On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,”New York Timescolumnist David Brooks predicted that the US will probably react to the death ofWashington Postwriter JamalKhashoggi by pretending to be angry, and then going back to normal.
During an interview broadcast on Thursday’s edition of CNN’s “AC360,” former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina reacted to President Trump’s “horseface” tweet about Stormy Daniels by saying that such insults diminish the presidency and that Daniels, her attorney Michael Avenatti, and Trump are “all birds of a feather.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) stated that it is “disturbing” when President Trump attacks the media, and the president’s words carry power beyond the U.S.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said that if Washington PostwriterJamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia there should be “all-out sanctions” and everything should be on the table.
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews stated that there’s “a taste of Mussolini” in President Trump’s behavior at his rallies in the way that Trump walks around “with a tie that’s 8 feet long,” his coat open, and “clapping for himself.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher criticized the FBI’s report on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh as “a total sham.” Maher said,“It was a total sham.
During a speech on the Senate floor on Friday, Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) stated that she will vote for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Dr.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz criticized the “sexual McCarthyism” around Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh withdrawing from teaching at Harvard after the allegations against him.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News @ Night,” Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) stated that he told Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh that he will be there to vote for him “as needed.
While speaking at an event on Thursday, former Supreme CourtJustice John PaulStevens stated that he believed that Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh should be confirmed, but “his performance during the hearings caused me to change my mind.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) said that while he wants to see what the FBI’s investigation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh turns up, “I have a feeling they’re going to do just what we’ve already done, just what they did six previous times.
While speaking to reporters on Thursday, Senate Majority Whip and Senate Judiciary Committee member John Cornyn (R-TX) stated that the Senate JudiciaryCommittee still plans to vote on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Friday and that he is “optimistic” Kavanaugh has the votes on the committee.
During a speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh to withdraw his nomination and President Trump should pull Kavanaugh’s nomination if Kavanaugh won’t step aside voluntarily.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” attorney Michael Avenatti promised “detailed allegations” against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh in the next 48 hours and reacted to Kavanaugh’s claim that he never had sex in high school by saying he doesn’t believe Kavanaugh’s claim and wondering, “are we going to get into a definition of sexual intercourse?” Avenatti said that in the next 48 hours there will be “detailed allegations,” and that one of his clients who has information on Kavanaugh will come forward.
During a speech on the Senate floor on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) accused Senate Democrats of aiding in a “smear campaign” against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and vowed Kavanaugh will receive a vote in the Senate “in the near future.
On Monday’s “MSNBC Live,” Senate Judiciary Committee member Mazie Hirono (D-HI) stated that there should be an investigation into the newest allegations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and that Republicans“cannot face the idea that women do not sit around making these things up.
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz called for an investigation by either the FBI or the inspector general into the reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed invoking the 25th Amendment and recording the president.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Senate Judiciary Committee member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said there needs to be an FBI investigation before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the accusations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and declared, “I believe the survivor, Dr.
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “AM Joy,”Washington Postcolumnist and MSNBC Contributor Jennifer Rubin stated President Trump has killed the people who died from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico two times, once by “neglect and oversight,” and the second time by “disgracing that they died at all.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,”New York Timescolumnist David Brooks stated that the drop in President Trump’s approval rating “should be very alarming” to Republicans. Brooks said, “Donald Trump had been sitting around 43 for the longest of times, an incredibly stable poll.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher and former Secretary of State John Kerry mocked the media coverage of Hurricane Florence. Kerry characterized reporters standing out in the storm as “thestupidest thing” on TV today.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CBS’ “The Late Show,” Democratic Senate nominee Representative Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) stated he would not take a deal trading a border wall for passage of the DREAM Act and said, “we can free DREAMers from the fear of deportation by making them US citizens today, so they can contribute to their maximum capacity, to their full potential.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) stated that if President Trump thinks the federal government’s response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico was successful, “we’re all in trouble, and especially the people in the Carolinas.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,”New York Timescolumnist David Brooks stated that the process around Supreme Court nominations gets worse every time. He wondered why Republicans won’t just release the documents about nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, and criticized the Democrats for turning the hearings “into a silly arguing about the paper release.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that he would like to tell the anonymousNew York Timesop-ed writer “thank you for your service.
