On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” former HHS Assistant Secretary Adm. Brett Giroir stated that the measles outbreak and deaths this year “are a result of a lack of vaccination.” And “the Trump administration and, specifically, Secretary Kennedy, needs
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) acknowledged that we don’t really know anything about the Brown University shooter, including the kind of weapons he used or how those weapons were obtained, and “those details do matter,
On Friday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) stated that the Affordable Care Act subsidies were made temporary “not because they were intended to be temporary.” It was just because that was what they had to do
On Saturday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Velshi,” host Ali Velshi and Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) stated that the issue of Obamacare subsidies expiring wouldn’t be a problem if there was universal healthcare. Lee said, “[W]e have people who will not
On Friday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) stated that fraud protections for the Affordable Care Act might be like ones Republicans put on Medicaid earlier this year that really just “made it really hard for people
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) responded to a question on Republican criticisms of the Affordable Care Act by stating that “If we extended the tax credits, it’s affordable.” Co-host Joe Mathieu asked, “We’ve
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) said that the tax credits are needed to keep the Affordable Care Act affordable, the healthcare system as a whole is “a mess.” And “if it was up
On Friday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) stated that due to cuts to CISA and a lack of permanent leadership at the agency at Cyber Command, “our abilities have been diminished over the last year. That’s
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said that he thinks Republicans can get enough appropriations bills done to fund approximately 87% of the government, and if there was a shutdown on
During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of “Power to the People with Darius Pridgen,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) argued that President Donald Trump is “crippling the healthcare industry” by not extending tax subsidies for Obamacare. Hochul said,
On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) stated that if legislation he has proposed to extend ACA subsidies doesn’t pass, it’s not the beginning of the end for the Affordable Care Act, it’s “the beginning of
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-CA) said that there are “interest groups that make a lot of money off the complexity and the disaster that is our healthcare system. There’s no question about that. But to
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) responded to arguments from Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) that Democrats are the ones who passed Obamacare, and they should fix it by saying that Republicans cut Obamacare.
On Thursday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) responded to a question on why the Affordable Care Act needs taxpayer subsidies by saying that “Obamacare has been working.” And “The affordability crisis is a reality. You can’t afford
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that a government shutdown “hurts people so much.” But “people now see who’s on their side.” Co-host Joe Scarborough asked, “Let’s circle back here,
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Last Word,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) talked about National Guard deployments and said that “it’s Donald Trump’s M.O. to try to fan the flames, try to escalate tensions, and justify further escalation on
On Thursday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) responded to a question on whether subsidies have to keep being increased for the Affordable Care Act because it didn’t lower costs by saying that costs have gone up
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) argued that some health organizations should be broken up by the government just as AT&T was. After Johnson said that there has been massive consolidation under Obamacare, host Jake
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) responded to the seizure of an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast by saying that even if the administration got a warrant to take the ship into custody,
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) blamed Republicans for not extending Obamacare subsidies and defended the sunset clause for them by saying that “Sunset clauses are pretty normal in legislation so you can
During an interview with MS NOW Senior Political and National Reporter Jacob Soboroff on Wednesday, New York City Mayor-Elect Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) responded to a question on the NYPD possibly arresting ICE agents by stating that “My focus is for the
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) said the healthcare system “is broken and needs a lot of work,” and complained that “The only plan I’ve ever seen from Republicans is repeal the Affordable Care
On Wednesday’s CNN’s “The Lead,” Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) responded to a question on a possible compromise legislation on extending Obamacare subsidies by saying that Republicans will attach “anti-abortion riders, which would even go further to take
On Wednesday’s CNN’s “The Lead,” Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) responded to Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) talking about compromises on Obamacare subsidies that Democrats can support by saying that “the only real way for the Republicans to avoid the
NPR Domestic Extremism Correspondent Odette Yousef says “talking about Western values, Western Civilization… is language that sits firmly within the rhetoric of the identitarian and broader white nationalist movement.”
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) said that President Donald Trump should “spend his time either focusing on the economy or helping Ukraine, a democratic ally, facing off against a dictatorship that has invaded
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) stated that he’s focused on issues like how many of his constituents are “suffering” “from the terror that the ICE and immigration enforcement officers are wreaking on, not
On Tuesday’s edition of CBS’s “The Takeout,” Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said that when the liberation day tariffs were announced, there were plans to have a bailout for farmers like there was due to the fallout from China phase 1
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Laura Coates Live,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) responded to criticism of the Biden administration on the economy by saying that the Biden administration “was attempting to build the economy of tomorrow, investing in really
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Laura Coates Live,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) said that “we used to say that a president can’t impact the economy that much” but now we know that isn’t true because of the state of
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Senate Minority Whip Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) responded to a question on how Democrats can prove they can actually deliver on affordability by saying that Democrats learned their lesson from the 2024 election
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Senate Minority Whip Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) responded to criticism from Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) that the Democrats’ policy on health care just enriches insurance companies by saying, “You cannot get to where
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Fox News Chief Political Analyst Brit Hume stated that President Donald Trump’s farm payments are “a government program to try to bail out farmers who are hurt by his other
On Monday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” NPR International Correspondent Aya Batrawy discussed her interview with Hamas leadership member Bassem Naim and stated that, in Hamas’ view, “the world witnessed these Israeli attacks in Gaza and that it turned
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) said China has exceeded the capabilities of America’s military, the U.S. doesn’t have enough defense platforms, America’s defense programs need to become more efficient, and “It’s
On Monday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” NPR International Correspondent Aya Batrawy discussed her interview with Hamas leadership member Bassem Naim and stated that the group is shifting its position on being armed “due to pressure from Israel’s continued
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) stated that, for farmers, “These tariffs have created some short-term pain, but we also think they’re creating long-term gain” through trade agreements and “there is still supply chain disruption,
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) responded to a GAO report on fraud within Obamacare by stating that “a permissive attitude from the Trump administration may be encouraging some fraud from insurance brokers, but it
On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) responded to arguments that the United States should just let the Coast Guard interdict drug boats like it has done by saying that “they don’t have the same capabilities
On Saturday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weekend,” Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) stated that she can’t specifically talk about the January 6 pipe bombing case, “it is heartbreaking and deeply disturbing” to see the DOJ today, and “It is a
