ABC's Cokie Roberts Urges 'Cut the Knees Out from Under' Norquist: 'Emperor Has No Clothes'

Brent Baker | December 2, 2012
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In a colorful demonstration of the Washington press corps’ disdain for Grover Norquist and his anti-tax pledge, on Sunday’s This Week, ABC News/NPR veteran Cokie Roberts blurted out: “It’s...politically smart to cut the knees out from under Grover Norquist. I mean this guy is, you know, who is he? He’s an unelected lobbyist.”

She soon urged that “a certain amount of saying ‘the emperor has no clothes’” about Norquist is helpful. “To say that, I think is very useful.”

More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.

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