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With the partial government shutdown over, at least for now, NBC News diverted some time from bashing President Trump to mocking how he was helping Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-D). During Sunday Today, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd quipped about how “the only difference between the deal that he rejected on day one and the deal he took now was February 8th to February 15th.” On top of that, Todd touted how Trump was helping to build up Speaker Nancy Pelosi to lead the Democrats.
“Did the President get anything out of this? Is there anything he can say to his supporters ‘we won’”, host Willie Geist teed up Todd. Todd couldn’t find a win for Trump anywhere, but he did like what the President did for Congressional Democrats.
“All that happened was he helped solidify Nancy Pelosi's place as speaker,” Todd touted. “He helped, frankly, do what Nancy Pelosi has never been able to do which is to establish herself as leader of Democratic Party. In many ways, if you were to look at what is the biggest accomplishment that came out of this, I would say it belongs to Speaker Pelosi, and it belongs to her ability to be the leader of the party and keep the party united.”
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