For the second time in one day, an MSNBC anchor accused Republicans of betraying the United States. According to Ed Schultz on Tuesday, House GOP members who won't agree to all of Barack Obama's demands on the government shutdown are committing "economic terrorism" and plotting a "coup d'etat" against the President.
Schultz brought on Democratic Congressman Joseph Crowley to discuss whether there would be a vote on the shutdown. The Ed Show host fumed, "Congressman, what we're seeing happen in America right now, I think, is economic terrorism." The anchor offered his version of what passing the debt ceiling deadline would mean: "Interest rates are going to go nuts. Belt tightening is going to take place. Unemployment's going to go up." He escalated, "This is economic terrorism as I call it...It seems to be nothing more than a legislative coup d'etat." [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
A legislative coup d'etat? So the Republicans are, legislatively, trying a "a sudden attempt" to "take over the government, usually through violence"? Perhaps Schultz is unaware that Congress control the purse strings.
Earlier in the day, anchor Thomas Roberts slimed a GOP congresswoman, wondering, "Do you hate ObamaCare more than you love your country?
Echoing a similar theme, Schultz on October 7 declared House Speaker John Boehner to be guilty of "treason."
