According to data compiled by the Media Research Center, 92% of the major network media coverage — throughout the first 100 days of President Donald Trump&#8217;s second term — has been negative.
The MRC looked at coverage across the three major broadcast companies — ABC, CBS, and NBC — and set aside comments made by expressly partisan guests, whether they were in support of or opposition to the Trump administration. Instead, they only recorded &#8220;evaluative comments&#8221; made by those whose role with the networks suggests they are to behave in a non-partisan fashion: anchors, reporters, and experts.
This is the same rubric by which MRC graded the bias of networks covering former President Joe Biden in 2021 and of networks covering Trump during his first term in 2017 — and based on the data, Trump&#8217;s coverage has been even more negative during his second term than it was during his first.
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🚨 BREAKING STUDY: The Trump-hating media gives President Trump 92% negative coverage in his first 100 days in office. <a href="https://t.co/fr3XUB8eWS">https://t.co/fr3XUB8eWS</a>
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&#8220;MRC analysts tallied 1,841 explicitly evaluative statements about  President Trump and his Trump administration, of which 1,698 (92.2%) were negative vs. a mere 143 (7.8%) which were positive,&#8221; the report stated, noting that the data were pulled from some 899 stories about President Trump or his administration that aired during evening news broadcasts on ABC, CBS, and NBC between January 20 and April 9.
The biggest takeaway, according to the report, was the dramatic shift from the 59% positive coverage the same three networks offered former President Biden.
Another change of note was the focus on policies rather than Trump&#8217;s personality, which drove the 89% negative coverage Trump received in 2017. Major story topics included tariffs (361 minutes of coverage), the Department Of Government Efficiency (310 minutes) and illegal immigration (233 minutes) — and all showcased networks that stood in opposition to Trump&#8217;s positions and policies on those issues.
The data also pointed to a disparity between the way the public views President Trump and his policies — particularly with regard to illegal immigration, where <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-pollster-admits-most-americans-side-with-trump-on-illegals-want-them-all-deported" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent polling</a> indicates the majority of Americans largely favor Trump&#8217;s deportation plan. Despite that, the legacy networks&#8217; messaging on the issue of illegal immigration has been 93% negative.
Trump fared better than a few associated with his administration, however. Elon Musk and DOGE saw 96% negative coverage, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth&#8217;s coverage was 100% negative.

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Democrats and their media counterparts did their level best on Sunday to convince viewers that President Donald Trump had crossed the line they&#8217;ve all been clutching their pearls over for weeks and deported American citizens — minor children, no less. But as Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained, that is not at all what transpired.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
The discussion around illegal immigration — and President Trump&#8217;s ambitious mass deportation plan — has been contentious since long before he won reelection in November of 2024. And as his administration began to make good on his promises to deport illegal aliens in large numbers — beginning with those who had committed crimes in addition to crossing the border illegally — poll numbers backed his play as a majority of Americans said they were in favor of all illegal aliens facing deportation.
But opponents of his policies have thrown caution to the wind as they back the illegals instead, taking up the cause of an illegal immigrant member of a transnational gang and defending a judge who has been charged with crimes related to assisting an illegal immigrant in evading capture. When they learned that three children, aged two, four, and seven — who are American citizens — were relocated with their illegal immigrant mother when she was deported, they thought they finally had the narrative that so many had been predicting.
MSNBC host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/msnbc-host-says-black-american-citizens-next-in-line-if-deportations-are-allowed-to-continue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Symone Sanders-Townsend</a> said just a week prior that the deportation of Salvadoran national and MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia was proof that the Trump administration would eventually come for American citizens. She also argued that he would start with communities of color.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whoopi-claims-that-if-trump-can-deport-terrorists-he-can-deport-any-one-of-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whoopi Goldberg</a> claimed a month earlier on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; that the Trump administration could come for anyone if they could deport terrorists. &#8220;You just gotta keep your eyes open, y’all,&#8221; she warned, going on to imply that even American citizens were at risk of deportation. &#8220;Because if they can just come up and take somebody because they’ve made a decision that you’re supposed to be that person, any one of us could find ourselves being deported to some country when we’ve never been there.&#8221;
By Sunday morning, the narrative was set: Trump&#8217;s Department of Homeland Security was deporting minor children who were American citizens.
On CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; host Margaret Brennan blindsided Border Czar Tom Homan, who said he did not know about that specific case, with the story.
&#8220;On Friday, there were three American citizen children, born here, who were deported along with their mothers from Louisiana down to Honduras,&#8221; Brennan began, noting that one of the three children was a four-year-old who had stage-four cancer and saying that the child had been sent to Honduras without being allowed to first speak with a doctor &#8220;and without medication.&#8221;
&#8220;I understand this child&#8217;s mother entered this country illegally, but isn&#8217;t there some basis for compassionate consideration here that should have allowed for more consultation or treatment?&#8221; Brennan asked.
Homan objected to Brennan&#8217;s framing of the question, saying that he was not familiar with the specific case but adding, &#8220;No U.S. citizen child was deported.&#8221;
&#8220;The mother was deported along with the children,&#8221; Brennan insisted.
&#8220;The children aren&#8217;t deported,&#8221; Homan said again. &#8220;The mother chose to take the children with her.&#8221;
&#8220;Having a U.S. citizen child after you enter this country illegally is not a get out of jail free card. It doesn&#8217;t make you immune from our laws,&#8221; he added.
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White House &quot;border czar&quot; Tom Homan says he is not aware of the case last week when a mother who had entered the U.S. illegally was deported to Honduras with her 4-year-old child who has stage-four cancer. But he adds: &quot;Having a U.S. citizen child after you enter this country… <a href="https://t.co/aEr57Y5Ga2">pic.twitter.com/aEr57Y5Ga2</a>
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&#8220;Having a U.S. citizen child doesn&#8217;t make you immune from our laws of the country. American families get separated every day by law enforcement,&#8221; Homan repeated, saying that the mothers in question had received due process and had chosen to take their children with them when they were removed from the United States.
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White House &quot;border czar&quot; Tom Homan says he disagrees with the federal judge who said there was &quot;no meaningful process&quot; behind the deportation of a woman to Honduras with her children, one of whom is a 2-year-old U.S. citizen. He says the woman &quot;had due process&quot; and decided to… <a href="https://t.co/WR3wDZ7Ouj">pic.twitter.com/WR3wDZ7Ouj</a>
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CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash used the same framing on &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; posing a question to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer about the &#8220;three American citizen children&#8221; who &#8220;were deported with their families, including one suffering from metastatic cancer.&#8221;
Schumer used the opportunity to claim that the Trump administration was violating due process by deporting illegal aliens whose presence in the United States is in itself a violation of the immigration process.
&#8220;Due process is a hallmark of what our country is all about, the rule of law, and ICE and Trump seem to break it in every single way. He believes he’s a king. He is not, and the American people are totally against what he is doing in this regard,&#8221; Schumer claimed — despite <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-pollster-admits-most-americans-side-with-trump-on-illegals-want-them-all-deported" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polling data</a> that says the people are, in fact, in favor of mass deportations.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSchumer</a> responds to reports that the Trump administration deported three US citizen children with their families: “Due process is a hallmark of what our country is all about, the rule of law, and ICE and Trump seem to break it in every single way. He believes he’s a king. He… <a href="https://t.co/zYwaMEpyCC">pic.twitter.com/zYwaMEpyCC</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1916487619761803332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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And on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; host Kristen Welker tried the exact same set-up with Secretary of State <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thats-just-not-true-rubio-spars-with-nbc-host-over-claim-american-kids-were-deported" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rubio</a> — even after he explained, as Homan had, that it was the illegal alien mothers who were subject to the deportation orders and the children were simply taken with them when they were removed from the country. He noted that for the children, because of their citizenship status, there was no bar for reentry to the United States for them.
Welker pushed back anyway, asking, &#8220;Is it the U.S. policy to deport children, even U.S. citizens, with their families — and I hear what you’re saying — without due process, just to be very clear?&#8221;
“No, no, no,” Rubio objected. “No, no, again: if someone’s in the country unlawfully, illegally, that person gets deported. If that person is with a two-year-old child, or has a two-year-old child, and says, ‘I want to take my child with me,’ well then what —? You have two choices. You can say, ‘Yes, of course you can take your child, whether they’re a citizen or not, because it’s your child.’ Or you can say, ‘Yes, you can go, but your child must stay behind.&#8217;”
Rubio noted that would create a whole new problem, saying, “And then your headlines would read, ‘U.S. holding hostage two-year-old, four-year-old, seven-year-old, while mother deported.’ The parents make that choice.”
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&quot;We have to make a determination about whether this is an endeavor that we want to continue to be involved in,&quot; says <a href="https://twitter.com/SecRubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecRubio</a> on negotiations around Ukraine.
&quot;There are reasons to be optimistic, but there are reasons to be realistic&#8230; We&#39;re close, but we&#39;re not close enough.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/BtVrodmRUy">pic.twitter.com/BtVrodmRUy</a>
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Border Czar Homan Speaks To Media At White House

Spin Cycle: Dems, Media Desperate To Convince Everyone That Trump Is ‘Deporting Americans’

Spin Cycle: Dems, Media Desperate To Convince Everyone That Trump Is 'Deporting Americans'

