NBC Fantasizes About Oprah Running in 2020, Touts Her Efforts in GA

Nicholas Fondacaro | November 1, 2018
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The 2018 midterms were less than a week away and the liberal media were already looking forward to the 2020 Presidential election and dreaming about the candidates they would back against President Trump. During Wednesday’s edition of NBC Nightly News, they were fantasizing about Oprah Winfrey going toe-to-toe Trump and touting her efforts to get Democrats elected in 2018.

Anchor Lester Holt began the segment by boasting about “the Oprah factor” taking hold in the Georgia gubernatorial race. “Hitting the trail trying to elect this country's first African-American woman governor. It's got a lot of people asking is Oprah also reconsidering a potential run for president,” he wondered. “Apparently, those very close to her are keeping up the pressure.

“[O]ff the sidelines and entering the 2018 fray,” touted NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker at the start of her report. “The queen of talk now poised to lend her voice and star power to Stacy Abrams, the Georgia Democrat running to become the country's first female African-American governor.”

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