While speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) criticized the briefing on the justification for the Soleimani strike as “sophomoric and utterly unconvincing.” Connolly said, “My reaction to this briefing was it was sophomoric and utterly unconvincing.” He
On Wednesday on CSPAN, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) reacted to the Trump administration’s briefing to lawmakers today on the airstrike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani with very disparaging remarks.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Live,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) said President Donald Trump’s order of an airstrike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani would create more terrorism.
Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Wednesday accused the Democrats of using scare tactics over the rising tensions between Iran.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of ABC’s “The View,” 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang called President Donald Trump’s order of an airstrike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani a “mistake.”
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” former Obama administration National Security Advisor Susan Rice said President Donald Trump’s call for allies to work with the United States would fail because his administration treats them “like trash.”
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” former Obama administration National Security Advisor Susan Rice commented on President Donald Trump’s speech to the nation on Iran.
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour,” network host and foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell reacted to President Donald Trump and his administration’s handling of rising tensions with Iran following Iran’s airstrikes on an Iraqi base which housed U.S. troops. Mitchell
On Wednesday’s broadcast of ABC’s “The View,” co-host and network legal analyst Sunny Hostin said the escalating tensions with Iran were a result of President Donald Trump “being the provocative person.”
Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) weighed in on the U.S. airstrikes which killed Iran Gen. Qasem Soleimani and Iran’s retaliation late Tuesday by attacking Iraqi bases which housed Americans. Manchin called for “diplomacy” between
President Donald Trump has long hit at the “fake news” media, once calling dishonest outlets the “enemy of the people.” During Tuesday’s “Ingraham Angle” on Fox News Channel, host Laura Ingraham called the American media “propagandists” for Iran amid the
Tuesday during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) argued the flare-up of hostilities between the United States and Iran could be traced to Barack Obama’s presidency and the failed Iran nuclear deal.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated that Iran’s missile strike in Iraq was “an act of war,” and President Trump “has all the authority he needs under Article II to respond.” Graham
Tuesday during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-AZ) discussed the surface-to-surface missile attack by Iran on a U.S. military base in Iraq.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Mike Rogers (R-AL) stated that he believes President Trump plans on de-escalating the situation with Iran and that Iran intentionally carried out its missile strikes in a
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY) reacted to the Iranian missile strikes in Iraq by stating that the situation “could very well be” war. Host Erin Burnett asked, “Is this now a
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” during a preview clip of an exclusive interview with Lester Holt, 2020 presidential hopeful former Vice President Joe Biden said he would not give President Donald Trump “the benefit of the doubt” on the
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) stated that the Iranian missile launch against Americans in Iraq was “predictable” and is “the opening salvo,” in an extended conflict with Iran. He also denounced the “maximum pressure campaign”
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) did not rule out subpoenaing former National Security Adviser John Bolton after Bolton announced he was willing to testify in the Senate impeachment trial.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” network national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s claim Iran is funding the Taliban’s Haqqani network was “baffling.”
During an appearance Huntsville, AL radio’s WVNN on Monday, Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL) discussed the possibility of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) adding a third article of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
On Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) warned that President Donald Trump’s decision to kill Iran’s Qasem Soleimani would take “diplomacy off the table” for likely a “lifetime.”
On Tuesday at a press conference, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo objected to MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell’s question about President Donald Trump’s threat to attack Iranian cultural sites.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” network senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano sparred with host Pete Hegseth over former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s potential testimony at the Senate impeachment trial.
In a sit-down interview with CNN which aired Tuesday on “New Day,” Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif reacted to President Donald Trump’s decision to order airstrikes to kill Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) weighed in on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) delay in sending over the articles of impeachment to the Senate.
Monday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, likened the Trump administration’s strike against Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, to actions taken by Russia and China against dissidents.
Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) on Tuesday commented on the airstrikes which killed Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani.
Monday during his opening monologue, Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson questioned why those who appear to be proponents of an armed conflict with Iran were taking the so-called deep state at its word on the Iranian threat.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated that the evidence he has seen “makes it crystal clear” to him that President Trump engaged in “a vast conspiracy” to convince another country to interfere in the
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” 2020 presidential candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) stated that she hopes President Trump isn’t trying to use Iran to distract from impeachment, but President Trump does have a pattern of doing things to distract
On Monday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Guy Benson Show,” Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) said that former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s testimony in the Senate’s impeachment trial could be beneficial to President Trump. Cornyn said, “I think it’s entirely
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) stated that it is “a certainty that there will be attacks” in retaliation for the killing of Qasem Soleimani. Paul said, “I think if you ask the question, now,
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stated that the killing of Qasem Soleimani violated international law, and that doing so will lead to “international anarchy” and “unleash some very, very terrible forces.”
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said President Donald Trump ordered the airstrike that killed Iranian General Soleimani to cause “chaos in the Middle East” to distract from impeachment.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Deadline,” Steve Schmidt, John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign manager, accused President Donald Trump of ordering the airstrike that killed Iranian General Soleimani to distract from impeachment.
On Monday’s broadcast of Rush Limbaugh’s nationally syndicated, President Donald Trump said Democrats like Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) were antisemitic.
On Monday’s broadcast of the nationally syndicated Rush Limbaugh Radio show, President Donald Trump said he had dinner with the founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg. Trump said, “Without Twitter, I think it would be lost. We wouldn’t be
In a Monday appearance on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) voiced his support behind President Donald Trump’s decision to execute airstrikes in Baghdad to kill Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Live,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) claimed ISIS was benefitting from President Donald Trump’s foreign policy “chaos.” When asked about Iraq’s parliamentary vote to expel American troops from the country as a response to the U.S. airstrike
