During an interview with House of Cards actor Kevin Spacey for NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, correspondent Cynthia McFadden noted: "A life-long Democrat, Spacey says he, like many Americans, is frustrated with Washington." Spacey proclaimed: "I think that what is truly unfortunate is when an entire party makes a decision that they're going to block every single thing that a president wants to accomplish. It's very – it's very hard to get anything done in those circumstances."

McFadden referred to Spacey's ruthless character in the Netflix series: "Even Frank Underwood would have trouble with that?" Spacey joked: "Oh, I'd just kill everybody, just kill them all."

Moments later in the segment recorded on the show's set in Baltimore, House of Cards creator and executive producer Beau Willimon argued the supposed lack of progress in Washington was the reason people enjoyed the show so much: "The ways he goes about it may be distasteful to you, but what do people relish in a Frank Underwood? A guy who gets things done. I think there's a certain deliciousness to that which they see in his journey that they don't see in the real Washington right now."

McFadden wrapped up the report: "Let's hope fiction doesn't inspire the real politicians."

Here is a full transcript of the February 22 segment: