Chuck Todd: Ted Cruz ‘Playing to a Stereotype’ of How Diplomacy Worked ‘80 Years Ago’

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CRUZ: “You know right now this week the government of Iran is sitting down with the United States government, swilling chardonnay in New York City, to discuss what Prime Minister Netanyahu rightly describes as an historic mistake, a very, very bad deal, that tragically is setting the stage for Iran to acquire nuclear weapon capability. We so desperately need a president who will stand up and say, these discussions do not even begin until you release Pastor Saeed and send him home.”(Applause)
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MITCHELL: “Maybe we need a president who knows that is the Iranians don’t drink. It is a nonalcoholic president.”
TODD: “They are not swilling chardonnay."
MITCHELL: “They are not swilling chardonnay, anywhere, not in New York."
TODD: “He’s playing to the audience, there’s no doubt, playing to a stereotype of New York City, stereotype of how diplomacy I guess apparently worked 80 years ago.”