President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that NBC's "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker would be reported to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for potential punishment after she characterized his primary endorsement record as producing mixed results."Kristen Welker, the Unpopular ‘Hostess’ of the once great Meet the Press, now considered Meet the Fake Press, just stated that Donald Trump has ‘mixed results’ on his Endorsements of Candidates, when the recent WINS of Darline Graham and Mike Mazzei, stand at 100% for the U.S.Senate, and 98% for the U.S.
House, recently and over the longterm," Trump said in a post on Truth Social."How can anyone be allowed to say this, working for freely given Public Airwaves? Results are attached," Trump continued."Because of this purposeful inaccuracy, she will be reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment.
Unfortunately, she is not the only one."NBC News defended Welker in a statement to Fox News Digital on Sunday, backing its "Meet the Press" moderator following Trump’s threat.TRUMP STORMS OFF 'MEET THE PRESS' INTERVIEW, RIPS WELKER, ABC, CBS, CNN AS 'CROOKED'President Donald Trump called for Kristen Welker to be reported to the FCC over her characterization of his primary endorsement record as producing "mixed results." (Adam Bettcher/NBC via Getty Images)"Kristen is one of the best in the business and we stand by her," an NBC News spokesperson said.Welker did not make the remark during Sunday’s "Meet the Press" broadcast.She made it earlier on Sunday during a live preview appearance on NBC4 Washington, saying Trump had endorsed "a slate of candidates in the primaries" and "had some mixed results."Welker, citing NBC reporting, predicted Trump would "loom large" over the midterms and immediately cited Darline Graham's primary victory as his most recent endorsement success."He’s going to loom large over these midterms.
There's no doubt about that.He, of course, has endorsed a slate of candidates in th...