More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
In back-to-back interviews on NBC’s Today and CBS This Morning on Friday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was largely treated to softball questions that allowed him to advance the Democratic Party’s strategy to obstruct President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda.
On Today, co-host Matt Lauer promised to start the exchange with “the easiest” questions, wondering: “...what are you emotions today as you prepare to watch Donald Trump put his hand on the Bible and take the oath of office?” Schumer replied: “Well, I obviously wish there had been a different outcome.... But then I realized the importance of the role of we Democrats in the Senate. We are sort of the bulwark against some of the things that President-elect Trump might try to do that won't be acceptable to our values or the American people.”