During a live interview with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday, MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell lobbed one softball after another, refusing to press the Democratic leader on playing politics with coronavirus relief legislation. Instead, Mitchell repeatedly encouraged Pelosi to dictate terms of the aid package and attack President Trump.

“Any bipartisan Senate deal with the White House cannot become law, of course, without agreement by the Democratically-controlled House of Representatives,” Mitchell proclaimed at the top of her 12:00 p.m. ET hour show. Turning to Pelosi, the host wondered: “From your perspective – the House Democrats have yet to be heard from – what needs to be in this bill that is now being negotiated between Mitch McConnell, Secretary Mnuchin and Democrats in the Senate, in order to get House approval?”

Minutes later, Mitchell fretted that “initially there was not transparency” in the relief bill, touting concerns that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin “will be the sole authority” over bailout funds for corporations. “We understand that has now been negotiated....Is that your understanding? And if it is that change, would that be acceptable to you?,” she asked the Speaker.

In a follow-up, the MSNBC anchor emphasized the importance of Pelosi being satisfied with any deal: “Well, it does raise the question of whether or not you have confidence that what is coming out can be voted on and that Secretary Mnuchin is accommodating to demands from Democrats, as well as I suspect from some Republicans, that there be oversight over this amount of money.”

The only question that even vaguely alluded to Pelosi and her Democratic colleagues blatantly exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic for political gain came in the form of Mitchell politely wondering if the Democratic leader would like to knock down any criticism from Republicans:

I just want to give you a chance to respond to things that the President has tweeted, that Mitch McConnell said yesterday, saying they were close to a deal and then you came back – you came back from your extended vacation. You know, this is the back and forth that we’re seeing and I just wanted to give you the chance to respond, if you choose to.

Pelosi predictably responded with a partisan jab: “Well, I don’t really make it a habit of paying attention to any attacks from the President, because every knock from him is a boost for me.”

That was enough for Mitchell, who moments later concluded the friendly chat: “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, thank you so much. Thank you for taking the time, I know how busy you are.”

Not once did Mitchell call out the wish list of left-wing agenda items that Pelosi and her cohorts shoved into to an absurd House bill.

Instead, the supposed “journalist” seemed only seconds away from asking if she could fluff her guest’s pillow.

Here is a transcript of Mitchell’s March 24 questions to Pelosi: