a Sunday interview on NBC's Meet the Press, Vice President Joe Biden revealed he is down like a clown, Charlie Brown, with same sex couples marrying.
  Michele Bachmann: 'We Want Women to Have Their Own Choices'
  Louis Peitzman · 04/15/12 03:43PM
  Former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is pro-choice. Wait, no — that's not exactly true. She still supports a full ban on abortion, even in the case of rape or for the woman's health. But Bachmann used an odd choice of words when she appeared on Meet the Press.
  Prominent Republican Says Sensible Thing About Contraception Debate
  Emma Carmichael · 03/19/12 09:51AM
  Wonder of wonders! Prominent republican and former presidential candidate John McCain has come forward and said something almost entirely sensible about the contraception debate.
  John McCain on 2012 Presidential Race: Ooh, That's Nasty
  Louis Peitzman · 03/18/12 02:31PM
  John McCain knows a thing or two about nasty. Appearing on NBC's Meet the Press, he reflected on the current campaigns for a Republican presidential candidate to face off against Obama in November. Romney, Santorum, and Gingrich have all been criticized for waging war against each other in the form of attack ads in key primary states.
  Bachmann Dodges Questions About Gay Rights
  Max Read · 08/14/11 10:30AM
  What is Michele Bachmann running for, again? "I'm running for the presidency of the United States," the Iowa straw poll winner helpfully clarified to Meet the Press host David Gregory on Sunday morning. "I'm not running to be anyone's judge." Except for, apparently, gay couples with kids, whom the congresswoman refused to describe as "families." But stop asking Michele Bachmann about that! This isn't "what people are concerned about right now"! Even though it is, according to Michele Bachmann, "the defining political issue of our time."
  Being Gay Is Just Like Alcoholism, According to Republican Senate Candidate Ken Buck
  Max Read · 10/17/10 10:15PM
  Is being gay "a choice"? Sort of, according to Colorado Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck. But "birth has an influence over it, like alcoholism." Homosexuality is just like a crippling addictive disease! Except, you're addicted to... oh, never mind.
  Clinton Sort of Into These Tea Party Folks
  Adrian Chen · 09/19/10 04:44PM
  Bill Clinton was on 'Meet the Press' today and praised the Tea Party's "impulses"—i.e., their concerns about the national debt and the economy. Uh, does he know Christine O'Donnell is against masturbation? Seems like a particularly relevant impulse.
  Why You Should Not Cancel on Meet the Press
  Ravi Somaiya · 05/23/10 04:03PM
  Rand Paul, the extreme-right candidate for Kentucky senate, expressed some unfortunate anti-civil rights and pro-BP views this week. Then cited fatigue to get out of a potentially awkward appearance on NBC's Meet the Press today. Here's the video they ran.
  The Beatification of St. Russert of Buffalo
  John Cook · 10/07/09 04:13PM
  The 96-hour orgy of navel-gazing, unseemly on-camera veneration that attended Tim Russert's untimely death was not enough, nor was the accelerated career advancement afforded his son. Nope—now Russert's old NBC News office will become a museum exhibit.
  Behold the Power of Alan Greenspan
  The Cajun Boy · 08/06/09 11:36PM
  ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos scored higher ratings than NBC's Meet the Press for the first time since 1999 this past weekend. Stephanopoulos' guests on the show were Alan Greenspan, Timothy Geithner and Larry Summers. [Yahoo]
  Old Man Lamely Defends the Goldbricking Defeatist He Coronated
  The Cajun Boy · 07/12/09 10:05PM
  If you've wondered whether John McCain, in light of recent events, has felt a heightened sense of shame for choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate, we have an answer: No! Further, she may have quit because of thinning hair.