Peggy Noonan Scolds NBC's Andrea Mitchell For Claiming Republicans “Appropriate” Reagan

(By Matt Schneider, Mediaite) - In attempting to praise Ronald Reagan and his legacy, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell ruffled the feathers of conservative columnist Peggy Noonan on 'Meet the Press' when Mitchell claimed Republicans are “trying to appropriate Ronald Reagan for their own political purposes now.” Noonan, the former Reagan speechwriter, immediately called Mitchell out and got her to clarify exactly what she meant.



PEGGY NOONAN: "Republicans are not, I think, trying to appropriate Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan 'was' a Republican. Conservatives aren't trying to appropriate him. He 'was' a conservative."