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Democrats and their media surrogates were clearly back on their heels Sunday as they attempted to simultaneously defend efforts to retrieve deported illegal alien and suspected MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego-Garcia and fight their way out of increasingly dismal approval ratings.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
Sunday&#8217;s spin was largely focused on Abrego-Garcia — as Democrats and Republicans split on whether the illegal alien, who had been living in Maryland despite a legal deportation order issued in 2019, had been denied due process — and Senator Chris Van Hollen&#8217;s (D-MD) trip to El Salvador on his behalf.
But Democrats also have to contend with the fact that their party is increasingly unpopular even with their own base — and that members of the party do not agree on what&#8217;s causing that problem or <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-honeymoon-is-over-longtime-dem-strategist-trashes-contemptible-little-twerp-david-hogg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">how to fix it</a>. Newly-elected Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg announced early in the week that his organization, Leaders We Deserve, planned to dump $20 million into primary challenges against aging Democrats.
Hogg&#8217;s announcement prompted the ire of longtime Democratic strategist James Carville, who referred to the DNC Vice Chair as a &#8220;contemptible little twerp&#8221; and suggested that the DNC could sue him for working against the party&#8217;s interests. Hogg fired back, saying that Carville had not won an election since before he was born.
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🔥HOGG vs. CARVILLE feud heats up: Hogg tears into Carville for calling him “a contemptible little twerp.&quot;
&quot;James Carville has not won an election since before I was born. These are the same ones that had $2 billion to win an election and still lost.&quot;
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Rep. James Coburn (D-SC) made an appearance on MSNBC, where he claimed that there was nothing wrong with his party&#8217;s message and that depressingly low approval ratings were due to legacy media failing to promote that message heavily enough.
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🚨Clyburn: Democrats have a great message. The reason they&#39;re having problems is because the media isn’t leftwing enough. <a href="https://t.co/tsb0cvn4bW">pic.twitter.com/tsb0cvn4bW</a>
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Complicating matters even further are recent polls that indicate more and more Americans are siding with President Donald Trump on illegal immigration, with a majority of voters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-pollster-admits-most-americans-side-with-trump-on-illegals-want-them-all-deported" target="_blank" rel="noopener">favoring the deportation</a> of all illegal immigrants.
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Immigration is &quot;where Trump wants the focus&#8230; Pretty, pretty please with a cherry on top.&quot; 
-His net approval on immigration is positive
-A plurality say under Trump immigration policy is on the right track (unlike under Biden)
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By Sunday, Van Hollen had returned from his humanitarian mission to visit deported illegal alien Abrego-Garcia in El Salvador — so his next order of business was a netw0rk-by-network tour to talk about it.
On ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week,&#8221; Van Hollen leaned into the assertion that Abrego-Garcia had been denied due process and attempted to spin the trip solely as an effort to defend the illegal&#8217;s rights.
&#8220;I am not defending the man. I&#8217;m defending the rights of this man to due process,&#8221; he claimed. CNN assisted Van Hollen in his efforts, describing Abrego-Garcia simply as a &#8220;Maryland resident.&#8221;
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“I am not defending the man. I&#39;m defending the rights of this man to due process.” 
Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen responds to criticism after advocating for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident deported for alleged gang ties despite a court order. <a href="https://t.co/BZt1UFtQGG">https://t.co/BZt1UFtQGG</a> <a href="https://t.co/AC5H0nSGyG">pic.twitter.com/AC5H0nSGyG</a>
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Van Hollen also criticized Salvadoran officials, whom he said had set up photo ops during their meeting to make it appear as though Abrego-Garcia was being treated better than he actually was: &#8220;The Salvadoran authorities tried to deceive people. They tried to make it look like he was in paradise.&#8221;
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Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen describes his meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. 
&quot;The Salvadoran authorities tried to deceive people. They tried to make it look like he was in paradise.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/CB4ds4BOgX">https://t.co/CB4ds4BOgX</a> <a href="https://t.co/VvekLMi59J">pic.twitter.com/VvekLMi59J</a>
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Van Hollen repeated that same sentiment on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; saying, &#8220;They go to great lengths to deceive people, and that&#8217;s what you saw. These government guys essentially told the waiters to bring these drinks that appear to look like margaritas to the table. No one touched them.&#8221;
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says El Salvador&#39;s government &quot;staged&quot; elements of his photos with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongly deported to a Salvadoran supermax prison, &quot;to create the impression that this is a guy in paradise.&quot;
&quot;They go to great lengths… <a href="https://t.co/KmKlcFQrok">pic.twitter.com/KmKlcFQrok</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1913996557310980403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; Van Hollen claimed that the Trump administration was &#8220;flouting the courts&#8221; and  provoking a &#8220;constitutional crisis&#8221; by allowing Abrego-Garcia – who is a citizen of El Salvador — to remain in Salvadoran custody.
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Sen. Van Hollen says U.S. in constitutional crisis with Trump ‘flouting the courts’: Full interview <a href="https://t.co/tigmhVXude">https://t.co/tigmhVXude</a>
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And on &#8220;Fox News Sunday,&#8221; Van Hollen admitted to anchor Shannon Bream that his trip to El Salvador had been an &#8220;official Congressional trip,&#8221; meaning that it had been financed with taxpayer dollars.
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🚨 <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisVanHollen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisVanHollen</a> confirms taxpayers paid for him to fly to El Salvador and sip margaritas with a deported illegal immigrant MS-13 gang member <a href="https://t.co/xByXzeRoYi">pic.twitter.com/xByXzeRoYi</a>
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CNN anchor Dana Bash pressed Van Hollen on Abrego-Garcia&#8217;s alleged ties to violent Salvadoran street gang MS-13 — noting that the Trump administration has cited court documents indicating that he is or was a member — but the Maryland Senator admitted he had not even asked about that.
&#8220;Can you say with absolute certainty that he is not, nor has he ever been a member of the MS-13 gang, and did you ask him point blank?&#8221; Bash asked.
&#8220;What Donald Trump is trying to do here is change the subject. The subject at hand is that he and his administration are defying a court order to give to give Abrego Garcia his due process rights. They are trying to litigate on social media what they should be doing in the courts,&#8221; Van Hollen complained. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t ask him that because I know what his answer is what he told me was he was sad and traumatized that he was being in prison because he has committed no crimes, and that goes to the heart of this issue because he&#8217;s being denied his due process rights.&#8221;
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BASH: “Can you say with absolute certainty that he is not, nor has he ever been a member of the MS-13 gang, and did you ask him point blank?”
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&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1913945462542942658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Meanwhile, during a different segment on ABC News, host Jon Karl pressed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on the party&#8217;s struggles with low popularity numbers — and Hogg&#8217;s promise to aid in unseating some incumbent Democrats going into 2026.
&#8220;I look forward to standing behind every single Democratic incumbent, from the most progressive, to the most centrist, and all points in between,&#8221; Jeffries replied.
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When asked about DNC vice chair David Hogg pushing to unseat some incumbents, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says, “I look forward to standing behind every single Democratic incumbent, from the most progressive, to the most centrist, and all points in between.” <a href="https://t.co/QVCltLFudC">https://t.co/QVCltLFudC</a> <a href="https://t.co/Vr4s5xkLTm">pic.twitter.com/Vr4s5xkLTm</a>
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But Hogg also made it clear later in the broadcast that he had no intention of backing down either. &#8220;We cannot just be the party that is against Donald Trump. We have to be a party that doesn&#8217;t have a 27% approval rating from our own base. That is not a survivable future.&#8221;
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“We cannot just be the party that is against Donald Trump. We have to be a party that doesn&#39;t have a 27% approval rating from our own base. That is not a survivable future,” DNC vice chair David Hogg says of his push to challenge incumbent House Democrats. <a href="https://t.co/DaDPijvbEu">https://t.co/DaDPijvbEu</a> <a href="https://t.co/K1rfpnOzsn">pic.twitter.com/K1rfpnOzsn</a>
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March for Our Lives 2022

