CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer pressed White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes on President Obama wanting to train people in Syria and Iraq to fight ISIS even though “that’s been a total failure” on Monday’s “Situation Room.” Blitzer said,
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) argued, “oo many members of this administration, probably the president himself” believe” we have brought Islamic terror attacks on ourselves” in an interview with Milwaukee’s WTMJ’s Charlie Sykes on Monday. Johnson pointed to Secretary of State John Kerry’s
Kentucky Senator and GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul criticized “Bush, Rubio, Christie, all these big government Republicans” who “ought to think a little bit more about how we actually defend our borders” on Monday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.” Rand said, “Well,
Bloomberg Politics Managing Editor Mark Halperin stated President Obama’s Sunday speech was “not good for the country” and “nothing new, and no sense of bipartisanship” on Monday’s broadcast of NBC’s “Today.” Halperin said he was “surprised” that the president didn’t
James Craig, Chief of the Detroit Police Department stated that “American citizens, law-abiding citizens who have been vetted, who have been trained, who are responsible, that does make a difference, and it can be a deterrent” on Saturday’s “Fox & Friends”
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated that the mother and sister of San Bernardino attacker Syed Farook “knew what was going on” while speaking to reporters in Iowa on Saturday.
Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee argued gun control advocates wouldn’t accept restrictions on the First Amendment “imposed on them by people like me” and that people are afraid if they report suspicious activity “they’re going to
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said that the vetting for San Bernardino attacker Tashfeen Malik “is the exact same vetting they are proposing to do for these Syrian Muslim refugees” and President Obama “acts as an apologist
Columnist Pat Buchanan argued President Obama “has been dead wrong” on ISIS and that he’s “almost in denial” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Buchanan said, “There’s no doubt about it. The president has been dead wrong. He said ISIS has been
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued the GOP will “going to exploit the hell out of” the San Bernardino attack on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” When asked to give a letter grade to how much the San Bernardino attack will hurt
Representative Candice Miller (R-MI) argued the US has to strengthen the visa-waiver program since “The next terrorist to attack our country could be only one flight away” during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript as Follows: “The next terrorist to attack
President Obama said that it’s “entirely possible that these two attackers were radicalized to commit this act of terror” and the attack in San Bernardino shows that” in America it’s way too easy for dangerous people to get their hands
Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee argued that gun control is “the false argument that this White House has made in an attempt to dodge the real issue” and expressed opposition to keeping people on the No-Fly
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson argued that if one of the perpetrators of the San Bernardino attack passed background checks, that should end the conversation” about Syrian refugees and President Obama’s agenda “is not to protect the American people”
Hussam Ayloush, the Executive Director of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) argued that “some of our own foreign policy, as Americans, as the West have fueled that extremism. … We are partly responsible” in Los Angeles on Friday’s broadcast of
Florida Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio criticized the response to the San Bernardino attack by saying President Obama has “an almost hope that none of this is terror-related, because he wants this argument to be we’ve got this
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke (D) stated the San Bernardino attack is not a gun control issue and anyone who thinks it is “is disconnected” from reality on Friday’s “Varney & Co.” on the Fox Business Network. Clarke said that anyone
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized President Obama for being “worried about global warming” while terrorists “want to blow up our country” on Thursday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Trump said, [relevant remarks begin around 2:50] “Well, perhaps he’s
Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush stated that while there isn’t a “national federal government solution” on guns, it would be “appropriate” to keep people on the No-Fly List from buying guns, but “you would have to
Florida Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio declared, “it’s never been shown that these gun laws are effective, other than in keeping guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens” in an interview taped on Wednesday that was broadcast
CNN’s “New Day” co-host Chris Cuomo stated, “you don’t see Christians killing in the name of Christianity the way you do with Muslims right now, and it feeds a lot of the phobia” on Thursday. Cuomo said, “the Muslim thing
NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd said that “the consequences on our politics could be very ugly and very negative” the shooting in San Bernardino turns out to be a radicalized US citizen on Thursday’s “MSNBC Live.” Todd stated,
Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) wondered, “are we mature enough as a country to look in the mirror and say we have a gun problem?” And said, “Shooters are evil, but people who stand by and do nothing, and say nothing
Representative Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) declared, “multi-automatic round weapons are easily available, even though not in California, but they can cross the state line” on Thursday’s broadcast of “MSNBC Live.” Sanchez said, “the reality is that Congress has been trying to get
Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul criticized some in the media for skipping “important facts” like the fact that “California has some of the strictest gun control laws in the whole country” and accused the president of wanting
