You could hear it in her voice. Hosting Meet the Press on Sunday, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell was clearly exasperated by Donald Trump daring to warn Hillary Clinton he would raise Bill Clinton’s “penchant for sexism” if he campaigns for her. Mitchell was so annoyed by it that she brought it up during three segments.
First, with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, she let out a loud sigh in highlighting Trump “attacking” Bill Clinton: “Are we going to get into an argument not only of sexism between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton but, eh, Donald Trump attacking Bill Clinton?”
Second, with Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chair of the Democratic National Committee, Mitchell raised her voice on the name “Bill Clinton” as she cited “this new attack” that Trump “has unleashed on Twitter against Bill Clinton campaigning for Hillary Clinton more actively in January?”
Third, an incensed Mitchell set up a panel segment: “What about Donald Trump? Going after Hillary Clinton, going after Bill Clinton? Does this work for him?”
Watch the video to hear how her voice betrays her disgust.
(Later, she asserted she hasn't heard Trump's kind of anti-media rhetoric “since George Wallace.” Twitter video)
Mitchell’s three questions on the December 27 Meet the Press:
> TO BERNIE SANDERS: There have been charges of sexism back and forth between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. He used a vulgar term against her and then said it wasn’t really that vulgar. Then she said that she’s going to have Bill Clinton campaigning in January and he tweeted out in the last 24 hours: “Hillary Clinton has announced she is letting her husband out to campaign, but he’s demonstrated a penchant for sexism. So inappropriate.” Are we going to get into an argument not only of sexism between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton but, eh, Donald Trump attacking Bill Clinton?
TO DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: Well, first of all, what about Donald Trump and this new attack that he has unleashed on Twitter against Bill Clinton campaigning for Hillary Clinton more actively in January?
TO AMY WALTER: Well, Amy Walter, first to you. Clearly a truce between Bernie Sanders and Debbie Wasserman Schultz on that. But what about Donald Trump? Going after Hillary Clinton, going after Bill Clinton? Does this work for him?