Spin Cycle: Due Process, And Panic(!) At The DNC

Nearly two weeks after President Donald Trump announced his sweeping &#8220;Liberation Day&#8221; tariff plan, Democrats and their media surrogates finally appear to have coalesced around a narrative — and the word of the day is &#8220;chaos.&#8221;
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
When Trump first introduced the tariffs during a White House event nearly two weeks ago, Democrats and the media talking heads all predicted that even America&#8217;s allies would turn on Trump — and quickly. But despite a few hiccups and complaints, the latest reports suggest that some <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/from-tariffs-to-talks-trump-adviser-reports-130-countries-now-seek-a-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">130 countries</a> have instead come willingly to the negotiating table — and a number have already promised to drop their own tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers on U.S. goods if the United States does the same.
When the stock market plummeted the day after the tariffs were introduced, legacy media and Democrats latched onto that, claiming that the tariffs would continue to wreak havoc on the markets — but as countries came to the table, prompting Trump to pause all of the reciprocal tariffs save for those levied against Communist China, the freefall stopped and numbers began to climb upward. The rise was anything but steady, however, bringing the Democrats their long-awaited talking point: CHAOS.
ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week&#8221; previewed Sunday morning&#8217;s broadcast — and an interview with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) — by focusing on the &#8220;market uncertainty&#8221; that has remained &#8220;high despite President Trump’s rollback of many steep tariffs.&#8221;
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With market uncertainty high despite President Trump’s rollback of many steep tariffs, <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jonkarl</a> interviews <a href="https://twitter.com/SenWarren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenWarren</a> about the administration’s moves and whether her resolution to curtail the president’s ability to impose tariffs can pass Congress. <a href="https://t.co/7NZyCmU6RR">https://t.co/7NZyCmU6RR</a> <a href="https://t.co/HpjzSA7Ub9">pic.twitter.com/HpjzSA7Ub9</a>
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Warren, who joined a number of others who suggested Trump sparked the uncertainty on purpose in order to tip off his &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-view-host-claims-trumps-truth-social-posts-are-coded-insider-trading-tips" target="_blank" rel="noopener">billionaire friends</a>&#8221; and give them an opening to buy up stocks right before the market skyrocketed, said the magic word during her interview with host Jon Karl.
&#8220;Look, there is no tariff policy. It&#8217;s just all chaos and corruption,&#8221; Warren claimed. &#8220;That&#8217;s all we have going on. And how can you believe any of these guys? What did Donald Trump tweet out all in caps? &#8216;I WILL NOT BACK DOWN.&#8217; How many hours was that? 24 hours, 30 hours before he turned around and backed down?&#8221;
Warren then mocked Trump&#8217;s classification of the massive trade deficits with most countries worldwide as an &#8220;emergency,&#8221; asking, &#8220;What&#8217;s the emergency with Belgium?&#8221;
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“There is no tariff policy. It&#39;s just all chaos and corruption.” 
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren slams Pres. Trump’s shifting tariff strategy amid economic uncertainty. <a href="https://t.co/OMqE9hhvsl">https://t.co/OMqE9hhvsl</a> <a href="https://t.co/bQTzwR9s9q">pic.twitter.com/bQTzwR9s9q</a>
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Warren went on to claim that Trump had actually created an &#8220;emergency,&#8221; saying that she believed it was time for Congress to step in and put a stop to it. &#8220;It is time for Congress right now to step into the emergency that Donald Trump has created, use our own powers.&#8221;
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren tells <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonKarl</a> that Democrats “don&#39;t have to wait for the courts to step in” to act against Pres. Trump’s tariffs. 
“It is time for Congress right now to step into the emergency that Donald Trump has created, use our own powers.” <a href="https://t.co/tzFvfj3LmA">https://t.co/tzFvfj3LmA</a> <a href="https://t.co/BO8YonYd0r">pic.twitter.com/BO8YonYd0r</a>
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Karl also spoke with Stephen A. Smith, who recently flipped on his previous statements and said he was actually considering a presidential run in the future. Smith took a similar tone, arguing that Trump&#8217;s tariffs were based on a whim rather than any well-thought-out economic strategy.
&#8220;This whole tariff war situation is utterly ridiculous,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There doesn&#8217;t appear to be a plan.&#8221;
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ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith on the first few months of the Trump administration: “I don&#39;t like what I&#39;m seeing, but I&#39;m not surprised.” 
“This whole tariff war situation is utterly ridiculous … There doesn&#39;t appear to be a plan.” <a href="https://t.co/P6PenqaXuY">https://t.co/P6PenqaXuY</a> <a href="https://t.co/DVWnauYHDO">pic.twitter.com/DVWnauYHDO</a>
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Margaret Brennan teased her Sunday morning broadcast of &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; on CBS News in much the same fashion, saying, &#8220;It&#8217;s tariff chaos. As the U.S. trade war with China intensifies, how Americans, the stock market, and the entire global economy could be impacted.&#8221;
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This Sunday on Face The Nation with <a href="https://twitter.com/margbrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@margbrennan</a>:
It&#39;s tariff chaos. As the U.S. trade war with China intensifies, how Americans, the stock market, and the entire global economy could be impacted. <a href="https://t.co/IlkkXfxEiS">pic.twitter.com/IlkkXfxEiS</a>
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Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said the quiet part aloud, telling Brennan that the more pundits and &#8220;experts&#8221; wrung their hands about the volatility in the market, the more volatile the market was likely to become.
&#8220;It is a serious situation. If everybody is nervous at the same time, businesses and consumers, and they all pull back at the same time, that can lead to an economic downturn, just by itself,&#8221; he said, adding that he hoped uncertainty would dial back amid J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon&#8217;s estimation that the odds of a recession sat at 50%.
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When asked if his estimate for the odds of a recession is as high as J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon predicts — at 50% — Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari says, &quot;Hopefully those odds can be brought down.&quot;
&quot;It is a serious situation. If everybody is nervous at the same time,… <a href="https://t.co/FvaVC04SXx">pic.twitter.com/FvaVC04SXx</a>
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&#8220;Obviously, the market participants are trying to grasp for, where is this is all going to settle? And that&#8217;s causing volatility as they are trying to do these assessments. So, that volatility is to be expected,&#8221; Kashkari added, letting Brennan know that the sky wasn&#8217;t falling just yet. &#8220;But markets are functioning, transactions are happening, and so, I anticipate that&#8217;s going to continue.&#8221;
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Despite a tumultuous week in the markets, they look orderly at the moment, says Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari.
&quot;Obviously, the market participants are trying to grasp for, where is this is all going to settle? And that&#39;s causing volatility as they are trying to do… <a href="https://t.co/pkXz3qN3nx">pic.twitter.com/pkXz3qN3nx</a>
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Senator Warren also made a stop at CNN on Sunday, speaking with anchor Jake Tapper on &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; and repeating her claims of &#8220;chaos and corruption&#8221; and arguing that Trump was tailoring his tariffs and timing their announcements in order to benefit donors and billionaires: &#8220;Investors will not invest in the United States when Donald Trump is playing red light, green light with tariffs and saying, &#8216;oh, and for my special donors, you get a special exception.'&#8221;
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&quot;Chaos and corruption.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/ewarren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ewarren</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a>: &quot;Investors will not invest in the United States when Donald Trump is playing red light, green light with tariffs and saying, oh, and for my special donors, you get a special exception.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/oaeGkCxKPU">pic.twitter.com/oaeGkCxKPU</a>
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CNN also used the magic word when sharing clips from the show from the official X account.
&#8220;.@jaketapper presses Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett on tariff chaos: &#8216;What do you say to small business owners, or even big business owners, who say they&#8217;re having difficulty making long term business decisions because the country seems right now to be run by capricious whim?'&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a> presses Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett on tariff chaos: “What do you say to small business owners, or even big business owners, who say they&#39;re having difficulty making long term business decisions because the country seems right now to be run by capricious… <a href="https://t.co/0mjd7a8J49">pic.twitter.com/0mjd7a8J49</a>
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Former Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) also let the buzz word slip during her appearance on CNN, saying, &#8220;This chaos is not a good state of being.&#8221;
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Former Dem Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/wildforcongress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wildforcongress</a>: “This chaos is not a good state of being”<a href="https://twitter.com/RepTimBurchett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepTimBurchett</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ashleyrallison?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AshleyrAllison</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/BradOnMessage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BradOnMessage</a> join <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a> to discuss the fallout from Trump’s tariff rollout <a href="https://t.co/cvFKMC3cYe">pic.twitter.com/cvFKMC3cYe</a>
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On X, @westernlensman even posted a montage of the Democrats and media delivering the buzzword:
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The word has gone out: &quot;CHAOS!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/KTCVv7UpHM">pic.twitter.com/KTCVv7UpHM</a>
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And there&#8217;s more:
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New Democrat talking point, “chaos”. They all got the memo. <a href="https://t.co/Efi2YZFaJK">pic.twitter.com/Efi2YZFaJK</a>
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Elizabeth Warren

Spin Cycle: And The Word Of The Day Is ‘Chaos’

Spin Cycle: And The Word Of The Day Is 'Chaos'

Economy

Tariffs

Sunday morning, for those watching the weekly political shows, was awash in criticisms and outright attacks on President Donald Trump and his stated plan to rebalance long term global trade deficits through the use of tariffs.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
Following Trump&#8217;s announcement regarding the widespread implementation of tariffs — against most of the United States&#8217; global trade partners — media outlets went into a tailspin as the economic uncertainty that announcement wrought also brought a serious downturn in the market.
Trump and his administration have repeatedly explained that the tariffs are meant to be used as leverage to broker fairer trade agreements — and have acknowledged that the road to those fairer trade agreements could get <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hang-tough-trump-calls-on-americans-to-ride-out-tariff-storm-predicts-historic-investments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bumpy</a> in the interim.
&#8220;China has been hit much harder than the USA, not even close. They, and many other nations, have treated us unsustainably badly. We have been the dumb and helpless &#8216;whipping post,&#8217; but not any longer. We are bringing back jobs and businesses like never before. Already, more than FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT, and rising fast!&#8221; Trump posted Saturday via Truth Social. &#8220;THIS IS AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION, AND WE WILL WIN. HANG TOUGH, it won’t be easy, but the end result will be historic. We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!&#8221;
Despite that, media outlets have remained laser-focused on the immediate impact of the announcement. On ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week,&#8221; for example, anchor and former Democrat operative George Stephanopoulos opened the show by putting a damper on Trump&#8217;s optimistic outlook.
&#8220;President Trump is betting that this drives up manufacturing here in the United States but even the president has acknowledged that could take years,&#8221; he said, going to a report from White House political correspondent Rachel Scott about how the tariffs &#8220;rattle the markets, raising fears about a recession.&#8221;
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“President Trump is betting that this drives up manufacturing here in the United States but even the president has acknowledged that could take years.” <a href="https://twitter.com/rachelvscott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RachelVScott</a> reports after Trump’s tariffs rattle the markets, raising fears about a recession. <a href="https://t.co/2Eq09HQa3u">https://t.co/2Eq09HQa3u</a> <a href="https://t.co/bFz3TrxwNA">pic.twitter.com/bFz3TrxwNA</a>
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Stephanopoulos then cut to foreign correspondent Britt Clennett, who laid out the risks of the United States engaging directly in a trade war with China — namely the fact that major retailers in the United States rely on Chinese-made goods while Chinese consumers purchase very little that is made in America.
&#8220;While the U.S. is inflicting economic pain on its allies like Japan and South Korea with high tariffs, China is using this moment to woo them,&#8221; she added, suggesting that China would undercut the U.S. tariffs in order to gain traction in other markets.
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“While the U.S. is inflicting economic pain on its allies like Japan and South Korea with high tariffs, China is using this moment to woo them.” <a href="https://twitter.com/BrittClennett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrittClennett</a> reports as China hits back on U.S. with retaliatory tariffs. <a href="https://t.co/s0bJSiDoIg">https://t.co/s0bJSiDoIg</a> <a href="https://t.co/HA9wAQKnbP">pic.twitter.com/HA9wAQKnbP</a>
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Stephanopoulos did bring in White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett to defend the tariffs, and he said that he would not predict a large increase in consumer costs for Americans. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think that you&#8217;re going to see a big effect on the consumer in the U.S.,&#8221; he said.
Hassett pointed out the fact that media outlets were playing both sides of the issue when they claimed that other countries were angry and retaliating while also claiming that the American people would bear the brunt of the costs. If the American people truly were going to feel the greatest impact from the tariffs, Hassett argued, then there would be no cause for countries like China to be angry or introduce retaliatory tariffs.
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White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett defended Pres. Trump&#39;s tariffs, refuting the idea they will cost American consumers more.
“I don&#39;t think that you&#39;re going to see a big effect on the consumer in the U.S.” <a href="https://t.co/E6Bo1hnSDU">https://t.co/E6Bo1hnSDU</a> <a href="https://t.co/RY1o7fOwZi">pic.twitter.com/RY1o7fOwZi</a>
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When pressed on the possibility of a recession, Hassett pushed back: &#8220;I would expect the jobs numbers … are going to go up even more now that the tariffs are in place.&#8221;
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When pressed by George Stephanopoulos about the risk of recession, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett highlights employment: “I would expect the jobs numbers … are going to go up even more now that the tariffs are in place.” <a href="https://t.co/WMlLzdU09H">https://t.co/WMlLzdU09H</a> <a href="https://t.co/RFJH6hUlsH">pic.twitter.com/RFJH6hUlsH</a>
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On CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; anchor Margaret Brennan brought in Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) — who opposes the tariffs — to discuss how the issue might ultimately be resolved.
&#8220;I think ultimately it&#8217;s Congress, once we see enough of this, but maybe the courts as well,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We gave the president emergency powers, so the courts will have to decide, what just happened? Is this emergency powers, or is this a total change in tariff policy? And I think it&#8217;s really the latter.&#8221;
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As a conservative group challenges President Trump&#39;s new tariffs in court, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) is asked whether the dispute over the tariffs will ultimately be settled by the judiciary.
&quot;I think ultimately it&#39;s Congress, once we see enough of this, but maybe the courts as… <a href="https://t.co/W7S4VE4xBG">pic.twitter.com/W7S4VE4xBG</a>
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Brennan also spoke with Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), who said Trump was doing the opposite of what he should do with regard to trade. &#8220;Instead of building those alliances, Trump is, basically, getting into a trade war that is having unbelievable impact.&#8221;
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Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) says Trump’s tariffs are counter to what America’s goal should be — to make &quot;great manufactured products and grow great agriculture products,&quot; and help open up doors to overseas markets for U.S. farmers.
&quot;But instead of building those alliances, Trump… <a href="https://t.co/Khcfyxke3X">pic.twitter.com/Khcfyxke3X</a>
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick also joined the program to defend Trump&#8217;s plan, and he argued that the end result would be more manufacturing moving back to the United States.
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&quot;Remember, the army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones. That kind of thing is going to come to America. It&#39;s going to be automated,&quot; Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick tells <a href="https://twitter.com/margbrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@margbrennan</a> when discussing Trump&#39;s tariffs strategy to… <a href="https://t.co/pOneXABv05">pic.twitter.com/pOneXABv05</a>
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On CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; anchor Jake Tapper pressed Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on the impact of the tariffs and claimed, &#8220;There seems to be a lack of acknowledgement of the real pain and panic people are feeling right now.&#8221;
Rollins pushed back, noting that the rapid market declines were rooted in uncertainty rather than any real impact from the tariffs and explaining that the Trump administration had a plan and expected things to level off.
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“There seems to be a lack of acknowledgement of the real pain and panic people are feeling right now.”<a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a> and Agriculture <a href="https://twitter.com/SecRollins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecRollins</a> spar over the fallout from Trump’s sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries. <a href="https://t.co/Ppv062TzIf">pic.twitter.com/Ppv062TzIf</a>
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A panel discussion later included Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) defending the Trump administration, saying as the president has that Americans were likely to face &#8220;a little turbulence as you move to smooth skies.&#8221;
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Our panel included members from both sides of the aisle. What did they say about the state of the economy? <a href="https://twitter.com/RepNicole?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepNicole</a>: &quot;A little turbulence as you move to smooth skies.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/RepScholten?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepScholten</a>: &quot;The American people are losing under Trump.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/DavidJUrban?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DavidJUrban</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/JamalSimmons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JamalSimmons</a> join… <a href="https://t.co/yGGlsI0ycm">pic.twitter.com/yGGlsI0ycm</a>
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent laid out some data for anchor Kristen Welker on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; shrugging off questions about an imminent recession.
&#8220;Kristen, what I like is data &#8230; A 20% tariff on China led to a 0.7% price level increase over 4 years. I think that&#8217;s pretty good &#8230; The little-publicized story this week: everyone wants to look at the stock market going down; you know what else went down? Oil prices went down almost 15% in 2 days, which impacts working Americans much more than the stock market does,&#8221; Bessent said. &#8220;Interests rates hit their low for the year, so I&#8217;m expecting the mortgage applications to pick up.&#8221;
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent obliterates NBC&#39;s Kristen Welker on tariffs with numbers:
&quot;Kristen, what I like is data&#8230;A 20% tariff on China led to a 0.7% price level increase over 4 years. I think that&#39;s pretty good&#8230;The little-publicized story this week: everyone wants to… <a href="https://t.co/uNlaIll4Pw">pic.twitter.com/uNlaIll4Pw</a>
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President Trump Holds “Make America Wealthy Again Event” In White House Rose Garden

