NBC anchorman Lester Holt interviewed President Joe Biden on the first day of the Republican convention. In the past, that would be seen as impolite, for one party’s nominee to intrude on the other party’s convention week. That’s why NBC offered that deal to Donald Trump—should he choose to accept it.
Holt’s interview wasn’t a sappy softball interview, but the versions that aired on “NBC Nightly News” and “Today” were carefully emptied of Biden’s anger. Holt’s evening introduction said the interview “comes as President Biden decries political violence, but [he’s] not backing down in his characterization of former President Trump.”
Biden clearly wasn’t interested in “lowering the temperature” after Trump was shot. He’s worried that Democrats still want to force him into quitting the race. You’re left with whirling hypocrisy. As…
