On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News @ Night,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) predicted that the 2020 presidential election will be a debate between freedom and Socialism. McCarthy said, “[I]t’s not the same Democratic Party…it
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) reacted to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) statement that the U.S. is running “concentration camps” on the border by stating that while he “didn’t use” such wording,
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) said that National Security Adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “are itching for a war with Iran, pure and simple.” Durbin stated, “John Bolton
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” House Democratic Chief Deputy Whip Dan Kildee (D-MI) discussed his support for impeachment proceedings against President Trump and stated that “the long view of history is not going to be so complicated.” Kildee
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) stated that removing corruption and “those who are supporting the enemies of liberty” is at stake in 2020. Kaptur said, “Well, first of all, you need very thorough investigation before
On Monday’s “CNN Newsroom,” 2020 presidential candidate and House Intelligence Committee member Eric Swalwell (D-CA) stated that he considers President Trump a national security risk. Host Ana Cabrera asked, “I’m just going to ask you straight up, do you consider
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus member Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) stated that the policies of the Trump administration have made the challenges faced by the LGBTQ community in health care worse. Schakowsky said, “Pride Month is an
During a portion of an interview set to air on Sunday’s edition of CNN’s “State of the Union,” 2020 presidential candidate South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) reacted to fellow 2020 candidate Senator Kamala Harris’ (D-CA) statement that if she
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” 2020 presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) expressed support for beginning an impeachment inquiry against President Trump and stated that he can’t “stand idly by as the president trashes that Constitution and wants
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) “is never able to define the left where he won’t go, whether it’s Venezuela, or whether it’s the Nicaraguan regime, the Sandinistas.” Brooks
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” House Judiciary Committee member David Cicilline (D-RI) stated that if former Special Counsel Robert Mueller doesn’t agree to appear before the committee voluntarily, then he has “every confidence” that House Judiciary Committee Jerry
During a press conference on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated that there “is not much support” in the Republican conference for tariffs and that he hopes that the tariffs President Trump has threatened to impose on Mexico
On Tuesday’s “CNN Right Now,” Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) stated that there might be enough people to override a veto on a vote against President Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexico and that “I can’t be for letting the president have
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” National Democratic Redistricting Committee Chairman and former Attorney General Eric Holder stated that the abortion bills that were recently passed in Ohio, Missouri, and Georgia are “a very tangible result of gerrymandering.” Holder
During a town hall on MSNBC on Monday, 2020 presidential candidate South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) stated that while he thinks President Trump should be impeached and would vote for impeachment if he was in Congress, he “would think
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Weekends with Alex Witt,” Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) discussed President Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on Mexico over illegal immigration and argued that Trump “inherited” an economy that was trending in the right direction from
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” host Joy Reid declared that Special Counsel Robert Mueller “is not going to save you from Donald Trump.” Reid stated, “Robert Mueller, as respected a figure as he is, and will go down
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that former President Richard Nixon “did things on the same order that Trump is doing.” Clyburn said, “When it came to Richard Nixon several years ago,
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) stated that Republicans blocking the disaster relief bill have “chosen this moment to try to score putrid political points” when Americans are begging for help. Transcript as Follows: “Hello, I’m Emanuel Cleaver,
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while impeachment hearings might be a wise idea “just for rule of law,” “it’s not going to go anywhere.” Brooks said, “Republican support for Donald Trump is now
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” Representative David Schweikert (R-AZ) discussed President Trump’s tariff threat against Mexico and criticized the logic of “taxing” Americans to punish Mexico. Schweikert said the tariff threat “doesn’t help”
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher argued that the impeachment debate has changed and supporting impeachment is “becoming the politically smart thing.” Maher said, “I think the debate on impeachment is finally different. I feel different
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) stated that “the continued, easy access to guns is a problem in this country.” He also stated that the gun control legislation already passed by
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Co-Chair Debbie Dingell (D-MI) stated that she doesn’t “want to play into Russia’s hands and divide this country more with a partisan impeachment.” Dingell said, “I don’t
On Thursday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Brian Kilmeade Show,” Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani dared Special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify before Congress. Giuliani said, “I dare him to testify. I’d love to see Meadows and Jordan cross-examine him on
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz argued that Special Counsel Robert Mueller should have reached a conclusion on obstruction of justice, and argued that “if he had come to a conclusion,
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” Trump 2020 campaign Senior Adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle discussed President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. will impose tariffs on goods from Mexico until illegal immigration is halted by stating that “There may be some growing
During a portion of an interview set to air on Friday’s “CBS This Morning,” Attorney General William Barr said that he has concerns over the handling of the Russia investigation, but he doesn’t think the officials who oversaw the investigation
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) said he doesn’t think anything Special Counsel Robert Mueller said earlier in the day “really moves the needle” on impeaching President Trump. Host Lawrence O’Donnell
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” 2020 presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) stated that impeaching President Trump is what’s best for the country, even though the politics of impeachment are “problematic.” Booker said, “I’ve had these moments a