Spin Cycle: Legacy Media And The ‘Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad’ Tariffs

Spin Cycle: Legacy Media And The 'Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad' Tariffs

Democrats and media just can&#8217;t quit the Signal story, as evidenced by the broadcasts across multiple networks on Sunday morning. On every show, time was devoted to questions about the apparently-accidental inclusion of Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg in a Signal chat group in which top officials discussed an imminent attack on Houthi terrorists.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
Despite the fact that the attack discussed in the chat went off without so much as a hitch — and American service members do not appear to have been put in any danger — from ABC News to CNN, hosts and guests discussed whether or not the information discussed in the Signal group amounted to classified information and what should ultimately happen to those who were responsible for it.
On ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week,&#8221; anchor Martha Raddatz referred to the mishap as &#8220;jaw-dropping&#8221; and an &#8220;extraordinary national security breach&#8221; — and accused President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration of &#8220;downplaying, deflecting, and at times outright dismissing&#8221; the seriousness of the situation.
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“The Trump administration downplaying, deflecting and at times outright dismissing an extraordinary national security breach.” <a href="https://twitter.com/MarthaRaddatz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarthaRaddatz</a> breaks down how Trump officials are responding to the Signal group chat containing Yemen strike details: <a href="https://t.co/5uOLPfh8tt">https://t.co/5uOLPfh8tt</a> <a href="https://t.co/hAlAQs6OwQ">pic.twitter.com/hAlAQs6OwQ</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1906347760116273342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Raddatz then brought in Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) to discuss the situation, and he claimed that despite assurances from multiple Trump administration officials that nothing discussed in the chat had been classified, he knew better.
&#8220;There is no question, regardless of agency, that this was classified,&#8221; Warner insisted, arguing that American lives could have been lost had the information been leaked to the public sooner. &#8220;It insults the intelligence of the American people when someone says, &#8216;Oh, no, nothing classified here.'&#8221;
Warner noted that the intelligence community had previously warned that Signal should not be used for classified information — and continued to insist that the information discussed by the Trump administration officials was classified, but never gave any specifics regarding what exactly had been divulged that was classified.
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“There is no question, regardless of agency, that this was classified.”
Sen. Mark Warner said that if information had been leaked from top Trump officials&#39; Signal chat discussing plans to bomb the Houthis in Yemen, American lives could have been lost. <a href="https://t.co/K6lUzM1jTE">https://t.co/K6lUzM1jTE</a> <a href="https://t.co/mIZpNE1Fla">pic.twitter.com/mIZpNE1Fla</a>
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Raddatz followed by bringing in Rep. Mike Turner — who previously chaired the House Intelligence Committee — and he also suggested that the material discussed was classified by virtue of the fact that military plans were included. He did not mention, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did shortly after the story broke, the fact that the military plans did not include coordinates either for the troops involved or the targets, nor did they give the names and locations of the units tasked with carrying out the attacks.
Still, Turner argued that it &#8220;should be considered classified information and it&#8217;s surprising to find it in an unclassified manner.&#8221;
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GOP Rep. Mike Turner, former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said “clearly” subject of military details discussed in the Signal group chat “should be considered classified information and it&#39;s surprising to find it in an unclassified manner.” <a href="https://t.co/oPQ2UURqhG">https://t.co/oPQ2UURqhG</a> <a href="https://t.co/73aXHApjw1">pic.twitter.com/73aXHApjw1</a>
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On CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; Sue Gordon — former principal deputy director of national intelligence — weighed in on the incident, and she complained that too much focus was being given to the fact that no tragedy had resulted from the breach.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t think we should rest on the fact that nothing bad happened this time. We don&#8217;t know whether that communications path has been penetrated, so we don&#8217;t know whether state actors that have lots of resources are just sitting and lurking,&#8221; she said.
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There was &quot;nothing&quot; about the military information discussed in the Trump administration&#39;s Signal group chat that was &quot;appropriate&quot; for being shared on that app, says Sue Gordon, former principal deputy director of national intelligence.
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&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1906382615805849628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Former CENTCOM commander, Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, pushed back a bit and noted that there was one major component of the story that was getting lost underneath all the noise regarding the Signal chat group — the fact that the Trump administration was successfully taking the fight to the Houthi terrorists in a way that President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration either could not or would not do.
&#8220;I think we have the capability — actually, right now, in Iran&#8217;s weakened state — to threaten them very strongly,&#8221; McKenzie said, adding that he &#8220;wouldn&#8217;t take anything off the table&#8221; with regard to next steps against the Houthis and Iran. The United States, he explained, has &#8220;finally begun to strike the Houthis hard,&#8221; in a way &#8220;that, frankly, eluded the previous administration.&#8221;
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Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie, former CENTCOM commander, says the &quot;larger story&quot; behind the Signal group chat controversy is that the U.S. has &quot;finally begun to strike the Houthis hard,&quot; at a pace &quot;that, frankly, eluded the previous administration.&quot;
He adds that he &quot;wouldn&#39;t take… <a href="https://t.co/8w9wE150z7">pic.twitter.com/8w9wE150z7</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1906384751407063498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; Jeffrey Goldberg  claimed that Vice President JD Vance&#8217;s comments in the chat were proof that he didn&#8217;t think President Trump fully grasped the situation.
What Vance actually said in the chat was that he favored delaying the strikes for a month because an immediate strike — besides sending an obvious message to the Houthis — ultimately did more to benefit and bail out Europe than it did for the United States.
&#8220;I am not sure the president is aware how inconsistent this is with his message on Europe right now,&#8221; he said, referencing the administration&#8217;s broader position that Europe needed to step up and take an active role in its own defense.
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Vance Signal messages suggest he doesn’t think Trump knows what he’s doing, Goldberg says <a href="https://t.co/9P79IZMqjA">https://t.co/9P79IZMqjA</a>
&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1906345176081043831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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And on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; Dana Bash brought in Senator James Lankford (R-OK) — who agreed that an investigation into the Signal chat was &#8220;entirely appropriate.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLankford?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenatorLankford</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaBashCNN</a> that it&#39;s &quot;entirely appropriate&quot; for the acting Pentagon inspector general to look into top Trump officials discussing military plans on Signal. <a href="https://t.co/2mYxfcIOfy">pic.twitter.com/2mYxfcIOfy</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1906338929218863605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Later on in the broadcast, however, Republican commentator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-accountability-dems-calling-for-hegseths-ouster-trip-over-awol-lloyd-austin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scott Jennings</a> dismantled the argument that Trump administration heads — particularly Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth&#8217;s and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz&#8217;s — should roll over the breach, pointing out that the bar for such firings had been set by the Biden administration.
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🚨Scott Jennings lays out the plain facts to Dems calling for firings over Signalgate —
JENNINGS: “The bar for firing people like this is really high from the last administration when after the Afghanistan withdrawal, which was a disaster, people died.&quot;
&quot;No accountability was… <a href="https://t.co/eE5n3liLIk">pic.twitter.com/eE5n3liLIk</a>
&mdash; Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href="https://twitter.com/WesternLensman/status/1906350055574966505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;If you’re trying to assess ‘what should we do about it,’ I hear Democrats arguing, ‘Well, we should fire Pete Hegseth,’ or, ‘We should fire the National Security Adviser,&#8217;” Jennings said. “The bar for firing people like this is really high from the last administration when after the Afghanistan withdrawal, which was a disaster, people died, no accountability was meted out. After the drone strike that vaporized those poor kids and that family, no accountability. After the secretary of defense went AWOL, no accountability.&#8221;

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Poland

Spin Cycle: But About That Signal Story …

Spin Cycle: But About That Signal Story ...

