Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat,” network host Al Sharpton said President Donald Trump was treating federal employees who were not receiving paychecks but working through the partial government shutdown like slaves. Discussing Trump saying workers will have to “make adjustments,” Sharpton
Tuesday on KFGO’s “News & Views,” House Agriculture Committee chairman Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) called on his Democratic colleagues to give President Donald Trump funding for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Peterson said, “The president got himself backed into
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said he doesn’t think President Trump will get any Democrats to vote for his immigration proposal, and that while he thinks the government needs
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that “smart walls, barriers that are welcoming,” are things he thinks House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) would agree to. Clyburn said that permanent DACA protections would
Tuesday, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) cautioned against holding people “hostage,” saying once it is allowed President Donald Trump will try to do it “time and time again” for whatever he wants. Menendez said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that President Donald Trump
Speaking before the global elite in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, John Kerry called for President Donald Trump’s resignation.
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on Tuesday said until the government is reopened, “there will be no successful negotiations” on President Donald Trump’s planned border wall. “There have been negotiations, but there will be no successful negotiations until the government reopens,”
“Without a Wall our Country can never have Border or National Security. With a powerful Wall or Steel Barrier, Crime Rates (and Drugs) will go substantially down all over the U.S. The Dems know this but want to play political games. Must finally be done correctly,” he wrote. “No Cave!”
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) took to Twitter on Monday to reflect on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, suggesting that “hatred” compelled President Donald Trump to shut down the government.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Representative Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) stated that funding a border wall would be “The most painful concession for me to make,” and that if he is going to consider that, “I need to see
Pop star and left-wing activist Lady Gaga attacked Vice President Mike Pence over the weekend, referring to him as a “disgrace” and attacking him on his Christian faith.
In his Sunday appearance on New York AM 970 radio’s “The Cats Roundtable” with John Catsimatidis, Rep. Lee Zeldin’s (R-NY) commented on the ongoing partial government shutdown, saying if pay for Congress were to be cut off, there would be
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said both Democrats and some Republicans “recognize” they cannot negotiate with President Donald Trump about immigration until the government is reopened because that would be rewarding “hostage taking.” Warner said, “Let
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) said President Donald Trump’s proposal on immigration was a “straw man proposal” that is not meant to become law. Saturday, Trump proposed a deal that includes $5 billion to partially fund a
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) said he “would not rule out a wall in certain instances” as part of a deal to end the partial government shutdown. Discussing President Donald Trump
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) accused President Donald Trump of not caring about anyone but himself. While discussing Trump’s prosed deal to end the government shutdown, Gillibrand said, “The difference between what he has offered and
On this weekend’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” Vice President Mike Pence said President Donald Trump’s offer to Democrats to end the shutdown was not amnesty. Saturday, Trump proposed a deal that includes $5 billion to partially fund a wall
Rock star Jon Bon Jovi’s JBJ Soul Kitchen will offer free meals to furloughed government workers and their families Monday afternoon.
Lindsey Graham lauded Trump’s compromise proposal to end the partial government shutdown and expressed enthusiasm about turning the plan into law.
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation,” Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) reacted to President Trump’s proposal on immigration and the government shutdown by stating President Trump is trying to “play us for fools.” Cleaver said, “Well, there’s no table. The president
CNN personality Symone Sanders mocked President Trump’s attempt to end the government shutdown Saturday, saying that Democrats won’t fund his “little racist wall.”
During a statement on Saturday, President Trump proposed funding for humanitarian assistance and drug detection technology, increases in Border Patrol agents and immigration judges, changes to the asylum application process for minors, promotion of family reunification, $5.7 billion in border wall
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that Senate Republicans deserve “a lot” of the blame for the government shutdown and can lead the way to ending the government shutdown by passing something to end the shutdown and
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) asked President Trump “to come back to the table,” and end the government shutdown. Transcript as Follows: “I’m Amy Klobuchar, the Senator from the state of Minnesota. This weekend, we are
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher argued Democrats should take the position that President Trump is holding the country hostage with the government shutdown and “you don’t deal with terrorists.” Maher said, “I just hope that
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez expressed support for rapper Cardi B Friday after she lashed out at Trump and his “racist” supporters this week.
Left-wing filmmaker and activist Michael Moore said in a social media post Friday that furloughed federal workers should start a “mass uprising” and “hound Mitch McConnell” over the government shutdown.
Friday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” host Nicolle Wallace said President Donald Trump should be impeached for having “no soul.” During a discussion about the optics versus the consequences of the shutdown, Wallace said, “I don’t want to make the folks in the
President Trump’s support among Hispanic American voters has soared as he is refusing to buckle to pressure from Republicans and Democrats to reopen the federal government without funding for his proposed wall along the United States-Mexico border.
Former President George W. Bush and ex-first lady Laura Bush on Friday delivered pizzas to U.S. Secret Service agents, calling on Republicans and Democrats to find a solution to the partial government shutdown.
Friday on MSNBC’s “Live,” former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) said Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was “a complicit little coward” for not reopening the government against the wishes of President Donald Trump. Boxer said, “The two people who
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Friday canceled a visit to Afghanistan, accusing the White House of leaking commercial travel plans to the war zone after President Donald Trump denied her and other Democrats access to a military aircraft for a seven-day foreign trip.
An angel mom took Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s staff to task Tuesday, telling them the spark of divinity Pelosi saw in MS-13 was “erased” from her son.
Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) told the House Democratic members holding a conference in Puerto Rico during the government shutdown to “go back.”
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) stated that he supports a wall, but not “unlimited funding” for one, and “there should be some compromises” on how much is spent on a border
A Massachusetts couple who work for the Internal Revenue Service claims they have had to resort to selling personal belongings on Craigslist to make ends meet during the ongoing government shutdown.
Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead,” host Jake Tapper said President Donald Trump was “using the U.S. military to get revenge” on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) by canceling her trip to Afghanistan and Belgium. Tapper said, “The president of the
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) questioned why Nancy Pelosi, as Speaker of the House, would want to go overseas during a government shutdown.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released a statement on Thursday, suggesting that President Donald Trump’s cancellation of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) overseas trip was “inappropriate.”
Thursday, House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) called President Donald Trump “a fifth grader” for canceling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) upcoming international travel in response to her proposal to postpone the State of the Union address until
