Chelsea Clinton just can’t understand how in the heck it could be possible that so many people have bad things to say about her mom.

In an interview on NBC’s Today Show, host Savannah Guthrie asked Chelsea about Hillary’s sinking poll numbers – in particular about a poll that asked voters which words they associated with which candidate.

“They weren’t complimentary words that were at the top of the list,” Guthrie said. “’Dishonest, untrustworthy, liar’#…Why do you think that is?”

Chelsea seemed to have no idea:

“I’m not a pundit. I’m a daughter,” she said. “And I love and admire my mom. I know that she’s talking about issues that are important to families across our country.”

#share#Well, that’s true. Hillary does talk about the issues that are “important to families” — such as gay marriage, criminal-justice reform, and sexual assault — and even does a great job of expressing the current most popular viewpoints on them.

How wonderful! But here’s the thing, Chels: Your mom is also on record having taken the exact opposite positions on those issues in the past. Hell, she even had the audacity to say that all survivors of sexual assault have a “right to be believed” when she herself is married to an alleged rapist.

The reason people think she’s not trustworthy? She’s not. It’s indisputable: Saying you believe in something while living your life in a way that proves you don’t is the definition of dishonesty, and being dishonest does make you untrustworthy.

#related#But, hey, maybe I’m wrong. After all, Chelsea said toward the end of the interview that her mom does cute stuff with her daughter, Charlotte:

“It’s been such a joy to see her as a grandmother,” Chelsea said, adding that Hillary even sings “Wheels on the Bus” with Charlotte all the time!

Oh. She sings “Wheels on the Bus” — well, then, never mind. Geez, why didn’t Chelsea say that sooner? After all, everyone knows that it’s impossible to be both someone who lies and someone who sings “Wheels on the Bus” with a kid. They’re mutually exclusive!

Well, now I’m embarrassed. I apologize for everything I’ve said; I was clearly mistaken. Hillary 2016!

— Katherine Timpf is a reporter for National Review.