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For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
If this week&#8217;s political shows are to be taken at face value, the divide within the Democratic Party is quickly growing to an impassable chasm. Initially there was simply a difference of opinion regarding whether ousting President Joe Biden — and replacing him with former Vice President Kamala Harris with zero input from the voters — was the right thing to do with the 2024 presidential election hanging in the balance. In short order, it became clear that billions of dollars worth of celebrity endorsements and weapons-grade gaslighting couldn&#8217;t turn Harris into something she wasn&#8217;t: a likable and viable presidential candidate.
In the months since, the divide has focused on how best to &#8220;resist&#8221; or &#8220;fight back&#8221; against President Donald Trump and his agenda — an effort made far more challenging by the fact that President Trump and his team is far more cohesive than his first administration was and further complicated by the fact that Republicans have apparently mastered the art of sticking together.
Despite the fact that Democrats really should be rallying the troops behind a cohesive message, their actions thus far have only succeeded in deepening divides within their own party and putting them squarely on the wrong side of a few high-profile 80-20 issues. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer complicated matters further when, in order to avert a government shutdown he feared might ultimately be blamed on Democrats, he opted to vote in favor of a Republican-led Continuing Resolution funding the government through September. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) went the other direction — and recent polling indicates that it&#8217;s not just the party&#8217;s leadership that is at a crossroads.
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) took a thinly-veiled shot at Schumer&#8217;s leadership during an appearance on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week,&#8221; saying that even when Schumer had control of the Senate he&#8217;d failed to deliver and Democrats &#8220;did virtually nothing for working people.&#8221;
&#8220;I have to say that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m a member of the Democratic Caucus as an independent, so I&#8217;m not going to lie to you and tell you otherwise.&#8221;
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Sen. Sanders told <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonKarl</a> that Democrats “did virtually nothing for working people” when they had control of the Senate.
“I have to say that. I&#39;m a member of the Democratic Caucus as an independent, so I&#39;m not going to lie to you and tell you otherwise.” <a href="https://t.co/tzlbKEVfW3">https://t.co/tzlbKEVfW3</a> <a href="https://t.co/y4xKLIj4ZC">pic.twitter.com/y4xKLIj4ZC</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1903822540176322573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Sanders was happy to talk to host Jonathan Karl until the topic turned to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and the possibility that she might mount a primary challenge to oust Schumer from his Senate seat.
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When asked by <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonKarl</a> if he would like to see Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York in the Senate, Sen. Bernie Sanders abruptly tried to end the interview. <a href="https://t.co/v4ppEYgwCZ">https://t.co/v4ppEYgwCZ</a> <a href="https://t.co/4Hkht8sJAA">pic.twitter.com/4Hkht8sJAA</a>
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Former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile weighed in on Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez, who have been hosting rallies around the United States under the banner of &#8220;stopping oligarchy,&#8221; and claimed that they were simply &#8220;filling a void&#8221; felt by Democratic voters in the aftermath of former Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; loss to President Trump.
&#8220;This void has to be filled because there&#8217;s so much anger, anger not just in red districts, but also in blue districts,&#8221; she said.
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Former DNC chair <a href="https://twitter.com/donnabrazile?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DonnaBrazile</a> says Sen. Bernie Sanders hosting rallies across the country is “filling a void” left after the defeat of Kamala Harris. 
“This void has to be filled because there&#39;s so much anger, anger not just in red districts, but also in blue districts.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/nG8CeWmFhd">pic.twitter.com/nG8CeWmFhd</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1903835924817199447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Fellow ABC panelist Rachel Bade noted that Democrats were looking at flipping the House of Representatives in 2026 — and that they ought to be wary of flooding the zone with primaries if they wanted to win general elections.
&#8220;The problem for Democrats right now is if they&#8217;re primaries by a bunch of Bernie Sanders, AOC-type Democrats, they&#8217;re going to have a real hard problem flipping the House,&#8221; she explained.
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“The problem for Democrats right now is if they&#39;re primaried by a bunch of Bernie Sanders, AOC-type Democrats, they&#39;re going to have a real hard problem flipping the House,” <a href="https://twitter.com/rachaelmbade?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rachaelmbade</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonKarl</a>. <a href="https://t.co/IFWeDTBihn">https://t.co/IFWeDTBihn</a> <a href="https://t.co/zwJTRpn7NZ">pic.twitter.com/zwJTRpn7NZ</a>
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On CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) also criticized Schumer, saying that it created uncertainty within the party when congressional leaders did not present a united front on such a major issue.
&#8220;It was not a good look for the two congressional Democratic leaders to be on opposite sides of the continuing resolution,&#8221; Himes told host Margaret Brennan, saying that the result had been &#8220;an immense amount of anger&#8221; among voters. &#8220;I am quite certain that Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer have learned from this experience and are going to, at a minimum, be unified going forward.&#8221;
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&quot;It was not a good look for the two congressional Democratic leaders to be on opposite sides of the continuing resolution,&quot; says Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), telling <a href="https://twitter.com/margbrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@margbrennan</a> it has fueled &quot;an immense amount of anger&quot; from constituents across the country.
&quot;I am quite certain that… <a href="https://t.co/AypBviDjrl">pic.twitter.com/AypBviDjrl</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1903843037551132783?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Schumer defended himself on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; claiming that he hadn&#8217;t actually had any leverage to use against Republicans in the Senate with regard to the CR.
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Schumer says ‘there was no leverage’ Democrats could have used in funding fight: Full interview <a href="https://t.co/nabJzHVY9f">https://t.co/nabJzHVY9f</a>
&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1903793915750166601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In addition — and in spite of calls from some within the party — Schumer declared that he had no intention of stepping down from his leadership position.
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Schumer says he’s ‘not stepping down’ despite Democratic pressures <a href="https://t.co/uxMNWfQVct">https://t.co/uxMNWfQVct</a>
&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1903802420700098779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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CNN anchor Dana Bash pressed Doug Heye — who previously had worked for former Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) when the rise of the Tea Party resulted in his primary loss — on whether he was seeing similar sentiment on the Democratic side as voters express their frustrations both with Schumer and with Democrats they believe are not doing enough to push back against President Trump&#8217;s agenda.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaBashCNN</a> asks <a href="https://twitter.com/DougHeye?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DougHeye</a> if the anger among voters in the Democratic Party reflects what he saw while working as a top aide for former Republican Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia who lost his 2014 primary election in the Tea Party wave. <a href="https://t.co/GNwguSCzpd">pic.twitter.com/GNwguSCzpd</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1903847371701629247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) also joined Bash on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; and he argued that Democrats needed to be careful about their approach — and suggested that different tactics would be required when it came to connecting with voters in districts that had voted red in 2024.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJasonCrow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJasonCrow</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaBashCNN</a> the Democratic Party needs to take a &quot;very different approach&quot; when it comes to connecting with voters in Republican districts. <a href="https://t.co/HjNyTBjOgE">pic.twitter.com/HjNyTBjOgE</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1903846628454285519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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And Rep. Ro Khanna heaped fuel on the fire, telling Bash that he believed &#8220;there would be a lot of support&#8221; if Ocasio-Cortez did decide to run against Schumer in a Democratic primary.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RoKhanna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RoKhanna</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaBashCNN</a> that &quot;there would be a lot of support&quot; for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez if she decides to mount a primary challenge against Sen. Chuck Schumer. <a href="https://t.co/7Ykm2yROhX">pic.twitter.com/7Ykm2yROhX</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1903824605170778416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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House Committees Hold Hearings On American Confidence In Elections

