
Friday on PBS’s “NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to President Barack Obama’s end-of-the-year press conference in which the president continued to say progress was being made in the fight against ISIS. Brooks said that claim was in
by Jeff Poor19 Dec 2015, 6:38 AM PST0

New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Muslim travel proposal has “done enormous damage to America’s reputation abroad” and is “bigotry of a naked sort” and “an offense against religious liberty” on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.”
by Ian Hanchett12 Dec 2015, 7:48 AM PST0

Friday on PBS’s “NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to last week’s San Bernardino, CA mass shooting in his regular segment with syndicated columnist Mark Shields. Brooks first took on the idea of gun control as a measure
by Jeff Poor5 Dec 2015, 8:15 AM PST0

New York Times columnist David Brooks described the competition between GOP presidential candidates Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Florida Senator Marco Rubio as “resentment vs. hope” on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks stated of a potential Cruz-Rubio match-up, “it’s resentment vs. hope. Cruz
by Ian Hanchett28 Nov 2015, 7:08 AM PST0

New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that while it’s “appalling” to pause admitting more Syrian and Iraqi refugees, “for him [President Obama] to wax self-righteously about other people, and their response to the Syrian refugee — he bears some responsibility
by Ian Hanchett20 Nov 2015, 10:02 PM PST0

Friday on PBS’s “NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to President Barack Obama’s decision announced earlier in the day that he does not support the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, a pipeline that would link Canadian oil
by Jeff Poor7 Nov 2015, 6:26 AM PST0

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” New York Times columnist David Brooks offered his suggestion for the ailing Jeb Bush presidential campaign, which finds itself far behind in some of the early primary states. Brooks proposed Bush runs as a
by Jeff Poor1 Nov 2015, 10:20 AM PST0

Friday on PBS’s “NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks discussed the rise newly elected Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who is emerging as one of the front-runners for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination.
by Jeff Poor31 Oct 2015, 7:10 AM PST0

New York Times columnist David Brooks argued, “Republicans remain obsessed with” and “there’s a certain psychosis that goes through people’s minds” on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks said that in the Benghazi hearing, “Nothing was learned. We learned that the Republicans can’t stump
by Ian Hanchett24 Oct 2015, 7:53 AM PST0

New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that “Republicans are talking about weird stuff” in their debates while Democrats “actually did talk about middle class concern” on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks stated, while discussing the Democratic presidential debate, “There was a difference
by Ian Hanchett17 Oct 2015, 7:33 AM PST0

New York Times “conservative” columnist David Brooks released Tuesday an all-out assault on grassroots conservatives, name-checking Ted Cruz, Newt Gingrich, Ben Carson, and Rush Limbaugh in the process. “Basically,” writes Brooks, “the party abandoned traditional conservatism for right-wing radicalism. Republicans came to see themselves as insurgents and revolutionaries, and every revolution tends toward anarchy and ends up devouring its own.”
by Ben Shapiro13 Oct 2015, 11:47 AM PST0

New York Times columnist David Brooks blasted the Tea Party and the House Freedom Caucus for a lack of belief in democracy, making people be “anti-conservative” to get elected, and having a “mental problem” on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks said of
by Ian Hanchett10 Oct 2015, 7:23 AM PST0

On Friday’s “NewsHour” on PBS, New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne reacted to this week’s mass shooting in Oregon and discussed any potential government policy that could prevent these types of incidents. While Dionne
by Jeff Poor3 Oct 2015, 6:38 AM PST0

New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while House Speaker Representative John Boehner (R-OH) “wasn’t that imaginative, and the Republicans weren’t that aggressive in putting together a lot of policies,” “he did know reality,” which “Some of his critics don’t
by Ian Hanchett26 Sep 2015, 6:10 AM PST0

New York Times columnist David Brooks argued Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has “moral obtuseness” and “no moral calculus” while discussing Trump’s handling of a questioner at a town hall meeting on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks said, “You would hope that
by Ian Hanchett19 Sep 2015, 9:09 AM PST0

New York Times columnist David Brooks argued the US has “a responsibility to take in more refugees” from Syria on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks was asked, “We just had a segment where we laid out, in painful detail, how difficult it is
by Ian Hanchett12 Sep 2015, 5:23 AM PST0

New York Times columnist David Brooks argued Democratic presidential candidate and Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is where “the economic heart and soul of the party” is for Democrats on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks said of Sanders, “I thought he was
by Ian Hanchett29 Aug 2015, 5:25 AM PST0

New York Times columnist David Brooks said that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is “not a conservative” and that his “low-information voters” aren’t “going to show up” on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks argued, “I agree Trump isn’t going away, but he’s
by Ian Hanchett15 Aug 2015, 8:14 AM PST0

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” while discussing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments about Megyn Kelly bleeding, New York Times columnist David Brooks said Trump is “a religious zealot and the guy he worships is Donald Trump.” Brooks said, “Just
by Pam Key9 Aug 2015, 9:15 AM PST0

New York Times columnist David Brooks argued “Donald Trump’s voters are what they call low-information voters” and that Trump’s ideology “is a narcissistic ideology” on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks stated that while Trump “livens the atmosphere,” “He doesn’t have an ideology.
by Ian Hanchett8 Aug 2015, 11:12 AM PST0

New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that he hopes other Republican candidates “try to ignore” Donald Trump because “attacking him is going to make him look even more exceptional and probably help him, at least in the short-term” on Friday’s
by Ian Hanchett1 Aug 2015, 8:28 AM PST0

New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that he is for “all the gun control stuff you can think of” on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks said, “I’m for doing all the gun control stuff you can think of, the gun show
by Ian Hanchett25 Jul 2015, 4:30 AM PST0

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].
by Ian Hanchett18 Jul 2015, 8:10 AM PST0

New York Times columnist David Brooks argued Donald Trump’s remarks were “the dictionary definition of xenophobia, nativism” and made “in a slurring manner” on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks said, “Well, it might be — what Trump said is the dictionary definition
by Ian Hanchett11 Jul 2015, 9:14 AM PST0

New York Times columnist David Brooks argued Donald Trump’s immigration comments were “culture war politics of the worst sort” on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks said of Trump’s comments, “It’s an actual, crucial moment for the Republican Party. This was a slur,
by Ian Hanchett3 Jul 2015, 7:29 PM PST0