On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that while the 2022 elections will be fair, “it’s just abhorrent” for any legislature to support laws that have “disparate outcomes along racial grounds.” After arguing that there is a racially
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that while the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of Arizona’s voting rules was a mistaken ruling, “it’s probably not a catastrophic one” because “the research suggests the impact of all these
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Joe Biden’s crime plan is “a vague gesture,” and that while he supports gun control, “I’m not sure it’s a crime or a homicide reduction measure very effectively.” Brooks
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that Republicans “are right to feel a little aggrieved” by President Joe Biden threatening to veto the bipartisan infrastructure deal unless a larger reconciliation package is passed. Brooks stated, “The Republicans
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said he’s “dubious” that President Joe Biden’s summit with Vladimir Putin actually accomplished anything to send a message that there are lines Russia can’t cross. Brooks stated that Biden’s approach was, “let’s
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks expressed skepticism that Vice President Kamala Harris can actually accomplish much on the various issues, like immigration, that President Joe Biden has put her in charge of, and the only reason he
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that while he agrees with the direction of President Joe Biden’s budget plan there is a real threat of inflation and too much debt, and that inflation would impact
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Joe Biden’s budget proposal is moving in the right direction with a “just” redirection of money to people with a high school education or an associate’s degree.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks praised President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict, specifically because Biden didn’t publicly pressure Israel for a cease-fire and that “being a little passive and doing things in private was much
Joe Biden’s policies have won the support of Democrat socialists like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that saying that you stand with Israel used to be easy if you were a Democrat, but standing with Israel is “no longer an easy position” for Democratic politicians because Israel
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that there have been many “regulated conflicts” where Hamas acts to improve its standing with Palestnians, “The Israelis do something else, often an overreaction.” And then both sides stand down. Brooks
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while raising the corporate income tax will probably result in companies leaving for places will lower corporate tax rates, “But it seems to me the Biden administration has chosen the
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks praised the child tax credit and family leave provisions President Joe Biden has proposed, but said that “you can pour a lot of money into Head Start without a lot of results.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while President Joe Biden’s emissions goal is “noble,” “I’m not sure how realistic it is” and argued that cutting emissions by 50% would require “pretty radical stuff.” Brooks said, “Well,
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks criticized the announced withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan and argued that it will lead to the Taliban taking over Afghanistan, which will force the U.S. to return and be terrible for
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that “there is racial bias in policing” but that progress can be made with reforms like eliminating chokeholds, cutting down on pretextual stops, better data collection, and removing barriers to investigating
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that because “the Constitution is not a suicide note” then “If we can’t get anything done, if politics is fundamentally broken, then we should probably widen the filibuster window.” Brooks said,
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks predicted that President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package won’t be paid for since Democrats will keep all the spending in the bill, but will compromise on the tax increases in the plan. Brooks
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued in favor of vaccine passports, saying that “we need to make life a lot better for people who have had the vaccine” and that doing so will help convince people who
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that while he opposes Georgia’s election law, he is concerned about corporations opposing the law and moving business out of the state because it means another institution has become political, there’s
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that the only way to have a meaningful impact on gun violence is to decrease the number of guns in the U.S., something countries like Australia have done. Brooks said, “[T]he
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to Georgia’s election law by saying that the law is “political theater” and that people “vote when they want to vote, regardless of the law.” Brooks criticized the law, saying, “There
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the Biden administration’s immigration message was the “very unclear message” of “you can come, but not yet.” Brooks said, “Well, the short-term problem for the Biden administration is
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that “the guiding force within the Democratic Party” is a belief that the Republican Party is “so illegitimate” that compromising with them isn’t worth it. Brooks stated that he thinks there
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that “at this moment, the government has had a fault of being a little too negative” on the coronavirus, and that he’s pleased with President Joe Biden giving people the possibility
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to states relaxing coronavirus restrictions by stating that he understands why states are opening up, since there is an economic cost to keeping things closed, but “I do not understand getting
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that part of the “unconscious undertone” to the opposition to Neera Tanden’s nomination as OMB Director is that the OMB Director is usually “a super wonky, dry personality, white male.” Brooks
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Joe Biden has had a “professional organization” and hasn’t had many mistakes other than “one little error” on “when schools are going to re-open.” Brooks said, “He’s amazingly done
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that students can return to school safely right now, but teachers’ unions and the Biden administration are not informing teachers “of what we know scientifically to be true.” Brooks said, “We
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the House impeachment managers “did cherry-pick in their video” on former President Donald Trump’s January 6 speech. Brooks stated that the managers proved their incitement case, but “I think they
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that he was wrong to want to get the impeachment trial out of the way quickly to work on the coronavirus relief bill, and that he was “struck by how moved
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that “aside from Joe Biden, I don’t think there’s any taste for bipartisanship in the Democratic Party,” and “we’re just not going to see” bipartisanship. Brooks said, “Joe Biden ran on
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that because President Joe Biden ran on unity, he has to try to get Republican support for the coronavirus relief bill, but the Biden administration is partially “just threatening Republicans, saying,
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said it’s unclear to him whether the Senate even has the constitutional authority to convict former President Donald Trump after he’s out of office given that the Constitution discusses impeachment in the
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said he thinks that if Senate Republicans “go into full oppo mode,” Senate Democrats should ax the filibuster. Brooks said, “I’ve spent my entire professional life supporting the filibuster. Because I think
Wednesday during PBS’s coverage of now-President Joe Biden’s inauguration, New York Times columnist David Brooks was moved to tears over the transfer of power.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while he supports the House impeaching President Donald Trump, he’s against a Senate trial because doing so would make it harder to pass needed coronavirus relief. Brooks said, “I completely
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while he supports impeaching President Donald Trump, he is against the 25th Amendment. Because “That’s for incapacitation. The problem is, he’s not incapacitated.”
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said he thinks there are more bipartisan coalitions like the agreement between Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) on increasing direct payments that can be made. Brooks said, “Well,