During his confirmation hearing on Thursday, Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh stated that the special counsel system that is currently in place is something that he has “specifically, repeatedly, and expressly said is consistent with our traditions.
During the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday, various Democrats on the committee interrupted the beginning of the hearing to protest the availability of documents on Kavanaugh.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Representative Ryan Costello (R-PA) stated the GOP is experiencing “shrinkage” among suburban voters and that if the GOP struggles in 2018, more GOP members of Congress will “realizethat just standing in line behind Trump — or not speaking out…is not going to be sustainable for our party.
On Friday, Trump legal team member Rudy Giuliani reacted to Samuel Patten’s guilty plea and admission that he used straw donors to donate foreign money to President Trump’s Inauguration Committee by stating the indictment was “irrelevant” and “there are about 500,000 people that donated to President Trump — every time they get a speeding ticket, the special prosecutor is going to do it.
During an interview with CBN News on Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence stated that Democrats are “all talking about” impeaching PresidentTrump and “I take them at their word.
During a discussion of White House Counsel Don McGahn’sdepartureon Thursday’s edition of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Axios CEO and Co-Founder Jim VandeHei predicted that if Democrats re-take the House, they will try to impeach President Trump.
On Wednesday,Tallahassee Mayor and Florida Democratic Gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum responded to his Republican general election opponent, Congressman Ron DeSantis,saying voters“shouldn’t monkey this up” by voting for Gillum by stating that DeSantis and President Trump are “scraping from the bottom of the barrel.
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) stated that the past week has been “shocking and disgraceful” and “will tarnish our history books for generations.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News @ Night,” Manafort juror Paula Duncan stated that one holdout among the 12 jurors kept Paul Manafort from being convicted on all of the 18 counts he was charged with and that this one holdout did so because “she had a reasonabledoubt.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Michael Cohen’s attorney, Lanny Davis, stated that Cohen knows things of interest to Special Counsel Robert Mueller and “is more than happy” to tell Mueller what he knows.
While speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) stated that during her meeting with Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh said he agreed with Chief Justice John Roberts thatRoe v.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) responded to President Trump’s remarks during a Reuters interview that he could “run” Special Counsel Mueller’s probe if he wanted to by stating that if the president moves to fire Mueller, “the Congress should move immediately to impeach the president of the United States.
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton stated that what frightens him about the removal of former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance is the creation of a precedent that people in intelligence can’t speak their minds and this is “where we’re going toward an almost totalitarian type of state.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher remarked on the newest litigation involving Masterpiece Cakeshop by wondering if there is only one bakery in Colorado and suggesting opening his own bakery, “Bang Whoever You Want Cakes.
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” former CIA Director John Brennan stated that he has heard from lawyers who say “there is a very strong case” to take legal action to prevent the president from revoking more security clearances like he did Brennan’s.
On Friday’s “Brian Kilmeade Show” on Fox News Radio, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) stated Democrats “will abolish ICE. They want to impeach this president. When they say they don’t, they voted on it twice on the floor.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) stated that Republicans in Congress should stand up as patriots speak out against “McCarthy-era tactics” and denounce the revocation of former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) stated that the revocation of former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance is “a clear abuse of power,” and “a mark of anauthoritarian dictator,” rather than a democratically-elected president.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” former CIA Director John Brennan reacted to the revocation of his security clearance by stating he believes the action is intended to “intimidate and suppress” criticism of the Trump administration and that “I’ve seen this type of behavior and actions on the part of foreign tyrants and despots…I never, ever thought that I would see it here in the United States.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stated that while some of President Trump’s supporters are bigots, he doesn’t believe the majority are.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stated that, despite winning theDemocratic primary, he will run for re-election in 2018 as an Independent.
On Monday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show,” House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) argued Democrats “basically want to repeal ICE. They want to raise taxes.” Scalise said, “The Democrats don’t have an agenda.
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” Congressional candidate Sharice Davids (D-KS) stated President Trump “is not a primary topic” that she hears on the campaign trail.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher asked if the US really needs to strengthen its borders and said, “immigration isn’t a problem from Mexico.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” Congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stated that Democrats should wait until after the election to decide whether they’ll back House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as speaker.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” DNC Chairman Tom Perez commented on the special election in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District and stated that the district was “heavily gerrymandered” in favor of Republican candidate Troy Balderson, and “what won yesterday was gerrymandering.