Spin Cycle: Desperate Dems Split On Whether Civil War Is Effective Battle Plan

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For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
Sunday morning saw a lot of Democrats attempting to do damage control in the wake of Friday&#8217;s continuing resolution passing — which will keep the federal government funded through September — despite the vast majority of the party voting in favor of shutting down the government.
The most recent NBC News poll is not likely to assuage any fears regarding the chaos within the Democratic Party, especially since the survey was taken days before Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) agreed to support the CR, thus avoiding a government shutdown that would have been attributed to his party. In that poll, Democrats hit a new all-time low approval rating with just 27% having a &#8220;positive view&#8221; of the party and just 7% saying they had a &#8220;very positive view&#8221; of Democrats. To make matters worse, the poll also indicated that Democratic voters would prefer to see the party fighting against Trump more — fueling Democrats who opposed Schumer&#8217;s decision to back the CR.
On ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week,&#8221; former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile kicked off the conversation with a deflection and argued that it was the Republicans who had no cohesive strategy — despite the passage of the CR being touted as a massive victory for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
When asked to respond to Schumer&#8217;s support for the CR — and the ensuing &#8220;massive blowback,&#8221; Brazile opted to first attack Republicans instead.
&#8220;Congressional Republicans have a strategy. They want to pass the Trump agenda no matter how reckless it is. They want to pass the — I mean, make sure all of his cabinet people are secured and later on, his tax cuts. They have a strategy, we know it. It&#8217;s radical. It&#8217;s reckless. It&#8217;s producing all kind of uncertainty with the markets, Main Street, Wall Street upset,&#8221; Brazile complained before pivoting to argue that the Democrats should have been more prepared for the fight over the CR: &#8220;But where&#8217;s the Democratic strategy?&#8221;
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“Congressional Republicans have a strategy … It&#39;s radical. It&#39;s reckless. It&#39;s producing all kind of uncertainty with the markets, Main Street, Wall Street upset,” former DNC chair <a href="https://twitter.com/donnabrazile?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DonnaBrazile</a> says. 
“But where&#39;s the Democratic strategy?” <a href="https://t.co/1SVBmGiJia">pic.twitter.com/1SVBmGiJia</a>
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Former Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus agreed with Brazile&#8217;s assessment of the Democrats, adding, &#8220;The Democrats have had two horrific weeks.&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;ve got no leader. They&#8217;ve got no movement. The only thing they&#8217;ve got is &#8216;Trump derangement syndrome.&#8217; It&#8217;s the only thing that brings them together,&#8221; he said.
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“The Democrats have had two horrific weeks,” former RNC chair <a href="https://twitter.com/Reince?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Reince</a> says. 
“They&#39;ve got no leader. They&#39;ve got no movement. The only thing they&#39;ve got is &#39;Trump derangement syndrome.&#39; It&#39;s the only thing that brings them together.” <a href="https://t.co/U24qIvgdNO">https://t.co/U24qIvgdNO</a> <a href="https://t.co/TnAy0T0wxr">pic.twitter.com/TnAy0T0wxr</a>
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The Washington Post&#8217;s Marianna Sotomayor noted that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) had not supported the CR, leading to what she referred to as a &#8220;trust deficit&#8221; between Jeffries and Schumer over apparently differing strategies.
Sotomayor explained that while Jeffries was not one to publicly criticize Schumer, the fact that he was not taking questions on the topic was a criticism of sorts. &#8220;There is tension,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Hill Democrats are divided. They — House Democrats really felt like they had to respond to the base, not just the liberal activist base, but a very angry Democratic voting base.&#8221;
&#8220;The fact that Schumer took so long to make a decision — that really alienated and upset a lot of Democratic senators — and now there is this division,&#8221; she added. &#8220;There is a trust deficit now between the leaders.&#8221;
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WaPo’s <a href="https://twitter.com/MariannaReports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MariannaReports</a> says Democrats on Capitol Hill are “divided” over how Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer handled the government funding bill. 
“There is a trust deficit now between the leaders.” <a href="https://t.co/q3KfgfZZTA">https://t.co/q3KfgfZZTA</a> <a href="https://t.co/otmBrS8dD3">pic.twitter.com/otmBrS8dD3</a>
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On CBS News, &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; host Margaret Brennan spoke with Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) about the disarray within her party — and Dingell was slightly less reserved than minority leader Jeffries in her criticisms of Schumer.
Dingell accused Schumer of &#8220;sending out mixed signals&#8221; with regard to whether or not he would support the CR, saying that the people she had talked to in recent days had preferred risking a shutdown to allowing the Republican CR to pass. &#8220;We have got to be united as Democrats,&#8221; she said, adding that her party needed to be prepared to push back during the upcoming budget reconciliation process.
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Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) says Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, sent &quot;mixed signals&quot; about the measure to avert a government shutdown, which Schumer and several other Democratic senators ultimately supported.
She says &quot;people are angry,&quot; but &quot;we&#39;ve got to move… <a href="https://t.co/anoD3qRiJc">pic.twitter.com/anoD3qRiJc</a>
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Dingell went on to say that the constituents she&#8217;d spoken to wanted Democrats to fight back harder against the Trump administration and, in particular, cuts that were being made at his direction and through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
&#8220;People are scared &#8230; they want to see Democrats fighting back,&#8221; Dingell said. &#8220;My town halls look like a Republican town hall. I&#8217;m not taking it personally. They want to see us do something.&#8221;
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&quot;People are scared&quot; about the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal government and services, and &quot;they want to see Democrats fighting back,&quot; says Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI).
&quot;My town halls look like a Republican town hall. I&#39;m not taking it personally,&quot; she adds. 
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) helped to perpetuate the division during her appearance on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; where she lashed out at Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) for his criticisms of an influencer&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-dems-choose-your-fighter-promo-delivers-knockout-blow-to-illusion-they-were-ever-serious" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hype video</a> in which she&#8217;d appeared.
&#8220;He&#8217;s not the one to talk about anything,&#8221; she told anchor Jake Tapper before pivoting to mock Fetterman&#8217;s appearance. &#8220;I mean this is a guy that doesn&#8217;t seemingly want to own a suit, I&#8217;m not really sure. But I don&#8217;t show up in hoodies when I&#8217;m going on the floor, and so the idea that you would say that we could not have a moment in which — an influencer asked us to do this. Now, I&#8217;ll be perfectly honest with you, and tell you that when she asked me to jump, I said, &#8216;Did you ask my older colleagues to do this? Because I feel like you&#8217;re picking on me because my knees are a little younger.'&#8221;
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Speaking to <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJasmine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJasmine</a> hits back at Sen. Fetterman after he mocked Democrats&#39; strategy to counter Trump: &quot;He&#39;s not the one to talk about anything.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/R1r421Msro">pic.twitter.com/R1r421Msro</a>
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A panel that rounded out the CNN Sunday morning broadcast also delved into what is apparently quickly becoming a civil war among Democrats.
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) attempted to spin off into a discussion complaining about President Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, but Tapper stopped her and put her back on course.
Stevens began by praising Schumer&#8217;s past actions and Jeffries&#8217; leadership, but then Tapper pressed her, asking whether Schumer was the right leader for the Democrats in the Senate at this particular moment. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think we should be talking about that and giving Trump any more wins,&#8221; was her reply.
Ashley Etienne, who previously worked as the communications director for former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) advised the party to &#8220;get out of the way&#8221; and let Trump &#8220;prove&#8221; that he is capable of fixing the economy. She then indicated that she was certain he&#8217;d fail, citing recent ups and downs in the stock market as proof that Trump&#8217;s policies would ultimately crash the economy.
Republican commentator Scott Jennings kicked off his comments with a jab at Democrats, saying that Schumer had helped to defeat the &#8220;racist Jim Crow filibuster&#8221; — which Democrats campaigned to eliminate until they wanted to use it against Trump. &#8220;I think he deserves a lot of credit this morning.&#8221;
&#8220;As Republicans this week, we have overdosed on popcorn watching this Democrat civil war,&#8221; Republican strategist Brad Todd added.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/BradOnMessage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BradOnMessage</a>: &quot;As Republicans this week, we have overdosed on popcorn watching this Democrat civil war.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/RepHaleyStevens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepHaleyStevens</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottJenningsKY</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/AshleyEtienne09?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AshleyEtienne09</a> join <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a> on the fallout from the shutdown fight, Democratic infighting, and the politics of Trump&#39;s… <a href="https://t.co/gbzIoR6Wmw">pic.twitter.com/gbzIoR6Wmw</a>
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Spin Cycle: Democrats Scramble For A Foothold As Party Popularity Tanks

