Rubio’s gotten a few tickets over the years, let’s talk about that instead!
Via Newsbusters:
In a report for Thursday’s NBC Today about Bill Clinton saying he would stop giving paid speeches if Hillary was elected president, correspondent Andrea Mitchell lamented: “The charity has been lauded for its good works but both Clintons are being hounded by questions about potential conflicts of interest from donors and high-dollar speeches.”
Mitchell touted the former President’s denials of corruption: “Clinton also denied doing favors for foreign governments or other donors to the foundation, telling CNN, ‘No one has ever asked me for anything. And I don’t think Hillary would know either. I never saw her study a list of my contributors, and I had no idea who was doing business before the State Department.’”
Mitchell then wondered: “Will that be enough to quiet critics?” A soundbite followed of former Obama adviser and NBC New senior political analyst David Axelrod declaring: “This issue won’t go away because the Republican Party won’t allow it to go away. And I suspect we’ll be hearing about it from now until the election.”
The implication being that the issue was merely a partisan attack rather than a legitimate controversy that journalists should keep investigating. No Republicans were featured in the segment.
Wrapping up the report, Mitchell gushed: “Bill Clinton will be a key surrogate for his wife, who has yet to do an interview since declaring her candidacy. In his interview with CNN, Bill Clinton described Hillary Clinton warmly, saying, ‘Whenever I had trouble she was the rock in the family.’” Co-host Savannah Guthrie added: “Alright, well she’s got his vote, that’s for sure.”