On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said that there should be a “wide-open conversation” on rebalancing the courts, including the circuit and district courts, where there are “hundreds” of judges who shouldn’t “be allowed to sit peaceably without our re-examining the process, the results, and the consequences.” Coons said, “[W]e’ve got to have a wide-open conversation […]
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On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that we should “take a look and see” whether we should expand the size of the Supreme Court and “maybe we need more district courts as well.” Pelosi said, “I think that Joe Biden has given us a good path. He’s going to have something that people can understand why this is important. […]
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) stated that Senate Democrats have tried to focus on the real-world impact that Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s rulings would have and “That’s what Justice Ginsburg called on the Court to do — to consider the real-world impact of its decisions.” “Aloha, I’m Senator Mazie Hirono, and I have the privilege […]
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that based on a classified briefing he received, he believes Iran is really just trying to undermine faith in American elections, not hurt President Donald Trump, and what Iran and Russia are trying to do is “similar, in a different way of course, than what President Trump is doing, undermine confidence […]
During a press conference on Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe stated that Iran and Russia have obtained voter registration information that can be used “to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sow chaos, and undermine your confidence in American democracy.” He also stated that Iran has sent “spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest, […]
During an interview with Milwaukee’s WISN 12 News on Tuesday, 2020 Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden stated that there is no legitimacy to claims by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) that Biden’s son, Hunter, along with other members of the Biden family, profited off the Biden family name and stated that the claims are a “last-ditch effort in this […]
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Evening Edit,” White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows stated that “some of the monies that appear to be flowing to the Biden family broadly come from Romania, from Ukraine, and from China,” and “I think in the days to come, you’ll see a Romanian connection as well.” Meadows said, [relevant remarks begin around 8:30] “Joe Biden […]
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that he is worried “about how a lot of people will react” if President Donald Trump loses the 2020 election because “They’ll be completely flummoxed that this happened, and I don’t know what reaction that will prompt.” Brooks stated, “The thing that worries me, frankly, is, a lot of people I know who are Trump supporters are […]
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Breitbart News senior contributor and Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer stated that the emails obtained from Hunter Biden’s one-time business associate, Bevan Cooney, show “a veritable United Nations of corruption” and that 2020 Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden, “as vice president of the United States, was a center point. It was almost the planet […]
During an interview with 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) on Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” host Don Lemon stated that questions about court-packing are “a distraction” and that while the Biden campaign could put the issue behind it if it answered questions on the subject, the media should “not make it her emails.” After Harris said that court-packing “is something that, all […]
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) stated that “if we want to talk about court-packing,” we should talk about the judges that Republicans have nominated and confirmed to the bench. Harris said, “I think that Joe Biden has been consistent about saying that this is not the time right now to have this discussion. And frankly, to be […]
During a town hall on NBC on Thursday, President Donald Trump stated that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is holding up a deal on the next round of stimulus “Because she thinks it’s bad for her election” and that in the event that a deal on stimulus between the White House and the speaker can be struck, “the Republicans will agree to it.” Trump said, “The […]
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that there is disagreement in negotiations in the next round of stimulus on “election funding and the Census” but that those items remain “part of the conversation.” Pelosi said, “I hope that we can soon find common ground so that, as soon as possible, we can protect our — honor our heroes, […]
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) stated that he doesn’t wish he could redo his coronavirus nursing home policy and that “it was wholly non-consequential.” Host Anderson Cooper asked, “You have gotten criticism for, there were more than 6,000 people who died in nursing homes in New York from COVID, some of your critics have pointed to a directive back […]
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated that the next Supreme Court justice needs to have “a sensitivity to the people who would be caused harm by striking down those protections for people who suffer from preexisting conditions, one of them now is COVID.” Blumenthal said, “Qualifications are important, credentials on paper. What really matters is judgment, and […]
On Friday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Brian Kilmeade Show,” vice presidential debate Moderator Susan Page stated that she thought Vice President Mike Pence’s interruptions of her during the debate were “a political tactic, and not a gender statement” and that she thinks “he would have done that if I was a male moderator, too. I didn’t think he was doing it because I was a […]
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that it is “just crazy” for President Donald Trump to not want to debate, and that not having the second debate will “cement where we are right now, which is Biden ahead.” Brooks said, “I’ve never seen a losing candidate not want to have as many debates as possible. So, for Donald Trump, not wanting to debate […]