During a speech on Tuesday night, Troy Balderson,the Republican candidate in the special election in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District, declared victory in the race and thanked President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) stated, “Republicansare working at all levels of government to take away people’s health care.” Transcript (via FedNews) as Follows: “Hi everyone.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz argued that Paul Manafort will “probably” be convicted. Dershowitz said, “Look, Manafort was smart not waiving venue because he’s much better off with Judge Ellis and a Virginia jury than he would be with a judge who revoked his bail in Washington, DC, and a DC jury, which is going to be largely Democrat.
On Thursday’s edition of CNN’s “Wolf,” journalist, author, and CNN Political Analyst Carl Bernstein stated, “what we are watching in the Trump presidency is worse than Watergate.
On Wednesday’s “Rush Limbaugh Show,” President Trump stated that a government shutdown over immigration would be “a great political thing.” And left open the possibility that a shutdown could happen after the election.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said there is “mounting evidence” that Donald Trump Jr. committed perjury and both Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner “have serious exposure,” and “could well” be indicted.
On Saturday’s “MSNBC Live,” Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI) commented on the push in the House to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein by stating, “you would see human outcry like none you’ve seen yet, and there’s been a lot of it, if they were to try to intervene in this investigation.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,”New York Timescolumnist David Brooks said it “totally makes sense that Trump admires the cut of Putin’s jib,” and “bullies can be sycophantic toward better bullies.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,”New York Timescolumnist David Brooks stated that he has moved from a 3 to a 5 or 6 on a scale from 1-10 on whether he believes there was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia because there have been “clouds of behavior that make it seem a little more plausible.
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) stated that Michael Cohen saying that President Trump knew about Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russians is “like telling us that the sun sets in the west.
While speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) stated that she expects federal investigators are looking at the Michael Cohen-Trump tape and the tape “certainly raises questions that should be answered.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) stated that the Trump-Cohen tape shows an administration that lacks transparency. Menendez said, “Well, it appears that the president knew what the whole transaction was about.
On Tuesday’s edition of CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time,” Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz reacted to the release of a tape of a conversation between Donald Trump and Michael Cohen by stating that Cohen is “going to flip.
While speaking to reporters at a press conference at the Capitol on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated that both he and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) “have made it clear” that Vladimir Putin “will not be welcome” in the Capitol.
During an interview with “PBS NewsHour” released on Monday, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) stated he will not make a final decision on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination until after the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Kavanaugh.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) stated President Trump’s tweet about Iran is an attempt to distract from the president’s performance in Europe and said, “This is wag the dog time in Washington, DC.
During Monday’s White House Press Briefing, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated President Trump is looking to revoke former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance and also looking into the clearances of former FBI Director James Comey, former DNI James Clapper, former Director of the NSA and the CIA Gen.
During an interview with Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery” podcast released on Friday, House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) stated Schiff said,“Why would the president undermine NATO? Why would the president undermine Europe? Why would the president talk about bringing Russia back into the G8, when they still occupy their neighbor?Why would the president do all these things?Why would the president deny the obvious, that the Russians intervened in our election? You know, it could be that there is just some pathology at work with him, that he is so terrified that his election was illegitimate that he is responding in this way.
During Wednesday’s White House Press Briefing, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated President Trump did not deny that Russia is still targeting the US and was saying “no” to answering questions.
During a press conference on Tuesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that President Trump’s “eagerness to sell out America” shows that Russia “must have something” on the president.
On Tuesday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) stated President Trump’s statement that he misspoke about Russian interference in the 2016 election during his press conference in Helsinki isn’t believable and that he wants Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to “come forward and tell us what it is that Putin has hanging over the head of Donald Trump.
On Tuesday’s “MSNBC Live,” MSNBC host Chris Matthews stated President Trump’s claim that he misspoke while speaking at the Helsinki summit with Vladimir Putin is simply Trump engaging in spin and trying to “game the straight media.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Intelligence Report,” host Trish Regan criticized President Trump’s statements after his summit with Vladimir Putin, arguing Trump, “should have defended us.
