Chuck Todd predicts ‘fascinating’ post-coronavirus future embracing Bernie Sanders’ socialism

Chuck Todd said post-coronavirus America is primed to embrace the socialist policies of Sen. Bernard Sanders in “fascinating” ways.

The “MTP Daily” host looked into his political crystal ball and told MSNBC’s Capitol Hill correspondent Kasie Hunt that he saw vindication for the Vermont senator, who suspended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination this week. 

“The Bernie Sanders ideas, the Bernie Sanders proposals may be meeting their moment at a time when there is an appetite for government to be more involved,” Mr. Todd said Wednesday of the Sanders platform in a time of economic uncertainty.

The “Meet The Press” moderator wondered if it would be New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or someone else who might “carry the baton” across the ideological finish line.

“I do think a lot of the younger supporters have really looked to Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez as potentially the future of the movement,” Ms. Hunt replied, NewsBusters reported. “I think your underlying point is absolutely correct. I mean, we’re all now old enough to remember when Republicans were talking about how Democrats were going to nominate a socialist. That was before a Republican president signed a $2.2 trillion rescue package that really amounts to the government trying to take on a role it’s never had to do before.”

Mr. Todd then predicted a bittersweet future for Mr. Sanders in which socialism has taken root in America without him leading the charge from the White House.

“I just have a feeling you and I are going to have a conversation in a couple of years and say, boy, you had Bernie Sanders trumpeting a lot of ideas,” the host said. “The pandemic hits and suddenly the Bernie Sanders vision suddenly became an answer for a lot of Americans. It’s just going to be fascinating to watch, whether it’s paid leave, whether it’s the student loan — the student debt issue, whether it’s Medicare for All. Enlarging the social safety net might be one of the biggest impacts of this virus going forward and Bernie Sanders is the guy laying out half of these ideas.”