NBC’s Chuck Todd questions the 'example' of US democracy after ‘inability’ to get world behind China boycott

'Meet The Press' host Chuck Todd suggests the U.S. couldn't lead a successful boycott of the Olympics in China because the example of U.S. democracy is 'not so good.'

"Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd questioned the United States’ "inability" to get support from other countries for a diplomatic boycott of China, suggesting it was because America’s "democracy is not so good."

"I can’t help but wonder our inability to get the world to follow us on a diplomatic boycott of China," Todd said on Sunday’s broadcast. 

"It makes me think, ‘well maybe the example of our democracy is not so good, so people are thinking, why are we following you guys?’ It’s hard not to see that," Todd said. 

Ice cleaning machines prepare the surface at the Capital Indoor Stadium on Jan. 27, 2022, in Beijing, China. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Todd was joined by the American Enterprise Institute’s Matthew Continetti, New York Times Pentagon correspondent Helene Cooper, political analyst Amy Walter and former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson for a "roundtable" discussion about former president Donald Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence, and the Jan. 6 investigation. 

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Johnson said that the "situation" with the Olympics was "somewhat unique." 

"I believe our response to Ukraine actually has been a nice reminder of how coalitions led by the United States can respond effectively," Johnson said.

"Assuming we’re effective, assuming the response is effective," Todd said. He added that Russian President Vladimir Putin was "on the defensive" and therefore it was effective.  

The United States announced a diplomatic boycott of the