During an interview with KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas on Friday, 2020 Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden said that viewers who were asking about his position on packing the courts “are probably Republicans who don’t want me continuing to talk about what they’re doing to the court right now.” Anchor Ross DiMattei asked, “I’ve got to ask you about packing the courts. And I […]
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that living in California feels like Italy in the 1970s, where there are high taxes, but “I don’t know what I’m getting for my super high taxes.” Maher also argued that the Democrats who run the state need to cut through the needless bureaucracy that he characterized as “corruption.” Maher said, “There is an exodus. […]
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) stated that he would support amending the Constitution to eliminate the Electoral College. Schiff responded to a question from host Bill Maher on what changes he would support making to the Constitution by saying, “I think we’re better off focusing on discrete amendments to the Constitution to overturn Citizens United and […]
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” President Donald Trump said that he is going to attempt to do a rally in Florida on Saturday if one can be put together by then and that he might try to do another rally on Sunday in Pennsylvania. Trump said, “I think I’m going to try doing a rally on Saturday night if we can — […]
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News @ Night,” White House Deputy Communications Director Brian Morgenstern reacted to a tweet from C-SPAN host and planned debate moderator Steve Scully’s account asking Anthony Scaramucci if he should respond to President Donald Trump’s criticisms of Scully by stating that Scully isn’t impartial and “that really calls into question, again, the Debate Commission’s judgment here.” Morgenstern said, […]
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) reacted to the 25th Amendment commission legislation proposed by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) by stating that it is a good thing for President Donald Trump or people in the White House “to realize that he is not going to be allowed to jerk the country around and to […]
During CBS’ coverage of Wednesday’s vice presidential debate, host Gayle King said it was “very interesting timing” that a fly landed on Vice President Mike Pence “when he said that there really wasn’t systemic racism. I saw the fly basically going, ‘Say what?’” King said, “At one point, when they were talking about systemic racism, I think it’s very interesting timing that a fly would land […]
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) stated that President Donald Trump’s decision to call off coronavirus relief talks “does call into question his judgment, certainly, but whether he’s being impaired by these drugs” that the president is taking for coronavirus. Host Wolf Blitzer asked Schiff about reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) suggested that the steroid Trump […]
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) reacted to President Donald Trump announcing that he is calling off coronavirus relief talks by stating that we shouldn’t “be making any large political decisions when the president is in such a perilous medical state.” Ocasio-Cortez said, “[T]he president is not in a good condition. He just was diagnosed with COVID. His oxygen levels […]
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Trump campaign adviser David Bossie vowed that the presidential debates between President Donald Trump and 2020 Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden “are going to happen.” And that if the second debate has to be moved back a few days, that’s not a problem and there is “no reason” for the debates not […]
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s News HQ,” Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) stated that Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett needs to be confirmed before the 2020 election and will be confirmed before the election. Loeffler stated, “[W]e need to keep pushing forward. We need to confirm Amy Coney Barrett before the election. We will do that. Sen. Chairman Graham is going […]
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” President Donald Trump stated “I condemn the KKK. I condemn all white supremacists. I condemn the Proud Boys.” And called on 2020 Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden to condemn Antifa. Trump said, “I’ve said it many times, and let me be clear again, I condemn the KKK. I condemn all white supremacists. I condemn […]
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” President Donald Trump stated that he thinks “it would be very bad” if the Commission on Presidential Debates changed the rules for the next presidential debates. Host Sean Hannity asked, “What if they change — they’re talking about, the Debate Commission, asking — talking about changing the rules. There were already rules agreed to. What is your reaction […]
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that he would “love to” make D.C. and Puerto Rico states and addressed the prospect of ending the filibuster if Democrats take the Senate by stating, “I’m not busting my chops to become majority leader to do very little or nothing. We are going to get a whole lot done. And as […]
During an interview aired on Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) said she is with 2020 Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden “1,000%” in refusing to say whether they support expanding the Supreme Court if Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed and Democrats control the House, Senate, and White House. Host […]
While speaking to reporters on Monday, 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee and Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) stated that she is sure that she will end up meeting with Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, but that she hasn’t made any plans one way or the other. Harris was asked, “Do you plan to meet with Judge Barrett?” She responded, “I’m sure […]