Liberal Media Scream: Kristen Welker likes to lecture Republicans, too – Washington Examiner

This weeks Liberal Media Scream features a look at new Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welkers treatment of Republican leaders. And surprise not she continues to be just as biased as former host Chuck Todd.

First, she lectured House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the border bill released by the Senate on Sunday. You are now the speaker of the House. Do you not have a responsibility to your voters, to the people who put you in office, to address what you have called a crisis and catastrophe? Isnt something better than nothing? she said.

Then, she passed along the Democratic talking point that after three years of aggressively enacting open border policies, Joe Biden said he would shut down the border.

From Sundays Meet the Press on NBC:

KRISTEN WELKER: You have been calling for legislative change to actually deal with this problem. You are now the speaker of the House. Do you not have a responsibility to your voters, to the people who put you in office, to address what you have called a crisis and catastrophe? Isnt something better than nothing?

SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON: Kristen, we did that. We did that nine months ago. And since we passed our measure in the House to solve this problem, and the reason we had to do it is because we saw that President Biden was not fulfilling his obligation under the law. Thats why it is such a failure of leadership, but we did our part. And by the way, since then, in the nine months since that bill sat on [Senate Majority Leader] Chuck Schumers desk, collecting dust, 1.8 million illegals have been allowed into this country, welcomed into the country, sent around the nation into every community communities near everyone listening and watching this morning. And that is a catastrophe, and the American people know it, and thats part of the reason that Joe Biden has the lowest approval rating of any president facing reelection.

WELKER: Even former President Trump, though, called for legislative change on this issue. You have one of the slimmest majorities in the House in history. Dont you have to compromise to get something done? What you passed in the House cant pass in the Senate, Mr. Speaker. You know that.

JOHNSON: We are willing to work. We are willing to work with the Senate. I am not disclosing that, and Ive been very consistent for the hundred days that Ive had the gavel. We are willing to work, but they have to be serious about it. If you only do a few of those components, you are not going to solve the problem, and Kristen, that is not a Republican talking point. Thats what the sheriffs at the border, the Border Patrol agents, the deputy chief of U.S. Border Patrol, a 33-year veteran of the agency, told us. He said that its as though were administering an open fire hydrant. He said, I dont need more buckets, like the president has proposed. I need to stop the flow, and we know how to do that, but Joe Biden is unwilling to do it.

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WELKER: Let me ask you about your decision, and by the way, Joe Biden said he would shut down the border. Hes calling for more funding. Hes calling for you to pass this legislation.

Brent Baker, vice president of research and publications for the Media Research Center, explains our weekly pick: A perfect example of a so-called journalist serving as an advocate for Washingtons media-political establishment, demanding a recalcitrant conservative get in line and adopt the approved narrative.

Rating: THREE out of FIVE SCREAMS.

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Liberal Media Scream: Kristen Welker likes to lecture Republicans, too - Washington Examiner