MSNBC Guest Insists the GOP Is Whipping Up ‘Lynch Mob’ Against Bowe Bergdahl

On MSNBC, Leftist Writer Joe Conason Insists GOP Whipping Up 'Lynch Mob' Against Bowe Bergdahl (NewsBusters)

In a fit of partisan pique, national Republican leaders like RNC chairman Reince Priebus are whipping up a "lynch mob" against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl that threatens the soldier's right to due process.

That's the latest Obama-shielding spin hitting the airwaves on MSNBC courtesy of NationalMemo.com editor-in-chief Joe Conason, who made such a charge on the June 5 edition of The Reid Report towards the conclusion of a segment with host Joy Reid and Salon.com's Joan Walsh. The relevant transcript appears below the page break