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday shut down attempts by a journalist to demonize President Donald Trump&#8217;s immigration policies, noting that he was complying with federal law.
Noem made the remarks on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; with Margaret Brennan when asked about separating illegal alien families — which is done to ensure that children are not being trafficked.
&#8220;The administration has revived this policy of detaining migrant families, parents with children, in ICE detention centers,&#8221; Brennan said. &#8220;Bush did it. Obama did it. Biden did not.&#8221;
&#8220;Have you seen these Texas facilities where children are being held with their parents?&#8221; she asked. &#8220;Are you comfortable with it personally?&#8221;
After a brief exchange, Noem noted: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know that we&#8217;re actually reviving it.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s that President Biden didn&#8217;t follow the law,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He didn&#8217;t follow the law, in the fact that it&#8217;s always been equally applied until his administration, and then he made decisions to ignore federal law in how he handled immigration and enforcement within our borders.&#8221;
&#8220;Today we&#8217;re expanding our team at ICE, and we&#8217;re going to have an acting director in Todd Lyons, who has a long history with (border czar) Tom Homan,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;They have worked together to build on these enforcement operations. We&#8217;re also naming a deputy secretary in Madison Sheahan. That was going to be another expansion of this team.&#8221;
&#8220;They have done incredible work cleaning up our communities and making them safer,&#8221; she concluded. &#8220;Adding more people to the team, with Todd and with Madison, is going to allow us to partner with local law enforcement officials to make sure that we truly are following through on enforcing the law. And, if you break our law, then there&#8217;s going to be consequences.&#8221;
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For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
After President Donald Trump&#8217;s Tuesday address before a joint session of Congress and the Democrats&#8217; disruptive and childish behavior both during and after that address, the focus on Sunday was clear: get past the ridiculous antics of the past week and pivot to something — anything — that could potentially be pinned on Trump.
For the most part, Democrats and media zeroed in on the looming threat of new tariffs — which have once again been temporarily delayed — and the ensuing fluctuations that rock the markets while uncertainty rules the day.
ABC News anchor Jonathan Karl kicked off Sunday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;This Week&#8221; by framing the tariffs around that uncertainty and tying the market volatility directly to President Trump&#8217;s policies.
&#8220;But on the issue that put Trump in the White House, Trump’s unrestrained and erratic moves on tariffs this week sent the stock market tumbling and triggered anxiety throughout an economy that he has promised to make better for working-class Americans,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;It was whiplash week at the White House as President Trump unleashed his favorite economic weapon,&#8221; Karl continued, laying out a scenario designed to make viewers believe the chaos inflicted on the stock market had been intentional.
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“Trump’s unrestrained and erratic moves on tariffs this week sent the stock market tumbling and triggered anxiety throughout an economy that he has promised to make better for working-class Americans.” <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonKarl</a> breaks down the latest on Trump&#39;s tariffs: <a href="https://t.co/pMdDl4Ajjv">https://t.co/pMdDl4Ajjv</a> <a href="https://t.co/utESVKyFri">pic.twitter.com/utESVKyFri</a>
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Karl then brought in ABC Business and Tech correspondent Rebecca Jarvis to back his play, and she laid out a similar argument: &#8220;When you look at what’s happening inside of a single day on Wall Street, the gigantic volatility is the kind that we haven’t seen since Russia initially invaded Ukraine, since the pandemic … It’s a very headline-sensitive market.&#8221;
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“When you look at what’s happening inside of a single day on Wall Street, the gigantic volatility is the kind that we haven’t seen since Russia initially invaded Ukraine, since the pandemic…It’s a very headline-sensitive market.”<a href="https://twitter.com/RebeccaJarvis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RebeccaJarvis</a> reports: <a href="https://t.co/uYAPXqKS4r">https://t.co/uYAPXqKS4r</a> <a href="https://t.co/b7F7Byo6Kk">pic.twitter.com/b7F7Byo6Kk</a>
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Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) brushed off the Democrats&#8217; behavior — from the shouting and cane-waving that got Rep. Al Green (D-TX) escorted from the chamber at Trump&#8217;s address to Democrats singing &#8220;We Shall Overcome&#8221; when the Republican-led House moved to censure Green — saying only that his party had clearly lacked &#8220;a coordinated response&#8221; to the president.
&#8220;They&#8217;re destroying the economy &#8230; That&#8217;s where we need to keep the focus,&#8221; Schiff insisted.
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Democrats lacked “a coordinated response” to Pres. Trump’s joint address to Congress and it was a “mistake,” Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff tells <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonKarl</a>. 
&quot;They&#39;re destroying the economy &#8230; That&#39;s where we need to keep the focus.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/ifuJozyIXN">https://t.co/ifuJozyIXN</a> <a href="https://t.co/pPvmlExKPV">pic.twitter.com/pPvmlExKPV</a>
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Schiff went on to argue that the tariffs would cause lasting damage, adding, &#8220;I talked to citrus farmers&#8230;who still haven&#8217;t recovered the market share they lost during the first Trump administration with these tariff wars. I think these broad, indiscriminate and on again, off again tariffs don&#8217;t help anyone.&#8221;
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“I talked to citrus farmers&#8230;who still haven&#39;t recovered the market share they lost during the first Trump administration with these tariff wars,” Sen. Schiff says.   &quot;I think these broad, indiscriminate and on again, off again tariffs don&#39;t help anyone.” <a href="https://t.co/XySyOEkoKV">https://t.co/XySyOEkoKV</a> <a href="https://t.co/0jjwPMNmWQ">pic.twitter.com/0jjwPMNmWQ</a>
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Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett painted a different picture, however, arguing that the tariffs were simply a tool employed to force the hands of both Canada and Mexico to stop the flow of fentanyl across their respective borders and into the United States.
&#8220;We launched a drug war, not a trade war — and it was part of a negotiation to get Canada and Mexico to stop shipping fentanyl across our borders,&#8221; he explained.
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“We launched a drug war, not a trade war — and it was part of a negotiation to get Canada and Mexico to stop shipping fentanyl across our borders,&quot; Pres. Trump’s economic adviser Kevin Hassett says of the administration’s tariffs. <a href="https://t.co/vbFR5Md1S9">https://t.co/vbFR5Md1S9</a> <a href="https://t.co/C2qC94yDx2">pic.twitter.com/C2qC94yDx2</a>
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On CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; host Margaret Brennan brought in Canadian Ambassador to the United States Kirsten Hillman to push back on the Trump administrations&#8217; claims that the goal is to slow the flow of drugs — particularly fentanyl.
Hillman said that Canada certainly took the threat of fentanyl seriously, but noted that approximately 1% of the fentanyl coming into the United States came across the northern border.
&#8220;Every ounce can kill families and people, so we&#8217;re taking it very seriously,&#8221; she said.
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&quot;We take this very seriously,&quot; Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman says about fentanyl at the U.S.-Canada border, which the Trump administration has cited as a top reason for President Trump&#39;s tariffs.
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&#8220;Canadians feel under attack — under economic attack, and that is causing some challenges for sure across Canadian society,&#8221; Hillman said, adding that she believed that once Justin Trudeau left office, the nation&#8217;s new prime minister &#8220;will prioritize trying to have a good and healthy and productive relationship&#8221; with the United States.
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&quot;Canadians are frustrated with our neighbors,&quot; says Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman, responding to President Trump&#39;s tariffs and his talk of annexing Canada.
&quot;Canadians feel under attack — under economic attack, and that is causing some challenges for sure across… <a href="https://t.co/pOdj2YhjRm">pic.twitter.com/pOdj2YhjRm</a>
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On NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; anchor Kristen Welker brought in pollster Steven Kornacki to highlight the tariff-induced volatility in the markets.
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Welker also brought in Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who conceded that the prices of foreign-made goods were likely to rise once tariffs were implemented.
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Despite that, Lutnick said that the American people should &#8220;absolutely not&#8221; be bracing for another recession.
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On CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; anchor Jake Tapper pressed Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) on the impact of — and the strategy behind — the tariffs, and Scott defended the Trump administration&#8217;s actions.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a coherent strategy. Stop taking advantage of American workers. Stop sending fentanyl across our border … I think Donald Trump is doing what he should,&#8221; Scott began, going on to say that the tariffs could also push consumers toward products that were made in the United States. &#8220;We have got to make this a fair system for the American worker.&#8221;
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GOP <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRickScott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenRickScott</a> defends Trump’s tariff whiplash: “There&#39;s a coherent strategy. Stop taking advantage of American workers. Stop sending fentanyl across our border… I think Donald Trump is doing what he should. We have got to make this a fair system for the American worker.” <a href="https://t.co/5EQODGpkfR">pic.twitter.com/5EQODGpkfR</a>
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Over on MSNBC, former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki brought in Chrystia Freeland, liberal candidate for Prime Minister of Canada, to discuss the tariffs as well. Freeland boasted that, if elected, her plan was to introduce retaliatory tariffs that specifically targeted Tesla CEO and DOGE spearhead Elon Musk.
&#8220;As prime minister, I will fight back with dollar for dollar retaliatory tariffs, and our retaliation is going to be surgically targeted … An example measure I will put in place is 100% tariffs on Teslas. I think that should get some attention in the White House,&#8221; she said.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/cafreeland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cafreeland</a>: “As prime minister, I will fight back with dollar for dollar retaliatory tariffs, and our retaliation is going to be surgically targeted… An example measure I will put in place is 100% tariffs on Teslas. I think that should get some attention in the White House.”… <a href="https://t.co/XTlgtyy0kG">pic.twitter.com/XTlgtyy0kG</a>
&mdash; Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) <a href="https://twitter.com/InsideWithPsaki/status/1896739209794191404?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Freeland is currently running behind in the Liberal Party&#8217;s race to replace resigning Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, polling at 31% compared to the 43% who support former central banker Mark Carney.

Donald Trump Delivers Joint Address To Congress

Spin Cycle: Pay No Attention To Those Idiots In The Chamber, It’s All About The Tariffs

Spin Cycle: Pay No Attention To Those Idiots In The Chamber, It's All About The Tariffs

For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
Much of Sunday&#8217;s spin centered on Ukraine, Russia, and the ongoing war between them — as well as the recent Oval Office meeting that devolved into a shouting match between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
During that meeting, it became clear that Trump&#8217;s primary goal was a peace agreement — and that he was prepared to push both sides to make concessions, if necessary, to get there. Zelensky balked, however, and said that Russia could not be allowed a win.
According to Democrats and media — along with a handful of anti-Trump Republicans — there is only one acceptable outcome: Ukraine must win, apparently at any cost, to deny Russian President Vladimir Putin any measure of &#8220;success.&#8221; By that logic, they argue that any negotiation that involves even a single concession on the part of Ukraine is effectively swearing allegiance to Putin.
On ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week,&#8221; British Ambassador to the U.S. Lord Peter Mandelson spoke with anchor George Stephanopoulos about the situation in Ukraine — and he argued that the best way to force Putin to negotiate was through strength.
&#8220;We have to create the circumstances in which enough pressure is brought on Putin… to force them to the negotiating table,&#8221; he said.
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British Ambassador to the U.S. Lord Peter Mandelson tells George Stephanopoulos the U.K. remains committed to Ukraine and urges negotiations: “We have to create the circumstances in which enough pressure is brought on Putin… to force them to the negotiating table.” <a href="https://t.co/OvqCkG2BfS">pic.twitter.com/OvqCkG2BfS</a>
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Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) took a similar tack, saying that if the United States were to engage Russia in negotiations, concessions could not be a part of that conversation.
&#8220;We go into negotiations with strength, not surrender,&#8221; she said.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar tells George Stephanopoulos the U.S. should stand with allies, not adversaries. &quot;We go into negotiations with strength, not surrender.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Qn5UOaUbOH">pic.twitter.com/Qn5UOaUbOH</a>
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Former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile took it a step further, arguing that Trump&#8217;s willingness to negotiate with both parties amounted to him allying himself with Putin.
&#8220;We do not wish, in the middle of war, to change sides, to side with a dictator,&#8221; she said.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/donnabrazile?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@donnabrazile</a> warns against the U.S. shifting its stance on Ukraine, emphasizing the need to stand by allies and confront Putin. &quot;We do not wish, in the middle of war, to change sides, to side with a dictator.&quot;<a href="https://t.co/s5XgPCE3k0">https://t.co/s5XgPCE3k0</a> <a href="https://t.co/kvGeqVzz6y">pic.twitter.com/kvGeqVzz6y</a>
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&#8220;We need a ceasefire. How are you going to negotiate when Russia is still trying to bomb the hell out of Ukraine?&#8221; Brazile continued.
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&quot;We need a ceasefire. How are you going to negotiate when Russia is still trying to bomb the hell out of Ukraine?&quot; @donnabrazilecalls for a ceasefire and urges the U.S. to stay aligned with its allies.<a href="https://t.co/s5XgPCE3k0">https://t.co/s5XgPCE3k0</a> <a href="https://t.co/OUYRQzJyEd">pic.twitter.com/OUYRQzJyEd</a>
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Former Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) went the same direction as Brazile, claiming that after that meeting, &#8220;[Trump] looks and sounds like an ally of Putin.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/GovChristie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovChristie</a> claims President Trump’s rhetoric makes him look like an ally of Russia. &quot;He looks and sounds like an ally of Putin.”<a href="https://t.co/s5XgPCE3k0">https://t.co/s5XgPCE3k0</a> <a href="https://t.co/9Lhf8KiwkB">pic.twitter.com/9Lhf8KiwkB</a>
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On CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; the tone was much the same. Host Margaret Brennan brought in a diplomat from the European Union, Kaja Kallas, who said she feared the possibility that Russia would ultimately not face consequences for the invasion of Ukraine — and that &#8220;all the countries who are afraid of their neighbors will want to go for nuclear weapons, because this is the only thing that protects them. It&#8217;s not the international law anymore.&#8221;
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The European Union&#39;s top diplomat Kaja Kallas told <a href="https://twitter.com/margbrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@margbrennan</a> on Thursday that if Russia were to take over a sovereign nation without consequence, she fears &quot;all the countries who are afraid of their neighbors will want to go for nuclear weapons, because this is the only thing… <a href="https://t.co/WnCMCvxT6k">pic.twitter.com/WnCMCvxT6k</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1896250840593109442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Brennan also spoke with Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), who took a moment to swipe at Vance for comments he made during the confrontation with Zelensky. Vance had suggested that visiting world leaders were given a &#8220;propaganda tour&#8221; of Ukraine — one designed to garner sympathy and, ultimately, financial and military aid — and Kelly objected to that characterization.
&#8220;The vice president, with all due respect, it sounds like he&#8217;s watching videos on the internet,&#8221; Kelly complained.
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Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), who has made several visits to Ukraine during the war, rejects Vice President JD Vance&#39;s characterization of such visits as &quot;propaganda tours.&quot;
&quot;The vice president, with all due respect, it sounds like he&#39;s watching videos on the internet.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/lrDrPW3AmR">pic.twitter.com/lrDrPW3AmR</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1896251671422046492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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CNN anchor Dana Bash brought in Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) to discuss the situation, and he sounded no different than the others. &#8220;The White House has become an arm of the Kremlin,&#8221; he claimed.
Murphy also argued that the White House had effectively ambushed Zelensky in &#8220;an attempt to rewrite history in order to sign a deal with Putin that hands Putin Ukraine.&#8221;
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“The White House has become an arm of the Kremlin.”
Democratic Senator <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisMurphyCT</a> blasts Trump’s meeting with Zelensky, calling it “an attempt to rewrite history in order to sign a deal with Putin that hands Putin Ukraine.” <a href="https://t.co/LJ2fdltf9y">pic.twitter.com/LJ2fdltf9y</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1896228552632058322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Murphy then pivoted to attack Secretary of State Marco Rubio, arguing that he should have challenged Trump rather than defending him.
&#8220;I think a lot of us thought that Marco Rubio was going to stand up to Donald Trump on an issue like this … Marco Rubio has not, and that&#8217;s been a great disappointment to many of his former colleagues in the Senate,&#8221; Murphy said.
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Democratic Senator <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisMurphyCT</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaBashCNN</a> “it was a mistake” to vote to confirm Marco Rubio as Secretary of State: “I think a lot of us thought that Marco Rubio was going to stand up to Donald Trump on an issue like this… Marco Rubio has not, and that&#39;s been a great… <a href="https://t.co/OaCsUdb1gA">pic.twitter.com/OaCsUdb1gA</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1896228825068880023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; Kristen Welker pressed several guests on the same topic. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said that in his mind, all the Oval Office meeting had proved was that Zelensky was not ready for peace.
&#8220;President Trump is trying to get these two parties to a point of peace &#8230; What President Zelensky did in the White House was effectively signal to us that he’s not ready for that yet, and I think that’s a great disappointment,&#8221; he said.
He also signaled agreement with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who said after the meeting it was clear that Zelensky should step aside if he was unwilling to negotiate.
&#8220;I don’t know if we can ever do business with Zelenskyy again. [He] either needs to resign and send somebody over that we can do business with, or he needs to change,&#8221; Graham said.
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&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1896211652812386349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Senator James Lankford (R-OK) suggested that Trump was attempting to thread a difficult needle, but all in the name of reaching a peace deal.
&#8220;No, we’re not turning our back on Ukraine, nor should we. Putin is a murderous KGB thug that murders his political enemies and is a dictator,&#8221; Lankford said. But he also defended Trump&#8217;s efforts to bring both side to the negotiating table.
&#8220;We need to get these two folks at the table, get to some kind of resolution, to something that may look like North and South Korea for a long time and have a line where people are looking at each other but not an active war,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/james-lankford-defends-zelenskyy-trump-officials-question-peace-talks-rcna194390" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a>.

