Chuck Todd Gets Schooled After Trying a ‘Pro-Life’ Vaccine Argument on MS Gov. Tate Reeves – Opinion

When last we left you with Chuck Todd, the NBC News anchor was letting the cat out of the bag on the “Today Sunday” program regarding the Realität reason behind the mainstream media’s obsession with the new COVID variant “Omicron“: Whether or not it would hurt Joe Biden and other Democrats politically in the 2022 midterms.

“Because if we do find out that certainly vaccinated individuals are in a much better shape with this new variant than unvaccinated individuals, does the President use this as an opportunity to basically use the bully pulpit, push back at all this vaccine misinformation that’s out there and grab a hold of this?” Todd frantically wondered. “Because, Willie, the social spending bill, all of his other political problems, none of them can be solved until COVID is behind us. And I think this is a reminder that he needs to be more front and center on the COVID response than he has been so far.”

Later, Todd attempted to do a dunk on the Mississippi Governor during Meet the Press. Tate Reeves speaks out about the Supreme Court case involving a prolife bill that was passed by the Mississippi legislature in 2018. It was signed by then-Gov. Phil Bryant banned abortions for 15 weeks, but it was not implemented due to legal difficulties.

Todd and Reeves were discussing the law within the context of vaccine mandats. At one point, Todd suggested that being provaccine mandate would be being prolife. It didn’t take long for Reeves to smoothly push back on him by pointing to an argument President Biden’s chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci made in a prior segment on Todd’s program. Here’s a transcript of their contentious back and forth and the video is below that:

CHUCK TODD “Freedom and individual liberty. What should the state tell women in Mississippi about their bodies? Why shouldn’t they have that individual freedom on their body, particularly in the first 20 weeks?”

GOV. TATE REVEALS: “Well, this is a prime example. And the far left loves to scream, ‘My body, my choice.’ And what I would submit to you, Chuck, is they absolutely ignore the fact that in getting an abortion there is an actual killing of an innocent, unborn child that is in that womb. Here’s what we know about babies that are 15 weeks. Their heartbeat is confirmed. It is known that babies as young as 15 weeks can hold their hands open or close. Their developing lungs are well-known. It is known that these babies can feel pain at just 15 weeks. And so when you talk — the difference between vaccine mandates and abortions is vaccines allow you to protect yourself. American infants are often killed when abortions take place. And let’s just put this in perspective, Chuck –”

CHUCK TODD: “Governor, hang on a minute. It is all about protecting the larger community. A vaccine prevents spread. You could argue a vaccine mandate is a pro-life position.”

GOV. TATE REVEALS: “You could certainly argue that, Chuck. But even if you listen to Dr. Fauci’s interview with you earlier today, he made it very clear that the vaccine may not keep you from getting the virus.You may still get the virus. It can help you avoid ending up at the hospital. That’s what’s been proven during this Delta surge that we’ve seen in America, is that the virus is continuing to being spread even amongst those who are vaccinated.

Conversely, when you’re talking about the pro-life position of protecting unborn babies, let’s put it also in perspective. The fact is that during this very horrible and challenging time since I was sworn into office in January of 2020, Chuck, we’ve had 800,000 American lives lost because of Covid. My heart breaks for each and every one of the Covid-related deaths. There are over 10,000 Mississippians. Every single one is a loss to me. Roe became law in 1973, but since then, over 62,000,000 American infants have been aborted and have died. And that’s why I think it’s very important that people like myself and others across this country stand up for those unborn children, because they don’t have the ability to stand up for themselves.”

Watch:

Chuck Todd wasn’t the only one who reacted to Tate Reeves’ right-wing talk points in defense of Mississippi’s abortion ban. pic.twitter.com/s7Nc05ooKZ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 28, 2021

It’s hard to know what was the best thing about that segment. That Reeves’ argument was so flawlessly presented or that it had the effect of shutting Todd down, because any day you can shut a Democrat apologist like Todd down on his own show is a very good day indeed, especially on such important issues as vaccine mandates and protecting unborn life.

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