Deep breaths, people. Leading off Tuesday’s MTP Daily on MSNBC, moderator Chuck Todd let loose on some hyperbole and self-righteous speculation that America is amidst a “constitutional crisis” and “fatal” attack on “the rule of law” caused by Republicans demanding an investigation into alleged spying of the Trump campaign in the early stages of the Russia probe.

“If it's Tuesday, the constitutional crisis alarm bells are ringing, but is anybody listening? Tonight, fatal distraction. Are the President's systemic attacks on the Justice Department undermining the rule of law as we know it,” stated the smug NBC political director at the top of the show with the accompanying chyron “Fatal Distraction?”

He added that “[w]e begin tonight with a politically motivated investigation, which is out to prove that Bob Mueller's investigation is politically motivated” and he implored viewers to “wrap your head around that for a moment.”

Todd rhetorically wagging his finger at Republicans and dismissed the merit of their questions (click “expand”):

Folks, right now the President and his allies in Congress continue their campaign to distract from the Russia investigation and they hope, discredit it. A group of House Republicans today introduced legislation to appoint a special counsel to investigate essentially any number of the president's political enemies, from leaders in the Justice Department to Hillary Clinton. The Republican chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Ron Johnson, is trying to dig up more dirt about the FBI's handling of the Steele dossier.

As a reminder, the liberal media were hellbent on truly undermining the Ken Starr investigation of then-President Bill Clinton in the 1990s. It’s quite a change to 2017 and 2018 where even asking for oversight is seen as a betrayal of American values.

Following spin about an FBI informant working to infiltrate the Trump campaign, Todd unleashed a tangent about this “constitutional crisis”:

Folks, if this was happening in another country, what would we say? If a country's ruling party was being investigated for potential election corruption and responded by attacking that investigation, launched its own counter investigation into the Justice Department itself, called for the imprisonment of those in the minority party and pressured leaders in law enforcement to lock them up. If that were happening in any other country, we'd probably call it a constitutional crisis for said country. What do we call it here, other than Tuesday?

Not sure about any of you, but America seems to be humming along just fine.

Of course, this is the person who’s wife made over a $1 million off the Bernie Sanders campaign and donated to Democratic Senator Tim Kaine (VA) but Todd has refused to disclose that to viewers. Talk about a journalism ethics problem!

Following all that, Todd showed where his true allegiances lie by bringing on former Obama administration counsel Bob Bauer for a friendly interview. Thankfully, Louisiana Republican Senator John Kennedy came next and talked some sense into Todd.

Kennedy first explained that, contrary to what many (including the liberal media) are arguing, “the President has the right to request an investigation” just as any of the many people who’ve “ask[ed] the FBI to look into the activities and behavior of the shooter in Parkland in Florida have the right.”

The Louisiana Senator then made the crucial distinction, which is that “[n]one of us have the right, including the President, to influence an investigation and try to tell the FBI and the Justice Department how the results should be of an investigation.”

Moments later, Kennedy dropped a truth bomb aimed directly at Todd and his apocalyptic language (click “expand” to read his full comments):

I want to see the facts and here's what we know, or here's what I think I know. Russia tried to influence the 2016 elections. Did they succeed? We don't know yet. So we have a member of the FBI, he's specially-appointed, Mueller, who is supposed to get the facts. We also know we have Mr. Horowitz, the Inspector General at Justice, looking into it as well. Everything else is just spin and rumor and speculation and innuendo, on both sides, including the President, but he's got the right to his opinion, just like those who hate him have the right to their and I'm prepared to wait for the facts. I don't think Mr. Mueller ought to be fired. I don't think he's a bad guy. I have confidence in the Inspector General. I just want the facts and then, I'll let the American people decide. They're smart enough to figure this out. They're plenty smart. They will figure this out, but everything else, Chuck, is just — sometimes it's — it’s interesting to listen to and I'm not saying anybody's wrong to do it, but it's all speculation. You know, the gentlemen that you just had on, I don't remember his name. He seemed to be very intelligent, but, you know, talking about this has provoked a constitutional crisis, I don't see it, you know? I just don't see it. But we don't have any facts yet.

To be clear, it’s only a constitutional crisis for outlets like CNN and MSNBC when someone (e.g. Republicans) are not in lockstep with what they want investigated to advance the Resistance. And, don’t try and argue that they’re not on one side of the aisle.

Since Trump took office, NewsBusters has documented numerous instances where the word “constitutional crisis” has appeared. Links to examples can be found here, here, here, here, and here.

To see the relevant transcript from MSNBC’s MTP Daily on May 22, click “expand.”