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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 07:54 PM Jan 2020

I'll say it. NBC News' Heidi Przybyla is pretty badass!



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6:08 PM - Jan 28, 2020


She rattled the shit out of them all!!
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I'll say it. NBC News' Heidi Przybyla is pretty badass! (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 OP
It did appear that she was not letting them answer her questions leftieNanner Jan 2020 #1
She's not letting them filibuster. She never interrupted an actual answer; there was none. nt SunSeeker Jan 2020 #8
Good Point leftieNanner Jan 2020 #10
They can't answer Heidi's question because they don't have a fucking answer! madaboutharry Jan 2020 #2
Exactly. nt SunSeeker Jan 2020 #9
Her and Wallace are sick.of the kGOP, they are no doubt in fighting mode uponit7771 Jan 2020 #3
Can Stefanik be any more unlikeable??? Horrible... TEDRA COBB!!!!! winstars Jan 2020 #4
I would like her if she got on her broom Watchfoxheadexplodes Jan 2020 #15
Elise Stefanik is unfortunately, my Rep. mgardener Jan 2020 #20
Love it. No attempt to answer the questions asked, just your typical Republican obfuscation. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2020 #5
Dude keeps interrupting himself gratuitous Jan 2020 #6
I would love for Heidi Skidmore Jan 2020 #7
Chuck Todd's show to be specific rurallib Jan 2020 #18
LOL pangaia Jan 2020 #22
Exactly. Skidmore Jan 2020 #23
She's always great when she's on an MSNBC panel...serious, straightforward, factual. Karadeniz Jan 2020 #11
Stefanik thinks she 'won' by loudly repeating talking points over the question, crickets Jan 2020 #12
Heidi is a badass! kentuck Jan 2020 #13
They tried to triple-team her and she STILL won! Talitha Jan 2020 #14
Wait! She mentioned Manafort! Manafort's name was on the ledger found after Putin's... MartyTheGreek Jan 2020 #16
Thank you, Heidi Przybyla - this is how it is done! This is real journalism! What a fucking gem! Shaddox Jan 2020 #17
She's sharp as a tack and tough as nails. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #19
I would like the press to start asking Republicans about Cofer Black. Lonestarblue Jan 2020 #21
Need more like her to increase the pressure HAB911 Jan 2020 #24
Repugs just blathering non-answers, hoping reporters will tire out and go away. eppur_se_muova Jan 2020 #25
K&R stonecutter357 Jan 2020 #26
Damn he's an ignorant fool malaise Jan 2020 #27
Sorority meangurl. 2naSalit Jan 2020 #29
House r caucus is a pack of hyenas... 2naSalit Jan 2020 #28
He'd rather talk about "media" than answer their questions Maeve Jan 2020 #30
A kick in honor of good journalism. nt cry baby Jan 2020 #31

leftieNanner

(15,182 posts)
1. It did appear that she was not letting them answer her questions
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 08:00 PM
Jan 2020

Maybe it was the editing of the clip, but I found that frustrating. Perhaps she was interrupting them when they were dodging her questions.

SunSeeker

(51,755 posts)
8. She's not letting them filibuster. She never interrupted an actual answer; there was none. nt
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 08:21 PM
Jan 2020

I'm sick and tired of politicians' nonanswers. Glad she is too.

There's a big difference between not letting a politician answer and not letting him filibuster.

leftieNanner

(15,182 posts)
10. Good Point
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 08:31 PM
Jan 2020

It's like those hearings in the House and Senate when the official has only a 5 minute window to ask questions and elicit an answer - spinning BS to use up the time.

madaboutharry

(40,238 posts)
2. They can't answer Heidi's question because they don't have a fucking answer!
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 08:01 PM
Jan 2020

They are all frauds, every last one of them.

Good on Heidi for not letting them get away without looking like the idiots that they are.

mgardener

(1,824 posts)
20. Elise Stefanik is unfortunately, my Rep.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 10:32 PM
Jan 2020

She is a moral coward.
Still have not gotten a reply from her if she knew Devin Nunes's aide was in contact with Lev Parnas while he was doing all that grandstanding in the House.
Or if she knew what was in John Bolton's manuscript.

Let's get Tedra Cobb across the finish line this time.

Hello to all the other people from NY!

OAITW r.2.0

(24,692 posts)
5. Love it. No attempt to answer the questions asked, just your typical Republican obfuscation.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 08:04 PM
Jan 2020

That is an ability that is absolutely essential in communicating with the media if you are a Republican.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. Dude keeps interrupting himself
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 08:04 PM
Jan 2020

I don't know who's who, so I'll give them appropriate names. Moe starts to answer, then stops himself time after time to get all pissy with Przybyla. Then Larry and Curly jump in to try to save Moe. It doesn't go well. They all try to appeal to the other reporters to see if they have any other questions, and the reporters are like, nope, go ahead and answer Przybyla's question. We want to hear the answer, too.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
23. Exactly.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 05:27 AM
Jan 2020

Or my fondest wish is a program with MSNBC's women lawyers, Vance, Wiley, McQuaid, (and I'm forgetting one) with Heidi as the investigative/political reporter/commentator. Just think of all the issues and cases that could be brought to the public which are normally buried but are important to the nation.

crickets

(25,987 posts)
12. Stefanik thinks she 'won' by loudly repeating talking points over the question,
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 08:34 PM
Jan 2020

but she just came off sounding rude and petty.

They all looked and sounded idiotic but my favorite moment was the helpless, "Does anybody else have a question? Anybody?" Ha! The panic was real.

MartyTheGreek

(568 posts)
16. Wait! She mentioned Manafort! Manafort's name was on the ledger found after Putin's...
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 10:09 PM
Jan 2020

corrupt prosecutor was chased out and he fled to Russia no? Why has this not been brought back up?

Lonestarblue

(10,117 posts)
21. I would like the press to start asking Republicans about Cofer Black.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 10:37 PM
Jan 2020

Former top Mitt Romney adviser Joseph Cofer Black, who publicly goes by “Cofer Black,” joined Burisma’s board of directors while Hunter Biden was also serving on the board. If Trump was so concerned about Burisma corruption, why did he not mention Cofer Black, another American serving on the board with Hunter Biden? I think Black is even still on the board. The fact that he has not been mentioned outs the lie to Trump’s claim that his extortion of Ukraine was about corruption and not the Bidens.

eppur_se_muova

(36,307 posts)
25. Repugs just blathering non-answers, hoping reporters will tire out and go away.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:47 AM
Jan 2020

It shouldn't work, and this time it sure didn't. So they're calling it 'incivility'.

2naSalit

(86,868 posts)
28. House r caucus is a pack of hyenas...
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:20 AM
Jan 2020

and most of the press corps is more intelligent than most holding office on that side of the aisle in the House.

Maeve

(42,300 posts)
30. He'd rather talk about "media" than answer their questions
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:23 AM
Jan 2020

Irritating to listen to him deflect from the issue at hand

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