MSNBC's Kasie Hunt panned for saying she's 'struck' how Biden 'as a rule, doesn’t lie'
'He didn’t answer the question and you’re slobbering over him like a golden retriever,' one critic reacted
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}MSNBC anchor Kasie Hunt was widely mocked on social media Friday for being excessively trusting of President-elect Joe Biden.
During a news conference on Friday, Biden was asked if he has spoken with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. on the subject of passing a coronavirus relief bill, a question the president-elect notably dodged.
"Have you reached out to leader McConnell? Have you spoken yet?" ABC News correspondent Mary Bruce asked.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"We’ll be in dire trouble if we don’t get cooperation. I believe we will," Biden responded with a grin.
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The response appeared to have impressed Hunt, NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent and the host of MSNBC's "Way Too Early."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Joe Biden wouldn’t say if he’s talked to Mitch McConnell," Hunt tweeted. "I’m just struck by the reality that we’ll now have a president who, as a rule, doesn’t lie, even when it might be easier."
Hunt's tweet, presumably a jab at President Trump, was panned by critics.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Beyond parody. It’s almost false flag level," The Federalist contributor Benjamin Weingarten reacted.
"He didn’t answer the question and you’re slobbering over him like a golden retriever," Ricochet podcast host Lyndsey Fifield told the MSNBC anchor, later adding "Would’ve loved if the media had spent the last 4 years holding the Trump administration accountable and being reliable and trustworthy instead of mindless zealots. And now they’re ready for a 4 year nap telling everyone 'everything is fine! Biden had dogs on his socks lol yay!'"
"Imagine never answering your parents question as a kid and them saying: 'I’m just struck by the reality that we have a kid who, as a rule, doesn’t lie, even when it might be easier,'" Team Trump social media director Mike Hahn wrote.
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"Good God, Joe Biden's made a CAREER of lying. Ms. Hunt is a partisan, not a journalist," former Congresswoman Nan Hayworth tweeted.