‘A National Nightmare Is Upon Us’: Chuck Todd on Trump Asking China to Investigate Biden

MSNBC anchor Chuck Todd began his Thursday afternoon broadcast of MTP Daily by solemnly telling his audience that following President Donald Trump’s public call for the Chinese to investigate his potential 2020 rival, the “national nightmare is upon us.”

“I do not say this lightly,” an ashen-faced Todd said. “Let’s be frank, the national nightmare is upon us. “I do not say this lightly,” an ashen-faced Todd said. “Let’s be frank, the national nightmare is upon us. The basic rules of our democracy are under attack, from the president.”

Noting that the president openly admitted to seeking foreign influence in the 2020 election, the Meet the Press host pointed out that thus far “Republicans have been silent on what we have seen from the president.”