Trump White House

Spin Cycle: Believing In Binary Is Cool Again, But Only If You’re Talking About Ukraine

Spin Cycle: Believing In Binary Is Cool Again, But Only If You're Talking About Ukraine

JD Vance

President Trump

Volodymyr Zelensky

For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
The focus of the spin on Sunday centered on the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine – along with attempts by President Donald Trump and his administration to bring about an end to hostilities. Citing Trump&#8217;s recent harsh comments directed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Democrats and media alike have used the opportunity to claim that Trump, if not working with Russia, is certainly more sympathetic to dictator Vladimir Putin than to Zelensky.
On CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; anchor Jake Tapper pressed Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff on what concessions might be expected from both sides — and Witfokk made it clear that thus far, there were a lot of possibilities still on the table.
&#8220;Well, I think, in any peace deal, each side is going to make concessions, whether it&#8217;s territorial concessions, whether it&#8217;s economic concessions. I think there&#8217;s a whole array of things that happen in a deal. And you will see concessions from both sides,&#8221; he said.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JakeTapper</a>: “What concessions will Russia have to make?”<a href="https://twitter.com/SteveWitkoff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SteveWitkoff</a>: “Well, I think, in any peace deal, each side is going to make concessions, whether it&#39;s territorial concessions, whether it&#39;s economic concessions. I think there&#39;s a whole array of things that happen in a… <a href="https://t.co/10YeAEisa2">pic.twitter.com/10YeAEisa2</a>
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Witkoff also responded to claims that Trump might opt not to assist NATO allies in the event that Russia attacked elsewhere — and he rejected them outright.
&#8220;I just don&#8217;t understand the rationale behind that. We&#8217;ve done more than most… I just think it&#8217;s unfair, actually,&#8221; he said.
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Special Envoy <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveWitkoff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SteveWitkoff</a> responds to the frontrunner to be Germany’s next chancellor suggesting Trump won’t defend NATO allies if attacked: “I just don&#39;t understand the rationale behind that. We&#39;ve done more than most… I just think it&#39;s unfair, actually.” <a href="https://t.co/Oh7WA8iaZx">pic.twitter.com/Oh7WA8iaZx</a>
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&#8220;Essentially, this is President Trump surrendering to the Russians,&#8221; Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) claimed during an appearance on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week.&#8221; This is not a statesman or a diplomat. This is just someone who admires Putin.&#8221;
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“Essentially, this is the President Trump surrendering to the Russians … This is not a statesman or a diplomat. This is just someone who admires Putin.” 
Democratic Sen. Jack Reed decries Pres. Trump&#39;s recent verbal attacks on Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskyy. <a href="https://t.co/RMqaMBfrbg">https://t.co/RMqaMBfrbg</a> <a href="https://t.co/68VGIihI6Y">pic.twitter.com/68VGIihI6Y</a>
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Reed made no concessions for the possibility that Zelensky could be asking for what both Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said was impossible — admission into NATO for Ukraine — nor did he mention the fact that Zelensky&#8217;s negotiation tactics had been criticized both by former President Joe Biden and by current Secretary of State <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hes-not-going-to-get-gamed-here-rubio-explains-exactly-why-trump-is-mad-at-zelensky" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marco Rubio</a>.
Rubio brought up that very issue during an interview last week with independent journalist Catherine Herridge, noting that Biden had reportedly sworn at Zelensky on the phone after the Ukrainian leader publicly badmouthed what the United States was not doing to help — even after billions had been sent in aid.
The Secretary of State also cited a more recent meeting that included himself, Zelensky, and Vance — and after saying in the meeting that he was ready to work out a deal involving mineral rights, Zelensky turned around and made a very different, more antagonistic public statement.
Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) pushed back on the prevailing narrative during an appearance on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; – and on warnings from a number of Democrats — saying that he did not &#8220;believe for a second&#8221; that Russia would move to invade NATO allies.
Democrats have been pushing that particular narrative — because if Russia did invade a NATO ally, the United States is treaty-bound to take military action — in order to keep driving support for funding Ukraine.
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Sen. Mullin: ‘I don’t believe for a second’ Russia will invade NATO allies <a href="https://t.co/K4zTcykncK">https://t.co/K4zTcykncK</a>
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Meanwhile, the president started even more tongues wagging with his decision to start the staffing shake-ups at the Pentagon by firing the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Senator Reed complained that the move was &#8220;completely unjustified&#8221; despite the fact that such roles are filled at the pleasure of the president: &#8220;It&#8217;s the beginning of a very, very serious degradation of the military and politicization of the military.&#8221;
Reed did not mention the fact that former President Barack Obama had fired General Stanley McChrystal under similar circumstances.
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“It’s the beginning of a very, very serious degradation of the military and politicization of the military.” 
Sen. Jack Reed, top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, says Pres. Trump&#39;s purge of senior Pentagon leaders “was completely unjustified.” <a href="https://t.co/iYl0H05HZJ">https://t.co/iYl0H05HZJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/vGo2la5Ytk">pic.twitter.com/vGo2la5Ytk</a>
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Martha Raddatz also brought in retired General George Casey, who also criticized the move as &#8220;extremely destabilizing.&#8221;
&#8220;When you remove so many senior leaders, especially without justifying and giving due cause, it creates huge uncertainty in the ranks,&#8221; he argued.
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Pres. Trump firing top military officers is “extremely destabilizing,” Ret. Gen. George Casey tells <a href="https://twitter.com/MarthaRaddatz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarthaRaddatz</a>.
“When you remove so many senior leaders, especially without justifying and giving due case, it creates huge uncertainty in the ranks.” <a href="https://t.co/SORGuQ9at8">https://t.co/SORGuQ9at8</a> <a href="https://t.co/hbeOqVwJOn">pic.twitter.com/hbeOqVwJOn</a>
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Casey also balked at the idea that senior leaders were being removed in order to root out the DEI problems within the military, arguing that it was possible to change the policy without removing the leaders who had been instrumental in implementing it.
&#8220;Now we&#8217;re going to put military leaders in jeopardy and punish them for following lawful orders from another administration? I mean, give me a break.&#8221;
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Ret. Gen. George Casey on whether DEI is the reason several top military leaders were fired under Trump: “Now we’re going to put leaders in jeopardy and punish them for following lawful orders from another administration? I mean, give me a break.” <a href="https://t.co/UBEegnFPzA">https://t.co/UBEegnFPzA</a> <a href="https://t.co/F6yVRGpXLK">pic.twitter.com/F6yVRGpXLK</a>
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&#8220;I honestly don&#8217;t think it was necessary because if they want to change the direction, they can change the policies and not the people.&#8221;
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Ret. Gen. George Casey says Pres. Trump’s motives for firing top Pentagon officials &quot;should be better explained.” 
“I honestly don’t think it was necessary because if they want to change the direction, they can change the policies and not the people.” <a href="https://t.co/xMQQA0OfJz">https://t.co/xMQQA0OfJz</a> <a href="https://t.co/WTrOVVtuPI">pic.twitter.com/WTrOVVtuPI</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1893672937976144224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Spin Cycle: Russia, Russia, Russia … Plus A Little Chaos At The Pentagon

Spin Cycle: Russia, Russia, Russia ... Plus A Little Chaos At The Pentagon

Ukraine-Russia War

Vladimir Putin

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