On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Trump “is a threat to the systems of government we have, and a threat to the basic honesty of our system.” Brooks said, “Donald Trump is a threat to
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that pursuing impeachment would be a colossal error, but sometimes bringing down a president is necessary, “and it may be necessary in this case. This is, to me, a borderline case.”
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that Attorney General William Barr “ruined any reputation for impartiality” with his press conference on the Mueller report. Brooks said, “One of the thoughts I’ve had this week is that impartiality
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued President Donald Trump “grows out of a moral and spiritual crisis” in America. Brooks said, “Just think about the interview we just saw with Rachel Maddow and Pete Buttigieg. There’s a
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” host Andrea Mitchell said President Donald Trump was considered to epitomize America’s “profound narcissism” during a discussion with New York Times columnist David Brooks. Mitchell said, “In fact, the country in so many ways has been moving
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to President Trump suggesting releasing migrants into sanctuary cities by stating Trump is “treating it all as a Twitter game to make his base feel good about themselves.” Brooks said, “Well, he’s
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that former Vice President Joe Biden “may touch” in a way others don’t and is behind social norms, but that using this to attack his character is “completely wrong and completely
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that leaking the Mueller report, which will happen if Congress gets the report, would be “a miscarriage of justice.” Brooks said that if the Mueller report goes to Congress, “it’ll go to
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Trump is correct that there is a crisis on the border, but Trump lacks a policy process and a wall isn’t the solution. Brooks said, “I give him a little
At the New York Times, when you touch a woman inappropriately while polling the strongest against Trump, it’s called “a connection.” And if Biden kills your dog, it’s “pest removal.”
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that many people “got out ahead of the evidence” and falsely claimed that there was collusion with Russia, and that it’s false for President Trump to claim he’s exonerated. Brooks said,
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that it’s “something of a mystery” why President Trump thinks pivoting to health care is a good idea. Brooks remarked that Republicans will become the party of health care, “After he’s
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that theories that the Trump campaign colluded didn’t make sense and “the smart money for the past month has always been shifting…to the Southern District of New York and to his
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Trump’s comments about some of his supporters by stating that those remarks are “classic authoritarianism.” And “compensation.” Brooks said, “He left out the Brownshirts. It is classic authoritarianism. It’s
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks discussed the New Zealand terror attack and stated that “we’re seeing a culture cry in pain and rage and alienation,” and “one of the things some lonely people with existential angst do
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that he doesn’t think former Trump attorney Michael Cohen lied during his testimony before the House Oversight Committee. Brooks stated Cohen’s testimony was a “moral occasion,” and “What it illustrates is
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks praised President Trump’s policy approach to North Korea, but criticized him for his “appalling” statements about Kim Jong-un. Brooks said, “I actually give the Trump administration a fair bit of credit on
Friday on PBS’s “NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks described overtures from Democratic politicians to expand the role of government, particularly when it comes to health care and the remaking of the American economy in the name of environmentalism
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that Democrats have made it difficult “for a lot of moderates to support anything.” Brooks stated, “As Donald Trump makes it extremely hard to think about supporting somebody like that, I find
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Trump’s national emergency declaration is the president “giving himself a performance trophy” after he lost the government shutdown. Brooks said, “Yeah, well, this is awful. You know, I don’t
Friday on PBS’s “NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks sounded off on the turmoil in Virginia regarding the state’s top elected officials, focusing on Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D-VA) and Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA). Brooks suggested that perhaps maybe
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while he doesn’t like President Trump, “Democrats have done their best to slap people like me in the face over the last week, on a lot of different issues.” Brooks
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said he was more upset by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s (D) comments about abortion than the yearbook picture of Northam. Brooks began by stating, “Well, first, it just shocks you with how
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that House investigations on Russia “will completely consume what is left of an organization in the White House.” Brooks commented on the arrest of former Trump adviser Roger Stone by stating
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the shutdown resolution “is a total victory for the Democrats.” He added that he believes the odds of another shutdown are low. Brooks said, “The Democrats have this big triumph.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that Senate Republicans deserve “a lot” of the blame for the government shutdown and can lead the way to ending the government shutdown by passing something to end the shutdown and
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks predicted that President Trump will not declare a national emergency on the border and said that if anything would lead to weakened Republican support for Trump, a national emergency declaration would do
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued President Trump should have had the fight over funding the border wall when he had a Republican majority in the House. Brooks said Trump “should have fought this fight, obviously, when
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that while a border wall isn’t a great investment, trading wall funding for a path to citizenship for DREAMers “would be a good deal.” Brooks said, “I think there’s a solution
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Trump undercut his own party’s message on a government shutdown during his meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Brooks said, “Republicans
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that many Republicans “are looking seriously at 2019, with a lot of Fridays like this one, and Trump really hurting himself, and maybe not serving out the term.” Brooks said, “[T]he
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks wondered whether if there is an obstruction of justice case against President Trump, political norms in the United States have changed so that obstruction of justice isn’t politically fatal like it was
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks commented on President Trump’s feud with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts by saying the president only recognizes personal power, not the power of institutions, and that devolving institutional power into personal
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Trump’s threat to close the border completely and other recent statements by the president about the border are “mostly bluster, and they’ll find some muddling solution.” Brooks said, “[I]t looks like
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks criticized President Trump’s statement on Saudi Arabia and Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi as “a gigantic demotivator for anybody who’s going to serve in the military, anybody who’s going to serve our government overseas.”
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the court ruling that the White House must give back CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta’s press pass “is basically a win for civility.” Brooks stated, “You know, when you
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated President Trump has “walled himself in with 45 percent of the electorate.” Brooks said, “First, Donald Trump seems to have walled them in — walled himself in with 45 percent of
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that President Trump “picking out three African-American reporters and insulting their questions” is “who Donald Trump is. I don’t think that requires further explanation.” Brooks stated, “I thought the revoking of Acosta’s
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated President Trump’s video ad was “pretty straight-up racist” and that the president is telling people that the GOP’s message is built “on a lot of bigotry.” Host Judy Woodruff asked if
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that President Trump’s rhetoric about the migrant caravan is “an exaggeration” given that the country has had refugees come to the US before it wasn’t a major crisis and the country
