110+ Chuck Todd Quotes On Politics, News And Meet Press

Chuck Todd is an American journalist and the current moderator of NBC's Meet the Press. He is also the Political Director for NBC News and host of MTP Daily on MSNBC. Todd joined NBC News in 2007 as the off-air political director for the network and is now a regular presence on NBC's coverage of politics and elections. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Chuck Todd on politics, news, love.

Top 10 Chuck Todd Quotes

1. The White House is dismissing these town hall fireworks as AstroTurf movements which means it`s the opposite of a true grass roots movement.
2. There are potential policy consequences to a president who doesn`t believe in our election system and believes that there`s rampant voter fraud.
3. South Carolina put George H.W. Bush into the White House. But George W. Bush into the White House and sent Jeb Bush back to Miami.
4. Some day, the public might actually revolt against the undemocratic system of seniority that allows Congress to keep the old ways of Washington ingrained into the culture of Congress.
5. Donald Trump does not stick to Republican orthodoxy, which, you know, and this is always supposed to have been his downfall. Maybe it's his strength.
6. There's no worse crime in journalism these days than simply deciding something's a story because Drudge links to it.
7. The more there is scandal and corruption in Washington, the better it is for McCain, so he`s at a high point right now.
8. America has a love-hate relationship with celebrity. We love to follow celebrities, but we also love to mock them. And secretly, we believe were better than they are.
9. Media bias is one thing. Rejection of reality is another
10. Senator majority leader, Mitch McConnell, slammed [Donald] Trump`s comments about burning the American flag which is protected under the first amendment should lead to jail time.

Chuck Todd Short Quotes

• [Donald] Trump seems to be begging for a fight or is it begging for a distraction?
• [Donald] Trump`s pension for distractions is starting to frustrate members of his own party.
• [Donald] Trump has many and one of the most obvious is right here in Washington.
• [Barack] Obama, he`ll be out of office soon and, frankly,[Donald] Trump relies on him .
• Like the others though,[Donald] Trump thrives when he has a clear enemy.
• I`m obsessed with how the press handles Donald Trump and how Trump handles the press.
• Paul Ryan, was saying [on election 2016 "I don`t see any evidence of systemic fraud."
• [Donald] Trump still thinks he`s in a campaign.
• I include Rudy Giuliani here who, in many ways, is more comfortable as a neocon.
• As the saying goes, when you`re a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Chuck Todd Quotes About Politics

In the end, Ted Kennedy was a politician, plain and simple. Yet he embodied how politics and public service can be successfully intertwined. You cant be a good public servant without being a good politician. Kennedy was both. — Chuck Todd

[Muhammad] Ali had [Jo] Frazier , that man had the joker, Coke had Pepsi and [Donald] Trump had [Barack] Obama, or 16 primary opponents or the entire political establishment. — Chuck Todd

We're in a political depression - a great political depression — Chuck Todd

The fastest growing political party is no party. — Chuck Todd

At least on the domestic side of things that you`re seeing, [Mike] Pence has that influence big time. But when it comes with what political fights to have? — Chuck Todd

Women are still chronically underrepresented in U.S. politics at both a local and national level... But there is one city where those three top jobs will be filled by women for the next year. And that city is Washington D.C. — Chuck Todd

Chuck Todd Quotes About Today

We do know that they are foreign missions today that are using Trump Towers, they say, why wouldn`t we want to show favor to the president of the United States? It would be offensive if we stayed at his competitor`s hotel. — Chuck Todd

[Donald Trump] needs to take action today before he becomes president so he doesn`t violate the Constitution. — Chuck Todd

T.V. style pageant of people parading through Rudy Giuliani, now on the phone, if he doesn`t come in person today to get his two cents in. — Chuck Todd

Chuck Todd Quotes About Unite

Once Donald Trump takes the oath of office as president of the United States, the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution makes it clear that he cannot accept those favors. — Chuck Todd

The first thing [Donald Trump] does on January 20th is take an oath to defend and adhere to the Constitution of the United States. — Chuck Todd

McCain needs Hillary to run because that's what keeps the Republican coalition together. She helps unite the Republican base. — Chuck Todd

I mean, you know, presidents of the United States can`t randomly tweet without having check - - having somebody check it out. — Chuck Todd

