Author and Hoover Institution senior fellow Shelby Steele on Sunday sounded off on the goal of the George Floyd protests, some of which have turned violent after Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody. Steele told Mark Levin of Fox News Channel’s
New York Times staff writer Nikole Hannah-Jones during Sunday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” took issue with her employer claiming Sen. Tom Cotton’s (R-AR) recent op-ed calling for the use of the military to help with the unrest in the U.S. cities as not meeting the standards of the newspaper.
Sunday on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) said it would be a “great symbolic gesture” for an NFL team to sign quarterback Colin Kaepernick who knelt at games during the national anthem to protest police brutality.
Sunday on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) said she was “simply disgusted” by President Trump invoking George Floyd’s name Friday while announcing unemployment rates falling.
Sunday on CNN, host Fareed Zakaria accused Republican lawmakers of repeating President Donald Trump’s lies “with a lightness of heart.”
A speaker at a Black Lives Matter protest in London warned against having “a child with a white person” as she called for “revolution” and to “overthrow the system” on Saturday.
Thousands of Black Lives Matter protestors took to the streets of London on Saturday, with many seen violently clashing with police, shooting flares at Number 10 Downing Street, and ritually beating an effigy of President Donald Trump.
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) rejected The New York Times’ claim his op-ed calling for the use of troops to quell some of the unrest in America’s cities as not meeting the standards of the newspaper.
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said transmission of coronavirus is likely to have occurred at the nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd.
White House trade advisor Peter Navarro said on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that he would like to see protest signs that say “China lied American died,” of coronavirus.
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) disagreed with acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, who said there was not a “systemic racism” problem with law enforcement in America.
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said President Donald Trump should “put tweeting aside” and speak to all Americans.
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Attorney General William Barr said it is a big lie by the media that protesters last Monday who were cleared from Lafayette Park were peaceful.
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Attorney General William Barr said he did not believe law enforcement in the United States was “systemically racist.”
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Admiral James Stavridis said he was concerned President Donald Trump has caused America to lose it’s “international moral authority.”
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said there was not a “systemic racism” problem with law enforcement in America.
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the painting of the Black Lives Matter slogan on the 16th Street NW, a response to protests sparked by George Floyd’s death, was “an affirmative piece of art.”
Saturday on Fox News Channel’s “Justice,” host Jeanine Pirro declared the circumstances that led to the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police must be handled with “zero tolerance.”
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) called America “over-policed.”
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” former Secretary of State Colin Powell called President Donald Trump “dangerous” to our country.
During an interview with the Fox Business Network on Friday, White House Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett stated that there will “definitely” be a phase four stimulus package and Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia told the Fox News Channel’s “Cavuto Live” on
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the United States is in the midst of a “climactic shift.” Brooks began by saying Ferguson, terrorism, and the 2016 election started opening up riffs in American society, then the
Saturday on Fox News Channel’s “Justice,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) reacted to former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s admission there was no sign of Russia collusion with the 2016 Trump presidential campaign during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier in the week.
On Friday’s “MSNBC Live,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that if we had improved testing, “we could open up a lot more quickly” and that he is “so proud of these young kids in the streets.” Schumer also expressed concern that protesters were putting themselves and others at risk from coronavirus, and said that “The answer here is testing.”
During protests in New York City, New York, a Black Lives Matter activist declared that she had every right to “burn this motherf*cker to the ground” while urging the crowd not to be violent.
During an interview to air during Fox News Channel’s Saturday broadcast of “Watters’ World,” Vice President Mike Pence pushes back against former Defense Secretary James Mattis’ claim President Donald Trump “divisive” and a “bad guy.”
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Suffolk County, NY Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. stated that “training and supervision” are the main reasons “why law enforcement agencies fail.” He added that some agencies used dated training that needs to be removed and supervision models should be improved.
uring Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) touted Senate legislation that would deal with police violence, such as legislation “that would incentivize states to pass laws requiring independent investigations and prosecution of the use of deadly force by police officers, to creating fair and impartial police training.”
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” host Anderson Cooper said that protesters are “putting themselves at greater risk” from coronavirus because “That is how urgently people want real and lasting change” and remarked on the White House not arranging its chairs for a press conference for social distancing by saying, “So much for all those warnings by Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx and the Coronavirus Task Force.”
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Outnumbered Overtime,” Fraternal Order of Police National Vice President Joe Gamaldi stated that George Floyd’s killing “was abhorrent” and stated that police need “some reforms” such as “a nationwide de-escalation training for officers.”
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown (D) stated that the 57 police officers who resigned from their detail in response to the suspension of two police officers who shoved a man still have his confidence as
Friday, during an interview that aired on Huntsville, AL radio’s WVNN, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) discussed how his East Texas congressional district was handling the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and what he foresaw as overcoming the impact could mean.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that the response to crimes in Los Angeles over the past week was “a little slow” and stated that the “blue wall of silence” needs to break and the officers
Friday on CNN, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said the Trump administration ordering law enforcement to clear out protesters from Lafayette Square before President Donald Trump’s visit to St. John’s Episcopal Church was “not appropriate at all.”
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown (D) stated that the inaccurate initial statement issued by the police over an incident where they shoved and injured a man was due to a “volatile situation” and “an
Friday on MSNBC, former FBI lawyer and newly minted national security and legal analyst for the MSNBC Lisa Page, said Attorney General William Barr’s actions were endangering the fragile rule of law in America.
During an interview with WTOP on Friday, White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Anthony Fauci stated that the recent protests are “a perfect setup for further spread” of coronavirus and told people “if you can avoid the demonstration, if
Friday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez accused President Donald Trump of attempting to “spike the football” because the U.S. added 2.5 million jobs in May, and unemployment dropped to 13.3%.
Friday, Vice President Mike Pence reacted to the month of May’s jobs report showing the unemployment rate fell to 13.3% and 2.5 million workers finding employment as restrictions put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic are loosened. The numbers are an improvement from the previous month’s record-high 14.7% unemployment rate.
The stronger-than-anticipated jobs number unveiled on Friday was a shot in the arm for the American economy and a welcome sign for many policymakers.
