Tara Palmeri: ‘We Are the Watch Dogs, We Are the Fact Checkers, We Are the People Holding’ Trump to Account

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
STELTER: “Let me get to Tara. You’re sitting here quietly. You’re a “Politico” White House correspondent. Do you feel that you’re the opposition to the president?” 
PALMERI: “I think that we are the watch dogs. We are the fact checkers. We are the people holding him to account.” 
STELTER: “Does it pain you to give him credit?” 
PALMERI: “No, it doesn’t. Actually, I think that his push in the past week to try to make it seem like there was a lot of action ahead of his 100 days was actually masterful marketing. He got us talking about NAFTA. He got us talking about his tax reform plan, even if it meant that his staff was scrambling all weekend to come up with a plan. He was able to change the conversation. He is a masterful marketer. I will give him that. But we also do need to hold him to account. That’s our job as journalists.”