Chuck Todd Quotes About Hillary

[Hillary] Clinton, she conceded. [Donald Trump] beat her. — Chuck Todd

Hillary Clinton`s popular vote lead is now up to 2.3 million votes, but get this, [Donald] Trump`s percentage of the popular vote has now dropped to 46.4 percent. — Chuck Todd

Hillary Clinton met with a lot of the mothers in Chicago, she has the endorsement of some of the moms. Bernie Sanders I think has one or two of the family members too. I'm a little uncomfortable with using the families of these dead children this way. — Chuck Todd

You can't say Hillary Clinton is not evolving as a candidate. And boy is she trying very hard to move to where the Democratic base is. — Chuck Todd

Chuck Todd Famous Quotes And Sayings

Democrats will say the money they give to Planned Parenthood does not go to abortions. That the money they give to Planned Parenthood only goes to other women's health issues, including mammograms and things like that. — Chuck Todd

From the Medicare prescription drug plan to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the passage of No Child Left Behind, President Bush presided over a major expansion of the reach of government. — Chuck Todd

Jeb Bush is the new John Connelly. — Chuck Todd

With [Donald's] Trump holdings all over the world, it would be very difficult, if not impossible, for him to be able to conduct business without there being either favors given to his companies or the appearance of favors. — Chuck Todd

We're all living under the threat of violence and terror these days. — Chuck Todd

[Donald] Trump continues to dismiss those concerns though, even as some Republicans, like Lindsay Graham, are making the case that Trump`s business ties deserve the scrutiny. — Chuck Todd

We know broadly from research is that religiosity does not correlate with sympathy for terrorism. It's actually quite the opposite. The more religious someone is, the more often they go to the mosque, the more likely they are to actually reject attacks on civilians. — Chuck Todd

We`ve seen Senator Corker who had indicated to me,that he didn`t think he was still in the running but might now be a fallback position if this Mitt Romney versus Rudy Giuliani dispute is that serious. — Chuck Todd

In the 1990s, there was [Bill] Clinton derangement syndrome. Then, we had [George W.] Bush and [Barack] Obama derangement syndromes, back in the first 16 years of this century.And now, we might be seeing [Donald]Trump derangement syndrome? By that, we mean this. The feeling that no matter what the president does, the left or right or whoever is out of power, is alarmed, outraged and distraught and they`re going to let you know no matter what. — Chuck Todd

Folks, some of these town halls are clearly organized. But, regardless, there are potential warning signs that Republicans perhaps shouldn`t ignore.We heard Democrats dismiss this anger at their town halls back it 2009 as, oh, that`s right, AstroTurf movements. And then, they lost the House in a big way. — Chuck Todd

With Rudy [ Giuliani], [Donald Trump] will - the minute they push him too far and start manipulating, he will - he will lash out. — Chuck Todd

The president-elect [Donald Trump] himself in the interview with "The New York Times" says there is no law that governs conflict of interest in - with the president. — Chuck Todd

If you`re in a Republican district that is leery of President [Donald] Trump,then, you might feel a little bit more exposed.Of course, if you`re in a swing district, then this town hall tension has to worry you which is why we haven`t seen many Republicans from swing districts actually hold these kinds of town halls. — Chuck Todd

[Donald] Trump`s hunt for a cheap enemy right now comes as journalists and members of Congress are looking at potentially serious conflicts of interest at Trump`s sprawling multinational business empire. — Chuck Todd

The establishment? Well, guess what? Donald Trump now is the establishment. His primary opponents, many of them are interviewing for White House gigs. — Chuck Todd

I mean, [tweeting] just - it makes you wonder about whatever else Donald trump is doing. It undermines much more than just a single tweet. — Chuck Todd

It's funny how the history of Jeb Bush is going to be rewritten. — Chuck Todd

The State Department has been your beat for so long. It has always smelled like Bob Corker was the in case of emergency, the easy guy. — Chuck Todd

Donald Trump is a president in crisis. His governing agenda is going nowhere, his credibility shattered with many, his public approval is mired in the thirties and low forties, and an escalating Russia crisis is threatening to undermine the president's ability to persuade even Republicans that he can bounce back. — Chuck Todd

Essentially, how do you go after [Donald] Trump to have a real shot of taking back control of Congress in 2018? Democrats will need to energize not only their base, but also pick up actual swing voters who could be turned off from President Trump. — Chuck Todd

Nobody likes to feel like they're on the losing side of anything. — Chuck Todd

A Democratic strategy firm is trying to help them out. They did a new poll from - it`s a global strategy group. And they did a poll of both base Democrats and swing voting Democrats, trying to determine how to best harness this energy [ of leftist anger]. And maybe more importantly, how to message it. — Chuck Todd

