The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated she “would support Donald Trump above anybody else on that stage, except maybe for [Republican presidential candidate Ohio Governor John] Kasich” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, “I would support Donald Trump above anybody
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump “has tapped into a vein of misogyny, and hate, and white supremacy” and Republicans have “been flirting with racial divisions way back to the days of the Southern Strategy”
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that Euopre is facing a problem with “the flood of immigrants” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, “I think a unified Europe is in the US[‘] interest, especially with all of the problems that
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that Beyonce’s halftime show at the Super Bowl was “terrific” and did a “beautiful” and “brilliant” job of “basically tracing black history” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift stated, “I watched it, thought it was
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift said that the tax on oil in President Obama’s budget would get passed on to consumers, “which would add up to something like 18 cents more a gallon” and wondered “If you can’t raise money
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that Republicans not inviting the budget director to testify about President Obama’s budget and “just dismissing” the budget “doesn’t serve democracy well” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, “I think it’s incredibly disrespectful to
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued President Obama should keep doing “not very much” about Russia’s involvement in Syria on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, in response to a question on who’s calling the shots in Syria, “Well, they’ve been
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that young people should sign up for insurance under Obamacare in part because, “People need to carry their load in a shared pool of coverage” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said of the people
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift said that while she admires GOP presidential candidate Texas Senator Ted Cruz for refusing to “bow” to “the ethanol gods,” he did so “because he’s in the pocket of big oil” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.”
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that former GOP vice presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin “helped destroy” any chance Senator John McCain (R-AZ) had of winning the 2008 election and is “basically regarded as a joke by much
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that President Obama’s deportation crackdowns look “heartless” and don’t seem consistent “with this president’s values” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, “Well, these latest rounds of crackdowns have to do with people coming from
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued the Republican “war on science” was 2015’s most under-reported story on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, “I guess I would give it [the award for Most Under-Reported Story] to the Republican ongoing war against
On Friday, “McLaughlin Group” host John McLaughlin told the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift “You hate guns” and pushed back against her assertion that her criticisms of the NRA are due to her hatred of guns that are misused. After Clift
On this weekend’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” during the first episode of the show’s annual year-end awards, the panelist voiced their opinion on who should receive the “Enough Already” award for 2015. Among those named included Black Lives Matter,
On this weekend’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” the show’s panelist gave offered who they thought were the “Most Boring” and “Most Charismatic” of 2015 in the first installment of the program’s annual year-end awards. Among the recipients for “Most
On this weekend’s broadcast of the syndicated “McLaughlin Group,” the panelists rolled out their winners and losers of year in the first part of the annual installment of the show’s year-end awards. Winners: Pat Buchanan: Donald Trump, American Pharoah Eleanor
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s actions and words are “like pouring gasoline on the fire for what ISIS is trying to do” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, “Well, in the world of
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
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated, “the existential threat we face is not from terrorism. It’s from climate change” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift maintained that in the last Democratic presidential debate, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was saying, “that the
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued, “I thought Rand Paul definitely is the most sane voice on that stage, when it comes avoiding getting into the traps we’ve fallen into in recent years” and the Florida Senator and GOP presidential
“McLaughlin Group” host John McLaughlin criticized the opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline as “not merited” and motivated by “radical environmentalism” on Friday. McLaughlin said to panelist Eleanor Clift, “the opposition to Keystone XL merited — is not merited. It’s
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” Eleanor Clift argued that Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was being “lighthearted” when she called Republicans enemies that she’s made. Clift stated, “I just want to say one thing about the comment
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s position changes “are all pretty justifiable, even if you say politics is the only justification” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift, in response to a
Daily Beast writer Eleanor Clift argued that the increase in political correctness on college campuses hasn’t been a “positive” “change of attitude” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift stated, during a discussion of political correctness on college campuses, “I don’t think
Daily Beast correspondent Eleanor Clift stated “it’s a tragedy” that Planned Parenthood will “be the center of attempts, mostly by the right, to try to defund them entirely” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift maintained that the money Planned Parenthood receives
“McLaughlin Group” host John McLaughlin argued Hillary Clinton “did the right thing” by using a private email system on Friday. McLaughlin asked, “Given that the Chinese were able to steal millions of sensitive SF86 files from the US government with
During this week’s version of the syndicated public affairs show “The McLaughlin Group,” The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift debated that Hillary Clinton’s wealth could actually be beneficial for her. Clift then brought up former President Franklin D. Roosevelt, arguing that he was
Columnist Pat Buchanan predicted that “there will be no end to the folks coming in” if Hillary Clinton gets her way on illegal immigration on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Buchanan said, “[Hillary’s] One hundred percent pro-amnesty and she’s going to put
The Daily Beast‘s Eleanor Clift argued that the US bears “some responsibility” for Libya’s “collapse” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” In a discussion on the EU’s refugee crisis, she stated “because the center of the chaos now is Libya…where we bear
Daily Beast Washington Correspondent Eleanor Clift said that prospective presidential candidate Carly Fiorina doesn’t have “much of a record to run on” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” “When she [Fiorina] assails Hillary Clinton for not having any accomplishments, I would turn
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that while there isn’t anything to the Hillary Clinton e-mail story, “she should turn over the server” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group” “If it were up to me, I think she should turn over the
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift expressed a desire to “get to Cuba before it turns into Miami Beach” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” “the rest of us are all going to be rushing to get to Cuba before it turns into
