Chuck Todd and the rest of the media continue to clutch their pearls over Democrats running ads in primary races calling MAGA Republican candidates "too extreme" for their states. During an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris today, Todd played concern troll for Republicans, asking Harris if the Democrats ought to leave the "good" ones alone.

TODD: I'm curious, when you see the Democratic party and some parts of the party funding ads to promote election deniers whether it's Michigan, the high-profile race there, Illinois, Colorado, New Hampshire, it looks like a cynical -- you know, a little bit cynical. The president went out of his way to say there are good Republicans here, should you leave the good Republicans alone in a primary? Is the Democratic party making a mistake here? Those people could win if you're not careful.

HARRIS: Listen. I'm not going to tell people how to run their campaigns. I ran in terms of statewide office.

TODD: Would you have done this? Would you have done this? Is this something you'd be comfortable doing?

HARRIS: I'm not going to tell people how to run their campaigns, chuck. I ran for statewide, for attorney general re-election, run for senate and won that race. I know that it is best to let a candidate along with their advisers, let them make the decision based on what they believe is in the best interest of their state. I'm not going to tell people what to do.

TODD: You're not worried that this reflects poorly on the Democrats?

HARRIS: I think what we have to focus on is that within 60 days of this interview, in less than two months, we are looking at a midterm election in which so much is on the line.

I wish Harris had reminded Todd that those ads supposedly "promoting" Republicans are nothing more than calling them "too conservative" for their states and tying them to Trump, and, as The Guardian article admits, they don't actually know how much those ads had an impact on the races, and whether the Republican base would have voted for those candidates anyway. That, and it says a lot more about where the Republican base is these days than any sort of reflection on Democrats.

That won't stop our corporate media from continuing to "both sides" who is responsible for Republicans voting for a bunch of MAGA whackaloons in their primary races. Democrats aren't encouraging anyone to cross over and vote for these people. They're simply running ads against them that you might see again in a general election once the primaries are over.