On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” 2020 presidential candidate Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) stated that the president is “creating so much disruption in foreign policy that he is making this country less safe.” Host Rachel Maddow asked, “Do
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani stated, “I never said there was no collusion between the campaign, or between people in the campaign.” Giuliani said that he and the president have denied that the president
During an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) stated that the Intelligence Committee could subpoena the interpreter from President Trump’s Helsinki meeting with Vladimir Putin or the interpreter’s notes. Schiff said,
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) stated that while he doesn’t think a border wall is the best way to spend money, building one isn’t an issue of morality and
During Attorney General nominee William Barr’s hearing on Wednesday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) addressed the deadly attack in Syria that occurred earlier in the day and expressed concern that Syria is turning out the way Iraq did.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that Democrats believe they should hold firm on the government shutdown and Republicans will start pressuring President Trump to either change his mind or go
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Senate Judiciary Committee member Thom Tillis (R-NC) stated that he hates the idea of President Trump declaring a national emergency on the border. Tillis said, “I hate the idea of
During a portion of an interview set to air on Tuesday’s broadcast of CBS’ “Late Show,” Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced she is forming an exploratory committee to run for president in 2020 and that she is going to run.
During his hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Attorney General nominee William Barr stated that he would not follow an order from the president to change the current special counsel regulations and then fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller or follow
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Intelligence Committee member Mike Quigley (D-IL) declared that he believes President Trump “has been compromised.” Quigley said, “The fact that Deutsche Bank was the only bank that would do business with the
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews stated that he sometimes thinks we’re near a point where President Trump is “going to just start talking to us in Russian,” like the Russian agent in the film “No Way Out.”
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ) predicted that President Trump will “probably” end up declaring a national emergency to build the border wall. Biggs began by saying that the Democrats are the
On Monday’s “CNN Newsroom,” House Foreign Affairs Committee member Gerry Connolly (D-VA) said that he hopes the interpreter from President Trump’s Helsinki meeting with Vladimir Putin is subpoenaed. Anchor Brooke Baldwin asked, “[W]ill your committee subpoena the interpreter?” Connolly answered,
On Friday’s “CNN Tonight,” Washington Governor Jay Inslee (D) stated that President Trump has created “an emergency involving national security” with the government shutdown. Inslee said, “[I]t’s sad that we now have an emergency involving national security. Because our border
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s News HQ,” Representative Katie Hill (D-CA) stated that Democrats are “all consistent” on a position that they will only discuss border security after the government shutdown ends. Hill began by saying
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Representative Scott Peters (D-CA) stated that President Trump has created a “humanitarian crisis” at the border and that the wall “is never going to get built.” Transcript as Follows: “Hi, I’m Scott Peters and I
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued President Trump should have had the fight over funding the border wall when he had a Republican majority in the House. Brooks said Trump “should have fought this fight, obviously, when
During a speech on Saturday, former San Antonio Mayor and former HUD Secretary Julian Castro (D) announced he’s running for president in 2020. Castro said, “I learned from my mother so many years ago in this community, that when we
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said he doesn’t trust President Trump with America’s national security. Guest host Joy Reid asked, “[D]o you trust Donald Trump with the national security of the United States?” Himes
On Friday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Senate Finance Committee Chairman and Senate Judiciary Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) stated that President Trump declaring a national emergency is “a bad precedent,” and he should not do so. Grassley said, “The president
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said Republicans have used government shutdowns to get their way and “That’s not democracy. That’s dictatorship.” Hoyer said, “[T]he real problem here is, the president is using
During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” President Trump stated that he will “most likely” declare a national emergency if a deal isn’t reached with Congress and that he’ll “see what happens over the
While speaking to reporters on Thursday, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated that he doesn’t see a way forward to end the shutdown and has “never been more depressed about moving forward than I am right now.” Graham said, “I have never
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Deputy White House Press Secretary Hogan Gidley stated that immigration “has to be fixed via Congress,” and the White House doesn’t want to “let them off the hook here.” Gidley
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) stated that “people can have different opinions on impeachment at the moment.” He also stated that “the walls are closing in and the noose is drawing tighter.”
On Wednesday’s “CNN Newsroom,” White House Director of Strategic Communications Mercedes Schlapp responded to a question on whether the White House would be willing to exchange protection for DREAMers for increased wall funding by stating, “We have been open for
While speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence said that President Trump “believes that he has the authority” to declare a national emergency on the border, but that he also believes “Congress should just do their job.” Pence
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “11th Hour,” Democratic strategist James Carville criticized President Trump’s speech from the Oval Office, saying that he’s been more excited for colonoscopies than the president was for his speech. He also stated that the Democrats didn’t
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) predicted that more Senate Republicans will cross over and join Democrats in supporting reopening the government without border wall funding. Host Lawrence O’Donnell asked, “Senator, what’s happening
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated that now is the best chance for Republicans to get border wall funding for President Trump now, and if they don’t do it “that’s the end
