Over the weekend, former President Barack Obama gave two virtual commencement speeches and criticized President Donald Trump for his handling of the coronavirus. And the media types couldn't wait to jump on it.
On Sunday's "Meet the Press" on NBC News, the panel of leftists was abuzz with excitement at the idea of President Trump getting "nervous" over Obama's growing involvement in the 2020 race. The panel also warned that this was only the beginning of Obama using the "might" of his name to swoop in and save Joe Biden.
NBC political director Chuck Todd teed up the conversation with a clip from one of Obama's speeches, prompting NBC White House correspondent Peter Alexander to gush over this example of "one vision of leadership, versus what we have seen from President Trump in recent days."
He continued, "But what this really, sort of, underscores is that break in what was that, sort of, presidential tradition where there wasn't any criticism, sort of, back and forth."
Todd then asked PBS White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor to weigh in, as she touted how Obama was "ready for this fight" and how the former president was "really getting into general election territory and starting to gear up the might of the Obama name."