Senator John McCain (R-AZ) stated that GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump owes the families of veterans an apology, and that him referring to Trump’s supporters as “crazies” was meant as “a term of affection” on Monday’s “Morning Joe.” McCain was
NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd said “there is no evidence to back up Trump’s now famous claim that immigrants are rapists and bringing crime into the United States” and “we couldn’t find a single study that links violent
Democratic presidential candidate and former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley was booed for saying “all lives matter” at the Netroots Nation conference on Saturday and later apologized for those comments. During his town hall discussion, [relevant portion begins around 19:30] protesters stood
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum argued in favor of reducing legal immigration of unskilled workers by 25% at Saturday’s Family Leadership Summit in Iowa Santorum, while explaining his support for increasing the minimum wage by 50 cents
Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Governor Rick Perry strongly criticized fellow candidate Donald Trump for his remarks about Senator John McCain (R-AZ) at Saturday’s Family Leadership Summit in Iowa. Perry’s discussion began with Frank Luntz asking the audience who they
US News & World Report Chairman Mort Zuckerman denounced the Iran deal as “seriously flawed” and “a hugely dangerous thing from the point of view of Israel” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Zuckerman said, “there is a great deal of controversy
At Saturday’s Family Leadership Summit in Iowa, Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz defended his Obamacare filibuster and the government shutdown, while criticizing “about every graybeard in Washington” who critiqued him during the shutdown. Cruz said of the shutdown, “Just
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz declared that the shooting in Chattanooga wasn’t perpetrated by a “lone gunman” “anymore than Hasan and Fort Hood was workplace violence” at Saturday’s Family Leadership Summit in Iowa. Cruz said, “You cannot fight
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson went shooting and held a rally at the Chase the Adventure Hunt & Gun Club in Decorah, Iowa on Wednesday. In a video released by his campaign’s YouTube page Carson reports that the crowd was “very
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump denounced Common Core as a “disaster” and “a way of taking care of the people in Washington” who don’t “give a damn about education” at the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa on Saturday. Trump said, “Common
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump remarked that Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is “a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured” at the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa on Saturday.
New York Times columnist David Brooks said that while Republicans have been “de-emphasizing” abortion, the Planned Parenthood video “gives them a chance to talk about it” on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks argued, “Republicans have been sort of de-emphasizing this issue [abortion].
Representative Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) urged the repeal of the Dodd-Frank Act during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. “Hello, I’m Jeb Hensarling, Congressman for the Fifth District of Texas and Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. Five years ago this week
President Obama said “you’re going to hear a lot of overheated and often dishonest arguments” against the Iran deal during Saturday’s Weekly Address. Transcript as Follows: “This week, the United States and our international partners finally achieved something that decades
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton declared her desire to build an America “where a father can tell his daughter, ‘Yes, you can be anything you want to be, even president of the United States’” during a speech at the Iowa Democratic
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters he had not seen the Planned Parenthood video and didn’t have “intimate knowledge” of the organizations’ practices during Friday’s press briefing. Earnest, in response to a question about the Planned Parenthood video, said,
CNN Global Affairs Analyst Kimberly Dozier said that Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez “had issues with being singled out for being Muslim” on Friday’s “Wolf.” Dozier stated, “Well, US officials have been telling me, ‘Stop thinking about these people who follow ISIS,
USA Today columnist and Fox News Contributor Kirsten Powers argued that even if Planned Parenthood wasn’t selling fetal organs, the video of one of their doctors talking about late-term abortion “is particularly damning,” and makes even pro-choice people say, “Wait a
Columnist and author of “Adios, America,” Ann Coulter stated of Donald Trump’s candidacy, “I’ve never seen an issue that divides the elites from the people so much” on Friday’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” on the Fox Business Network. Coulter said, “Well, for
Congressman Scott Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) discussed a bill he put forward to allow members of the military to carry firearms on military property on Friday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel. DesJarlais said, “I don’t know
Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul said the rise of fellow Republican candidate Donald Trump is due in part to the “hunger” for people “who will tell it like it is” and aren’t career politicians on Friday’s “Sean
CNN Senior Investigative Correspondent Drew Griffin reported that a friend of Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, the perpetrator of Thursday’s shooting in Chattanooga, TN, “became a different type of person” after he returned to the US from overseas on Friday’s broadcast of
CNN Law Enforcement Analyst Tom Fuentes said “we don’t know” that Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, the name of the shooter in Tennessee, is “a Muslim name” on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Lead.” Fuentes stated, “Well, first of all, John, I know that
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump declared “we should boycott Mexico” in an interview set to air on Sunday’s broadcast of “The Rita Cosby Show” on 77 WABC in New York. Trump said of Mexico, “It’s a corrupt place. And the
CNN National Security Analyst Juliette Kayyem argued that “guns are not the solution” to attacks on soft targets and “arming everyone who might be in a soft target is absurd” on Friday’s “CNN Newsroom.” Kayyem said, “The majority of these
