Luke, You’re Certainly Nothing Like Your Father

NBC hired Luke Russert just a month after his father Tim’s fatal heart attack in 2008 to cover youth issues as part of the network’s 2008 presidential election coverage.  He knew critics had accused him of riding his father’s coattails on a wave of sympathy.

Luke made headlines in 2010 when he aggressively questioned Charlie Rangel (D-NY) when an ethics report uncovered fiscal indiscretions and illegal donation solicitations.  Rangel later apologized to little Luke.

Just five days before the 2016 Republican National Convention was to start, Luke Russert, the young congressional correspondent for NBC announced he was leaving the network to “think about his future”. Two days later, he was gone.  He suggested in a statement that the combination of his father’s sudden death and the opportunity of a plum job may have been “too much, too fast.”

Over the following year-and-a-half, Russert has remained fairly quiet.  His official website has remained unchanged.  His Twitter account reflects his interest in sports and his work as a member of the Buffalo Fan Alliance Board.  He has not forgotten about politics.

Little Luke should stick to whatever he’s doing these days and stick to subjects that are in his wheelhouse.  As an example, today he tweeted:

Reading about this bogus Roy Moore challenge, my biggest fear is that in 2020 a losing Trump actively attacks & delegitimizes the peaceful transfer of power, the most positive and fragile enduring aspect of our democracy.

— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) December 28, 2017

Like screaming for an entire year that the Russians stole the election?

Your dad must be doing a massive #FacePalm from the great beyond right now.

— Christy Waters (@ThatChristyChic) December 28, 2017