Clarence Page: ‘Internal’ Problems to Blame for Chicago Crime Surge
On Monday, liberal-leaning Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page discussed the crime surge in the city on the heels of 49 people being shot over Father’s Day weekend.
On Monday, liberal-leaning Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page discussed the crime surge in the city on the heels of 49 people being shot over Father’s Day weekend.
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page stated that the Hunter Biden story is “a nothing burger in search of being a something burger.” And denied that members of the press tried to bury the Hunter Biden story. After saying
On Friday’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page said that 2020 Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden’s refusal to answer a question during Tuesday’s presidential debate on whether he would support ending the filibuster or expanding
On Friday’s edition of “The McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page argued that Roe v. Wade “was a flawed decision” in its legal reasoning. Page said, “Roe v. Wade, from a legal scholar’s point of view, was hardly a — it was a
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page said that while President Donald Trump has made public statements that make people wonder who Trump really considers to be an ally, “He has a tougher on Russia record than President Obama. He
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar defied noisy protests from Beijing and touched down in Taiwan on Sunday to begin the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since formal diplomatic relations between Washington and Taipei ended in 1979.
On Friday’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page praised Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar’s planned visit to Taiwan, citing the differences between how Taiwan and China handled the coronavirus outbreak in its early stage, China’s
During the predictions segment of Friday’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page predicted that the “dreadful” rates of homicides and violent crimes in the city of Chicago will end up declining thanks to “a productive relationship” between the
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page stated that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) nursing home policy during the coronavirus pandemic “was an egregious error,” and expressed his amazement that Cuomo’s approval ratings are as high as they
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group Extra,” Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page stated that Chinese President Xi Jinping is “making every move he can on human rights, on press freedom, on Hong Kong freedoms,” “Because he knows he won’t be able to get away
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page stated that the World Health Organization tries to be “as even-handed” as it possibly can, and this means that “they’re not going to be as tough on China as we might like for
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page predicted that while 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden will win South Carolina’s Democratic presidential primary, it will be by a “much lower” margin than people expected early in the race,
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page stated that the enthusiasm for former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s testimony before the Senate’s impeachment trial has faded and people are already “looking ahead to Iowa and the primaries.” Page said,
On this weekend’s broadcast of Maryland Public Television’s “The McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page dismissed the need for former Vice President Joe Biden to offer any kind of response regarding allegations of wrongdoing by his son Hunter Biden regarding the Ukraine controversy.
On this weekend’s episode of “The McLaughlin Group,” conservative commentator Pat Buchanan batted down allegations based on the so-called Steele dossier that Trump campaign colluded with Russia to sway the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Buchanan, in a response to
On this weekend’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page predicted Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) would make a bid for the presidency in 2020. “I predict Bernie Sanders is going to run for president again,” Page said,
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page argued that if it hadn’t been for controversial statements by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s candidacy would be almost finished. After fellow panelist
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page argued Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s “language and program is still to the left of where she started out in this race.” Page said, “Hillary Clinton, I
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page argued that Black Lives Matter protesters chanted that they wanted dead cops because “They’re a hashtag movement, like the Tea Party. They don’t have a leadership.” After fellow panelist columnist Pat Buchanan
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page argued President Obama’s lie about people being able to keep their health insurance is “better than most of the lying” he’s heard. Page said, during a discussion on President Obama’s claim
On this weekend’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” while the panel was discussing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s press conference last week detailing the amount of money he donated to various veterans groups, columnist and editorial writer for the Chicago
On this weekend’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” conservative commentator Pat Buchanan weighed in on Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol’s possible third-party “Never Trump” candidate National Review contributor David French. Buchanan and the rest of “The McLaughlin Group” panelists dismissed
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune Editorial Board Member Clarence Page argued President Obama, “doesn’t toot his own horn enough for the achievements that he has made.” Page said of Obama, “[T]he big problem I see isn’t that he has an exaggerated
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift and Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page described the Democratic Party’s primary process as rigged on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” After columnist and author Pat Buchanan said of Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), “I think
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page argued that “there are a lot of people who are in the country, who are not documented. But they’re not breaking the law” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” After fellow panelist Tom Rogan said that
“McLaughlin Group” host John McLaughlin remarked that a report about disappearing money for schools in Afghanistan “sounded like Chicago” on Friday. After Chicago Tribune Editorial Board Member Clarence Page cited a report from Afghanistan about empty schools and money that was
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page argued that a lower tax rate “means you have less incentive to want to hide your money overseas” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Page said, “Certainly, the lower tax rate means you have less incentive
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page stated that the problems with ISIS came about because President Obama “underestimated their ability to grow as they have, and their aggressiveness” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Page said, “[T]he problem with ISIS came about because
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page stated that the US’ “diplomatic actions and our military actions” “were completely lacking” after the toppling of Gaddafi in Libya on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Page said, “[I]t’s ironic to see Barack Obama, who was
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page argued that using Joe Biden’s past statements on Supreme Court appointments is “the kind of silliness that [Senate Majority Leader Sen.] Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been reduced to now on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Page said, “You’re
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page argued President Obama’s executive action on immigration is “constitutional” and “especially now when you got fruit on the vines out there waiting for people to pick it” the president can “very easily” argue that action
Chicago Tribune editorial board member Clarence Page stated that Pope Francis’ statement about GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is something “a liberal, progressive minister would say, in off-the-cuff conversation” on this weekend’s “McLaughlin Group.” Page said, “[T]he statement that Trump’s attitude
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page stated that Beyonce’s halftime show at the Super Bowl was “entertaining” and that the Black Panthers “did a big favor” by raising the issue of police brutality on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Page said, “I
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page and “McLaughlin Group” host John McLaughlin predicted the FBI will recommend Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton face prosecution for mishandling classified information on Friday. McLaughlin asked, “Forced prediction for the panel: the
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page stated, “I never understood this logic of not putting terrorists in American prisons,” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Page said of closing Gitmo, “I think it’s the right thing to do, not only for international
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page argued the NRA has a higher approval rating than President Obama because “a large percentage of people don’t much about the NRA” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Page, in response to a question on why the
Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page named “shootings of young people, especially young black males in particular, that are not by police officers” as 2015’s most under-reported story on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Page said, “the most under-reported story to me, though, is the
On this weekend’s broadcast of the syndicated “McLaughlin Group,” the panelists rolled out their winners and losers of year in the first part of the annual installment of the show’s year-end awards. Winners: Pat Buchanan: Donald Trump, American Pharoah Eleanor
Columnist Clarence Page argued that the pushes for censorship on college campuses in the name of political correctness are “the exact opposite of what universities are about” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Page stated that while there has always “some censorship”
Columnist Clarence Page reacted to Disney forcing workers to train their foreign replacements by saying “this has been happening with a lot of compan[ies]” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Page stated, “this has been happening with a lot of compan[ies]. I