Trump's inability to control his own emotions is standing between himself and the presidency. — Chuck Todd

The question I have heard from some Democrats saying that "You know what? Push for gun control, but not now." — Chuck Todd

I think that we may lose the argument, but I think we have to talk about gun control. — Chuck Todd

Not only can [business conflicts] not be ignored, it needs to be dealt with really front and center before he can conduct [Donald's Trump] presidency. — Chuck Todd

Jeb Bush is conservative governor,his record as governor is more conservative than any current republican governor in the country. — Chuck Todd

Tim Ryan does not look like the 21st century democratic party. And should that matter? — Chuck Todd

I don't get debate agains guns at all. Because we have it after every mass shooting. And now a terror attack. And the proposals that are talked about almost always have nothing to do with this specific event. — Chuck Todd

Voters definitely believe Washington is corrupt - but most think it's bipartisan. — Chuck Todd

Republican Michigan Congressman Justin Amash said, no president is allowed to burn the first amendment. — Chuck Todd

[Donald] Trump appears to be searching for an enemy. Is it flag burners, recounts, the press, the popular vote? Trump has gone after them all at times, using wild experience theories even as president-elect to do it. — Chuck Todd

We have to be focused on not just who is in [Donald's Trump] favor and who is in his good graces and who looks right or what the palace intrigue is. — Chuck Todd

Newt Gingrich gave voice to something that was said throughout this campaign from Democrats and Republicans. — Chuck Todd

Any terrorists that have come here and committee acts from 9/11 have come here in some form of a visa. — Chuck Todd

A lot of Democrats ask and a lot of people ask, "Why is it necessary for people in this country, who are not in law enforcement, to have assault weapons?" — Chuck Todd

Barack Obamas official nomination as the Democratic Partys standard-bearer was a very poignant moment for millions of Americans. As the first non-white major party nominee, Obama is carrying a big load on his shoulders. Hes holding the hopes and dreams of a lot of folks who thought the presidency was only reserved for white men. — Chuck Todd

Alternative facts are not facts. They're falsehoods. — Chuck Todd

House majority leader, Kevin McCarthy, slammed [Donald's] Trump`s wild claims about election fraud, saying, quote, "The election is over, let`s move on." — Chuck Todd

California has rules against assault weapons. It's just those rules are inherently so technical and have to do with cosmetic features, you can easily get around them with any sort of semi-automatic rifle. — Chuck Todd

This deep insecurity has been going on for a while. I mean I picked it up in 2014 sitting in focus groups of women who were feeling terrified, not just about that ISIS was coming, but terrified that their children couldn't be safe at school, terrified about what was happening in Ferguson and other places. — Chuck Todd

[Donald Trump] even quoted a tweet from a self-identified 16-year-old as a way to justify crazy unsupported claims about the popular vote. — Chuck Todd

It`s hard to beat something with nothing. Republicans across the country are feeling the burn from an energized and angry segment of the electorate which is descending on GOP town halls and these folks want answers. — Chuck Todd

The idea now that we're going to fight terrorism through gun control I think is just utterly fatuous. — Chuck Todd

I think the worst thing [Donald Trump]did was the tweet the other night about illegal votes. — Chuck Todd

I think [Newt] Gingrich who`s been the - among the truth tellers to [Donald] Trump, I think, in public, take a listen. — Chuck Todd

Despite the fact that David Petraeus is now very highly regarded in foreign policy circles because of his record in both Republican and Democratic circles. It`s all pretty extraordinary. — Chuck Todd

What`s going to happen, really on one issue specifically, to their health care, among some other things. And right now, Republicans don`t have any legislative details or much in the way of answers, yet. — Chuck Todd

Newt Gingrich called it [Donald] Trump`s biggest mistake since he won the election, these crazy accusations about voter fraud. — Chuck Todd

[Donald] Trump is most comfortable when he is hammering something. — Chuck Todd

The rules have changed so dramatically.They are not the Jeb Bush rules of the 90s, they are the reality television rules of this decade and he was not suited for it. — Chuck Todd

This feels like a Steve Bannon whispering in [Donald Trump's] ear. — Chuck Todd

It's hard not to get down on the government when you see dysfunction play out on our TVs every day. Frankly, sometimes at every level of government. — Chuck Todd

