On Friday’s “CNN NewsNight,” Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) blamed Republicans for the government shutdown and responded to a question on who is voting against a continuing resolution in the Senate to end the shutdown by saying that “there may be
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart stated that the Israel-Hamas deal was achieved due to President Donald Trump’s single-minded focus on “getting a deal done, getting the hostages out.” Capehart said, “Look, I’m going to say something that
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Donald Trump has dealt with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the right way, which is “you show total support for Israel at the same time you’re leaning
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) discussed the government shutdown and stated that he thinks that the U.S. Senate “Absolutely” should eliminate the filibuster and let Republicans pass a bill to re-open the government on a
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson discussed the government shutdown and said, “I’m going to break from the party line here on this. I’m a Democrat. I’m with Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Sen.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) stated that the GOP bill to fund the government isn’t clean and saying so ignores that “Donald Trump is politicizing and weaponizing the DOJ, that he’s indicting his political
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Ezra Levin, the Co-Executive Director of Invisible, one of the groups organizing the “No Kings” protests said that there might be a nugget of truth to arguments that Democrats are continuing the government
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded to arguments that he would be furious if Republicans used a government shutdown to try to make Democrats repeal legislation they just passed and doing
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) stated that we “need” healthcare “subsidies right now.” But extending them for a year as part of a deal to re-open the government is “not acceptable to us.” Co-host
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Laura Coates Live,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) stated that “I certainly hope that Donald Trump doesn’t successfully provoke the kind of lawlessness and unrest that would justify his sending the troops in. And that’s what
During an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday, House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) stated that he doesn’t regret Democrats putting an expiration date on the healthcare subsidies they passed because “We were able to extend it through the end of
On Thursday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Wake Up America Early,” Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez said that rhetoric from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) “is adding fuel to the fire for those individuals who think it’s their right to attack law
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” White House A.I. and Crypto Czar David Sacks discussed the Israel-Hamas peace deal and said that President Donald Trump “applied pressure on both sides” to get the deal and
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” CNN Senior Legal Analyst and former prosecutor Elie Honig stated that the case New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) “brought against Donald Trump, indisputably, was politically targeted.” And “the fact that Letitia
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz stated that the case against New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) appears to be a flimsy one and “there’s only one precedent to support what Trump has done
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) says “many” ICE agents are “violent” and people “keep talking about a 1000% upswing and all this stuff, I haven’t seen examples of that.”
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN NewsNight,” Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) stated that the agreement between Israel and Hamas is “a different opportunity than what has happened in the past” because other Arab nations are on board and that’s the only
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) said that if the government shutdown continues, “I would advocate to my colleagues, let’s make this a Republican-only vote, let’s re-open the government, let’s reform health
On Wednesday’s “Mark Levin Show,” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) stated that while Qatar has been helpful with getting the hostages in Gaza released, “Qatar is going to have to choose a side. You can’t play all sides, and you can’t
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez argued that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson would rather attack President Donald Trump and play politics on the issue than deal with
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) responded to arguments that Democrats are to blame for the government shutdown by saying that “We have been saying to them since March, work with us,
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” host Jake Tapper stated that “the way that we have always covered shutdowns is that the party that is not voting for the CR, the continuing resolution to fund the government, is the
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) stated that when Democrats voted for the increased healthcare tax credits, there was a sunset and they knew they would expire, but the reconciliation bill passed
During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Ronen Neutra, the father of deceased Hamas hostage Omer Neutra, stated that President Donald Trump pressured both Israel and Hamas to get a deal and also stated that “we’re in
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Rep. James Comer (R-KY) weighed in on the possibility of using tariff revenue to bailout farmers by saying that “we need to do something to help the soybean farmers” since they
During an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) stated that the number one issue he has heard from his constituents is the negative impact of tariffs. Co-host Joe Mathieu asked, “Are people at home talking to you
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) stated that there isn’t a national emergency in Illinois, the federal officials are “the ones that are creating mayhem on the ground, specifically because they want to
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) argued that President Donald Trump has protected people on the right who commit violence, but if you’re on the left and “if you even hint at violence, actually, frankly,
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) argued that “Democrats aren’t asking for any new policy” in the government shutdown. Co-host Kate Bolduan asked Swalwell about what he’d say to a government contractor who might not receive
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) stated that Republicans own the government shutdown because they could simply eliminate the filibuster to go around Democratic opposition and “They should break the filibuster. And they should own
During an interview with CBS News on Monday, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) stated that in Portland, “the criminal activity in the last couple of days has been counterprotesters having arguments and fights with protesters, and I think that what’s
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) stated that she opposes Trump administration policy that has decreased the number of people coming into Arizona illegally. Co-host Sara Sidner asked, “You talked about the three ports of
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) responded to a clip of Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) saying in 2019 that “Shutting down government over a policy difference is self-defeating. It accomplishes nothing but
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stated that Democrats shouldn’t eliminate all the demands they have besides the ACA subsidies and an end to rescissions and said that Democrats will lose their leverage if the
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul (D) stated that “The only acts that have been provocative acts have come by the hand of ICE and Border Patrol agents” while the protests have been peaceful. Host Erin
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) accused the federal government of “trying to cause an insurrection to allow the president to extend his dictatorial aspirations.” Host Jake Tapper asked, “So, here in D.C., where Trump
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said that things in Portland only become confrontational “when the federal agents are starting the confrontation.” And there are “occasional confrontations” the police “can handle like any other occasional
On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) said that if states choose to use state taxpayer money to provide health care for illegal immigrants, “I happen to think it’s smart,” but it’s a “stretch” to say
On Friday’s broadcast of “NewsNation Now,” Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA) responded to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying that taxpayers have to foot the bill for emergency care for illegal immigrants and that California has had issues with illegal
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” CNN Political Commentator Van Jones stated that there has been “almost no response from the global left and no attention from mainstream media” to the slaughter of Christians in Nigeria, and that lack