During a press conference on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated President Trump has put Russia’s interests over America’s and “Millions of Americans will continue to wonder if the only possible explanation for this dangerous behavior is the possibility that President Putin holds damaging information over President Trump.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” CNN Political Director David Chalian criticized the White House’s statement on the indictment of 12 Russian officers for election hacking as a “dereliction of duty.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Trumplegal team member Rudy Giuliani stated that an agreement with Special Counsel Mueller for President Trump to answer questions is “Probably further away.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) stated that if he was in charge of the FBI,Peter Strzok wouldn’t be working there, and Special Counsel Robert Mueller “did the right thing by taking him off the team.
During a speech on the Senate floor on Monday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated senators and the American people “should expect an affirmative statement of support for the personal liberties of all Americans from the next Supreme Court nominee.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,”New York Timescolumnist David Brooks said that by calling for the abolition of ICE, some Democrats “are making a political, and also probably a moral miscalculation.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” George Washington University Law ProfessorJonathan Turley stated Judge Amy Coney Barrett is “probably the most reliable pro-life nominee” on President Trump’s Supreme Court shortlist.
On Wednesday’s “MSNBC Live,”Washington Postcolumnist and MSNBC Contributor Jennifer Rubin stated that if Roe v. Wadeis overturned,“In essence, we go to 50 civil wars in each of the states, plus the District of Columbia.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” George Washington Law Professor Jonathan Turley stated that the transcript of Peter Strzok’s closed testimony should be made public.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,”New York Times columnist David Brooks stated he doesn’t believe that there will be a “massive overturn” ofRoe v. Wade. Brooks said, “I don’t think it’s — the nightmare scenario on either side [the overturn of Roe], I don’t think is probably going to happen.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,”New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the Trump administration should send a message that “We’re going to enforce the law, but we’re not going to be total monsters.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” Michael Moore stated that to stop President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee from being voted on before the 2018 election, he will “join a million other people surrounding the United States Capitol.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated he doesn’t know if Democrats will ever win another election because President Trump “is going to go when he wants to go, and that includes losing the 2020 election.
During a press conference on Friday, Anne Arundel County, MD Police Chief TimothyAltomare stated that he will not say the name of the shooter in Annapolis and the shooter doesn’t deserve to be talked about.
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Senate MinorityWhip Dick Durbin (D-IL) stated that Senate Democrats “don’t have the power” to play “hardball” on the nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
While speaking on MSNBC on Wednesday, “Hardball” anchor Chris Matthews stated Democrats have to fight “tooth and nail” to hold up Justice Anthony Kennedy’s replacement on the Supreme Court until after the 2018 elections and “this is time for vengeance for what happened 2 years ago.
During a speech on the Senate floorafter the announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) vowed that the Senate “will vote to confirm Justice Kennedy’s successor this fall.
During a news conference on the planned summit between President Trump and Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, John Bolton stated Trump determined that “direct communication” between Trump and Putin is in the best interest of both countries and the peace and security of the world.
On Tuesday’s edition of CNN’s “AC360,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) argued that the presidential discretion the Supreme Court relied on to uphold the travel ban needs to be limited by Congress.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) stated she didn’t call for anyone to harm anyone else and that the president “calls for more violence than anybody else.
During Saturday’s Weekly Address, President Trump discussed immigration and said that the “crisis of illegal immigration” can only be solved by Congress “and the only solution that will work is being able to detain, prosecute, and promptly remove anyone who illegally crosses the border.
During an interview with Hugh Hewitt broadcast on MSNBC on Saturday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated he thinks China poses “the most serious threat, and frankly, an opportunity for America if we can get it right.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,”New York Timescolumnist David Brooks stated that we’ve seen immigration policy that is “not treating the people as human beings. It’s treating them as just sort of pawns in some sort of larger protest movement.
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said President Trump repeatedly, “Donald Trump creates a crisis, blames others for what’s happening, and uses the ensuing chaos to demand a legislative solution that often harms even more people.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher responded to the controversy over his earlier commentsthat a recession would be worth going through if it undermined President Trump’s popularity by stating his critics should “take a course in perspective.
During a speech on Friday, former Secretary of State and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton stated that the “outcry” during the “dark hour,” of families being torn apart and children being treated as “political pawns” “forced” the Trump administration “to take at least a step toward ending family separation.