It couldn`t be clearer, any person who holds an office of trust is not allowed to accept favors or gifts from foreign governments. — Chuck Todd

As soon as a Democrat or a liberal organization opens their mouth and says "We want to see this," it's going to go over the heads. And same way on the abortion debate, if they want to make a change, it is not going to come from a Republican, it's going to have to come from a Democrat. — Chuck Todd

Why is it so many political parties never learn that lesson? There was an obsession on the right to get [Hillary] Clinton. There was an obsession on the left to get - frankly, look at - look at the liberals in the early 1980s with [Ronald] Reagan. They got so caught up in the personality that they could n`t see the forest. — Chuck Todd

Therefore, the only way Donald Trump can protect himself is to set up a blind trust or to divest in these holdings. It`s the only way. — Chuck Todd

Meanwhile, the Bush dynasty comes to an official end. — Chuck Todd

Since 1900, only three other [than Donald Trump ] presidents have won the White House with a smaller percentage of the popular vote. Woodrow Wilson in 1912, Richard Nixon in 1968, and Bill Clinton in 1992. — Chuck Todd

There’s nothing like music to teach you that eventually if you work hard enough, it does get better. You see the results. — Chuck Todd

I would say that ISIS wants us to think so. And I think that's the real danger here. It's that what ISIS wants the narrative to be is that they are the true Muslims. — Chuck Todd

[Sean] Spicer`s message echoed what President Trump tweeted.The so-called angry crowds in home districts of some Republicans are actually, in numerous cases, planned out by liberal activists. Sad.But underneath those dismissals, lies and urgency inside the White House to figure this out, and quickly. — Chuck Todd

You`ve got David Petraeus and whatever the pushback might be against [Donald Trump]. — Chuck Todd

I had some people say to me, you don`t - you wouldn`t give air time to a holocaust denier. Why bother covering if [Donald Trump] tweet is totally crazy? — Chuck Todd

If we have to have a real movement on this issue if you support gun control, it has to come from the Republican side. — Chuck Todd

I've had my own anecdotals with old friends, here's a gentleman quoted in the Times about, "I believe my government is suppose to protect me but it has let me down. I resent having to defend myself; I shouldn't have to but at this point I don't feel like I have a choice." — Chuck Todd

Barack Obama was better as a campaigner than as a - as a president sometimes in this same position. It is easier when you have a foil. — Chuck Todd

The Emoluments section shares with the Constitution. That`s not a law that Congress could change or the president could ignore. — Chuck Todd

The president-elect [Donald Trump] finds himself in an unfamiliar and, perhaps, uncomfortable position. The enemies he`s been fighting against are gone. — Chuck Todd

We [americans] have earned the moral authority, at least compared to anybody else in the world. — Chuck Todd

We`ll go here on [Donald] Trump`s temperament. Trump`s reckless approach could lead to war. That really resonated with Democratic swing voters. — Chuck Todd

There's no way you are going to get rid of the Second Amendment, there's no way you're going to get rid of the First Amendment, and people have to understand how important this is. But I think when they see more and more killings, we have to figure out, of course what we are going to do about it. And I don't think the criminal justice system has an answer. — Chuck Todd

It seems to me that this debate, whether Islam is a religion of peace or not, really, it's irrelevant for outsiders. It's for Muslims to decide whether it's a religion of peace or not. — Chuck Todd

When Dylann Roof walked into a black church, he wanted to start a race war. We didn't let him do that because we didn't cast him as a representative of the white race. We didn't give into his narrative. We did the exact opposite. And I think that we have to be careful not to give into the apocalyptic narrative of ISIS that wants to start a war between Muslims and everybody else. — Chuck Todd

Americans are going to see that as the more religious a Muslim is, the more likely they're going to end up somehow fighting for ISIS' cause. — Chuck Todd

One could argue [Bob] Corker has been more supportive of [Donald] Trump`s foreign policy skepticism of the establishment than anybody else. — Chuck Todd

Life Lessons by Chuck Todd

1. Chuck Todd's career as a journalist has taught us that hard work and dedication are essential for success. He has also demonstrated the importance of staying true to one's values and never compromising on the truth.
2. Chuck Todd's career has also shown us that it is possible to make a difference in the world through honest reporting and speaking truth to power.
3. Finally, Chuck Todd's career has demonstrated the importance of remaining humble and open-minded, even in the face of criticism and opposition.