President Donald Trump sat down for a wide-ranging interview with NBC News host Kristen Welker, who once again wore the network’s bias on her sleeve.
During one portion of the interview, Welker responded to Trump’s point about birthright citizenship with a reference to the U.S. Constitution.
As Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) pointed out, however, she skipped over one very important aspect of the relevant clause.
🧵1. @MeetThePress omits six words about birthright citizenship from the 14th Amendment
The omitted text is set off by asterisks:
“All persons born … in the United States, *and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,* shall be citizens of the United States”
Those words matter https://t.co/qVYld0O4og
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) December 8, 2024
Fox News covered the development:
The senator continued to break down the issue in a lengthy 12-part thread.
“Congress has the power to define what it means to be born in the United States ‘and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,'” he wrote.
” While current law contains no such restriction, Congress could pass a law defining what it means to be born in the United States ‘and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,’ excluding prospectively from birthright citizenship individuals born in the U.S. to illegal aliens.
ADVERTISEMENT“Those who suggest Congress is somehow powerless to limit birthright citizenship ignore important constitutional text giving Congress power define who among those ‘born in the United States’ is born subject to the jurisdiction thereof.’
“It bothers me that@MeetThePress, long revered as America’s leading Sunday political news program, has become so one-sided,” he continued.
Other aspects of Welker’s questioning during the interview drew social media backlash:
Kristen Welker attempts “journalism” by forcing Trump to commit to a federal minimum wage level.
Trump educates her on basic economics.
pic.twitter.com/nZ5MhhHbP7— Thomas Stevenson (@RealTStevenson) December 9, 2024
Trump gave Kristen Welker a therapy session mid interview:
“You have such potential.. if you could just be non-biased.. You hurt yourself so badly”🤣 pic.twitter.com/J9E3tKwkQg
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) December 9, 2024
Damn TRUMP is amazing!💪🏻🇺🇸
libtards like Welker definitely didn’t expect this when they complained about illegal family members being separated! pic.twitter.com/0quibGH6Sk
— Mr.Action (@NewsAction24_7) December 8, 2024
Welker seemed preoccupied with one line of questioning in particular, as the Daily Caller reported:
“Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker on Sunday asked President-elect Donald Trump more than a dozen times about whether he would use the levers of power to target his political rivals.
Trump nominated former Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi of Florida to be attorney general and former Trump administration official Kash Patel to be director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in November. Welker asked Trump on “Meet the Press” about a list of people Patel listed as members of the “deep state” in a book, and repeatedly pressed the president-elect about whether he would target his political opponents.
If you’re still craving more, here’s a full clip of the interview:
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