Every Sunday morning, legacy media outlets are taken over by elected officials, aspiring elected officials, administration insiders, and the usual collection of talking heads — all of whom are there to discuss specific policies, push talking points, or simply promote their own campaigns.
For those who don’t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to unravel a full week’s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
ABC News, “This Week”:
With all eyes on the 2024 election, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) claimed that the South Carolina Democratic primary — where President Joe Biden was favored to win in a blowout — was proof that people like what the Biden administration has delivered over the past three years.
“The American people are beginning to focus on President Biden’s incredible track record of results,” Jeffries told host George Stephanopoulos.
And while Biden coasted to an easy victory in South Carolina — The Associated Press called the race in his favor just 23 minutes after the polls closed — local outlet Greenville News reported that just 131,000 South Carolinians (4% of the Palmettos State’s population of registered voters) turned out to vote. With 2024 being the first year that South Carolina was the first state to vote in the Democratic primaries — a move criticized by the traditionally “first-in-the-nation” New Hampshire — that low turnout could potentially affect any consideration of making the change permanent.
“The American people are beginning to focus on Pres. Biden's incredible track record of results,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries tells @GStephanopoulos after the South Carolina Democratic primary. https://t.co/JewR91NJeH pic.twitter.com/jYhENtTA27
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) February 4, 2024
CBS News, “Face the Nation”:
Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) made a Sunday morning appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” where she argued in favor of the much-contested border deal currently working its way through Congress.
Sinema pointed to key issues like “catch and release,” which she said would be terminated by the proposed legislation — and said that it would instead create a new process allowing for “short term detention” while interviews were conducted in a more timely process. She also said that the bill proposed increased scrutiny and “higher standards” for anyone who came across the southern border seeking asylum in the United States.
“For individuals who do not meet that standard — which, by the way, Margaret, is most of the migrants who are coming to our country right now — they’ll be swiftly returned to their home country,” Sinema explained to host Margaret Brennan.
.@SenatorSinema says the Senate's border deal "ends the practice of catch and release" for asylum seekers, setting up a new system for either "short-term detention" with immediate interviews or supervision for those who can’t be detained, with higher standards for proof of asylum pic.twitter.com/NfxncajZFv
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) February 4, 2024
CNN, “State of the Union”:
CNN anchor Dana Bash hosted a panel discussion on Sunday’s broadcast of “State of the Union,” and the conversation turned to the South Carolina primary. Bash asked Ashley Allison — former National Coalitions Director for the 2020 Biden campaign — whether South Carolina was proof that black voters would stand with Biden when November came around.
Allison said that while black voters were certainly “not a monolith,” when they believed that democracy was at stake they would always “do what they need to do.”
She went on to complain that white union members and women who did not vote for Biden in 2024 would be voting against their own self-interests.
.@AshleyrAllison: “Black folks will do what they need to do” in 2024 election@ScottJenningsKY, @AshleyrAllison, @DougHeye and @FShakir join @DanaBashCNN on #CNNSOTU to break down Biden’s support among primary voters in South Carolina. pic.twitter.com/ebXEdHa4H9
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) February 4, 2024
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NBC News, “Meet the Press”:
“Meet the Press” anchor Kristen Welker did some of the heavy lifting for President Joe Biden and his administration, claiming that he was responsible for the improving jobs numbers and overall economy and expressing her bewilderment that the American people did not appear to be giving him the “credit” he deserved.
Steve Kornacki joined Welker to break down the latest NBC News national poll — which showed former President Donald Trump up 22 points over Biden on how well he handled the economy.
“The economy is so striking because jobs are up, inflation is down. Voters aren’t giving [Biden] credit for that,” Welker pointed out.
WATCH: President Biden trails former President Trump by 22 points on handling of the economy in the latest NBC News national poll, says @SteveKornacki.@kwelkernbc: "The economy is so striking because jobs are up, inflation is down. Voters aren't giving [Biden] credit for that." pic.twitter.com/KzyB7S4rzR
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) February 4, 2024
FOX, “Fox News Sunday”:
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) joined anchor Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday,” where they discussed retaliatory strikes over the weekend against targets connected to Iranian-backed terrorists in the Middle East.
“Our national security is in freewill,” Graham told Bream, arguing that Biden’s overall projection of American weakness had opened the door for multiple hostile actors to display aggression over the last several years. Beginning with the disastrous exit from Afghanistan and the subsequent Taliban takeover, Graham went on to mention Russia’s incursion into Ukraine — and the war that continued to rage there — along with the October 7 surprise attack Hamas terrorists perpetrated against Israeli civilians.
Each act of aggression — perpetrated by a nation that was not exactly friendly with the United States — was a test to see if and when Biden would retaliate, and what that might look like.
“We’re having Americans killed by Iranian proxies in the mid-east, they’re pushing us all over the place, our national security is in free-fall,” Graham repeated. “Here’s what works: hit something they value.”
He went on to say that it only took one strike to take out Qassem Soleimani — and that had had an immediate impact.
WATCH: Senator @LindseyGrahamSC reacts to U.S. retaliatory strikes in Syria and Iraq. pic.twitter.com/AgbN3lf7Vq
— Fox News Sunday (@FoxNewsSunday) February 4, 2024
MSNBC, “Inside With Jen Psaki”:
Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki made sure to focus a portion of her MSNBC show on the continuing attempts — to push for charges against former President Trump to be tried before the November election, and sooner if possible.
Psaki discussed the situation with Neal Katyal and Andrew Weissmann, both of whom expressed their dismay that the cases were not moving faster.
“I am officially at the freak out stage … I can’t imagine a more compelling need for speed than the idea that U.S. citizens deserve to know before the election whether a candidate is a felon and an insurrectionist,” Katyal complained.
“Neal and I are in violent agreement,” Weissmann said.
.@neal_katyal: "I am officially at the freak out stage…I can't imagine a more compelling need for speed than the idea that U.S. citizens deserve to know before the election whether a candidate is a felon & an insurrectionist."@AWeissmann_ : "Neal & I are in violent agreement" pic.twitter.com/8WaqGwX1p1
— Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) February 4, 2024