Monday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” guest host Luke Russert said Sen Jeff Sessions (R-AL), who he called “the gatekeeper for any possibility of immigration reform,” giving a “full-throated endorsement,” to GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s immigration plan means it is now the “blueprint for Republicans.” Alan Gomez, an immigration reporter at USA Today, said, “Well, that’s the — the interesting thing about Donald Trump’s immigration plan, is, if you look at the totality of it, the vast majority is pretty much the Republican playbook on immigration right now. He talks quite a bit about adding more border security, adding more immigration enforcement agents around the country, more worksite raids. I mean, these are things that you — you’ll find in Jeb Bush’s plan, Marco Rubio’s plan, Ted Cruz’s, and just about every GOP hopeful. Where he really goes all — where he really goes extreme is…how he would treat
Author: Pam Key
Christie on Hillary’s Email Jokes: ‘Her Arrogance is Breathtaking’
Monday on the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Republican presidential candidate Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) slammed Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton for joking about deleting the emails from her tenure of Secretary of State and wiping her server clean. This weekend, Clinton joked that she likes using Snapchat because the program makes the messages disappear, to which Christie said, “Her arrogance is breathtaking. It’s breathtaking. Mrs. Clinton, this is not about politics. Why don’t you just answer this question? Why’d you have your own private email server? I worked for the federal government for seven years as a US Attorney. It was made clear to all us when we walked in the door, official business is done on your official email account.” He added, “So, this is not about politics. Answer the question. All this other stuff, it’s the typical approach of the Clintons, where when they’re in trouble, they blame
Chuck Todd: I Was ‘Stunned’ At ‘How Easily’ Iowa Dems Criticized Hillary
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” host Chuck Todd played an interview with Democrats at the Iowa State Fair who had many doubts about presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Todd said, “some Democrats I talked to are worried how the campaign has handled this controversy [over Clinton’s email and server].” One woman stated, “It does make it seem to me, a little bit like she’s hiding something,” while another said Clinton owes voters a better explanation, declaring, “we’re smarter than that.” Todd also said, “I was stunned at how many — how easily it was to find these Democrats willing to say these things. That was on camera.” Follow Pam Key On Twitter @pamkeyNEN
Bernie Sanders: I Don’t Owe Black Lives Matter An Apology
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said he was unaware his staff had apologized to Black Lives Matter protesters and he doesn’t believe that he owes them one. After Black Lives Matter protesters stormed the stage at a Sanders event in Seattle, the Senator met with the group. When host Chuck Todd pointed out Sanders African-American outreach director Marcus Ferrell said in an email, “I apologize it took our campaign so long,” to have a meeting with Black Lives Matter activists, the Democratic presidential candidate said that was not necessary. Sanders said, “Well, that was sent out by a staffer, not by me. Look, we are reaching out to all kinds of groups, absolutely. I met with folks at Black Lives Matter. We’re reaching out to Latino groups. We’re reaching out to the unions. We’re fighting to expand Social Security, and we’re reaching out
Carly Fiorina: ‘It’s Not Clear to Me That Donald Trump Is a Republican’
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Republican presidential candidate and former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina said it is not clear whether or not fellow candidate Donald Trump is a Republican. Fiorina said, “I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about, or focusing on what Donald Trump is saying. When his insults are below the belt to someone, then I will make a comment, just as I did when President Obama called anyone who disagreed with his Iranian deal equivalent to the hard-liners chanting ‘Death to America.’ I just think insults are not helpful to the political process. We’ve got a lot of serious issues here. But most of the time, I spend my time answering voters’ questions, and questions from the media.” She added, “Well, you know, it’s not clear to me that Donald Trump is a Republican, first of all, based upon his willingness to run a third-party
Fournier: A Year Ago I Would Have Considered Working For Clinton, Now I Don’t Know If I Trust Her
Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” National Journal Senior Political Columnist Ron Fournier said that a year ago he would have considered working for, and would have probably vote for Hillary Clinton, but now he doesn’t know if he can even trust her. Fournier argued, “A year ago, if you’d asked me ‘Hey, you would you consider working for Secretary Clinton?’ I’d say, ‘Yeah, I’d think about it.’ Six months ago if you’d said, ‘Hey would you vote for her?’ I’d say, ‘Yeah, I’m likely going to vote for her.’ Now I can’t tell you that I trust her. Because there are some big issues involved. I can’t tell you that I trust her with the Freedom of Information Act, and our public records. I can’t tell you I trust her with Congress’ right and responsibility to conduct oversight. I can’t tell you I respect her, with historian’s responsibility to
Graham: Trump is ‘Going Backward’ on Immigration and Could Take GOP With Him
Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s calls for “self-deportation” of the 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the Untied States is “going backward,” and could take the entire Republican Party with him. Graham stated, “our leading Republican is embracing self-deportation, that all the eleven million have to walk back from where they came from, and maybe we’ll let some of them come back. I just hope we don’t go down that road as a party. So, our leading contender, Mr. Trump, is going backward on immigration, and I think he’s going to take all of us with him if we don’t watch it.” Follow Pam Key On Twitter @pamkeyNEN
Ron Fournier: Donald Trump’s Policy Is ‘Gold Plated-Amnesty’
Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” National Journal‘s Ron Fournier said Republican candidate Donald Trump saying he wants to let good illegal immigrants “back in” to the country would amount to “gold-plated amnesty.” Fournier stated, “All Trump has said about immigration so far, is that he wants to kick everybody out, and let the good ones ‘back in,’ on an expedited basis. You know what that is? That’s gold-plated amnesty. That’s very expensive amnesty. The base doesn’t understand it yet, they eventually they will.” Follow Pam Key On Twitter @pamkeyNEN
George Will: ‘Do We Really Want to Give Nuclear Weapons to Donald Trump?’
On “Fox News Sunday,” conservative columnist George Will said voters will eventually turn on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump when they ask themselves “Do we really want to give nuclear weapons to Donald Trump?” Will said, “What’s going on is that those deemed least qualified to be president, are most qualified to do what the voters want done today, 160 days before the first votes are cast in Iowa, which is send a message. That was George Wallace’s engaging theme in 1968. He said, ‘Send them a message!’ The antecedent of the pronoun ‘them’ was anything you wanted it to be. So, that’s what they’re doing. This is a version of the 1960s fad called primal scream therapy, you’re supposed to shout, and get rid of all your repressed pain from childhood. This is, of course, particularly so for Mr. Trump, and what makes him fragile as a candidate is, first
Ben Carson: The Iran Deal Proves President Obama Is Anti-Semitic
On this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” Republican presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson said President Barack Obama is anti-Semitic as evidenced by his nuclear deal with Iran. Carson said, in response to a question on his criticism of President Obama and the Iran deal, [relevant exchange begins around 5:40] “Well, all you have to do, Chris, is, like I have, go to Israel, and talk to average people, on all ends of that spectrum. And I couldn’t find a single person there who didn’t feel that this administration had turned their back on Israel. And I think the position of president of [the] United States should be one where you begin to draw people together behind a vision, not one where you castigate those who believe differently from you. I think it’s a possibility for great healing, if it is used in the correct way.” When asked