On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks criticized the “defund the police” slogan because people actually want more police, but they do want policing to be reformed. Brooks said that “defund the police” is “just a terrible slogan. It’s
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that there have been good developments in public opinion on policing and race and that the protests have become more peaceful as they’ve gone on, “and the protesters have done a
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the United States is in the midst of a “climactic shift.” Brooks began by saying Ferguson, terrorism, and the 2016 election started opening up riffs in American society, then the
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that Republican opposition to voting by mail is not only wrong, but also politically stupid because a lot of Republican states with spread-out populations vote by mail, and Trump has many
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden’s remarks about black voters by stating that it’s wrong to argue that someone “is less black,” or less of a certain
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while states need more money, the House Democrats’ coronavirus relief bill is just “a political poster” and “a political ploy.” Brooks stated, “It’s a political ploy. I think it’s a
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that new reporting by PBS and Politico on Tara Reade’s allegations against 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden has increased the level of skepticism towards Reade’s allegation. Brooks
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that he doesn’t think we are at a point where opening the country back up makes sense. Brooks said, “If you look at the death rates, we’re pretty much around 2,000
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to the dropping of charges against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn by stating that there is evidence of mistakes by the FBI, but he can’t trust the judgments of the
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that more coronavirus relief will be needed, but it makes sense to wait for a week or two to see what spending has worked and what hasn’t. Brooks stated, “I think
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that Tara Reade’s allegations against 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden do have “some persuasive evidence” while also having some evidence against them, and urged people “to hear
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that President Trump’s statements at the White House’s daily briefings hurt the morale of the American people, who need to hear from medical experts more than they need to hear from
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that debt and deficit concerns shouldn’t factor into debates about coronavirus aid. Brooks responded to a question on how much worries about the deficit should be part of the debate over
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that in light of how the White House has handled the coronavirus response, he has “become a bit of a fan of federalism.” Brooks stated the White House’s guidelines on reopening
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that right now, there aren’t any good plans for what the world will look like when the economy reopens and a good plan to reopen is something that has to be
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the coronavirus outbreak is not being “competently” handled. Brooks said, “I don’t think we can say things are competently being handled. The — what’s happening to the Comfort, the Naval
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks sharply criticized the coronavirus relief bill as “one of the worst economic packages, maybe in American history, certainly in a time of crisis.” Brooks stated, “I would say that, when we look
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that Congress took the “wrong strategy” with its coronavirus relief bill, and that they should have focused on keeping people employed like some other countries have rather than focusing on unemployment
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that during his contentious exchange with NBC’s Peter Alexander, President Trump “was sort of triggered by the idea of empathy.” Brooks stated, “Well, even on his best day, the president is
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” New York Times columnist David Brooks criticized President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus outbreak by claiming that he does not “feel the emotions of other people,” which he said leads him to misread the country.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks criticized the government response to coronavirus and stated, “this is what happens when you elect a sociopath as president, who doesn’t care, who’s treated this whole thing for the past month as
When one sees the words “Joe Biden” in media commentary, one often sees, too, the word “restoration.” As in, Biden promises—or threatens, depending on one’s point of view—to restore the days of Barack Obama.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Trump and Vice President Pence shouldn’t be on the air discussing the coronavirus, “because it just seems hyperpolitical.” Brooks stated, “The most important thing is to give out honest
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that he doesn’t think there’s “another twist” in the Democratic primary in the way supporters of 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) want. Brooks said, “Bernie Sanders people hope
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that coronavirus could “take over the election” and in political terms, “I don’t see any upside for Trump. I do see a significant downside, and a lot of upside for the
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that Democrats who are coming of age right now lack “the mental equipment and categories to go after a socialist.” Brooks said, “Democrats growing up in where the party
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is behaving as “an extremely effective surrogate” for fellow 2020 Democrat Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Brooks stated, “Warren, who performed
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while Democrats can defeat President Trump despite a good economy, you need another issue, “And I’m not sure the Democrats have found that issue.” And Democrats are making “a big
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that the State of the Union Address was President Trump’s “most effective speech as president.” And that running on a strong economy is the president’s “best campaign.” Brooks stated, “I actually
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that Democrats “paid a political price” for pursuing impeachment. Brooks said, “I do think they paid a political price.” He added, “When this started … Gallup had Trump approval at 39%.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while he thinks President Trump’s conduct does merit removal from office and “would probably vote to remove,” “I’m very glad he’s not being removed on Wednesday.” Because removing
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that he thinks the House impeachment managers have made a strong case “on proving that Trump did it” but still have a “slightly weak case” on why the president should be
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said he was surprised by the number of people who joined President Trump’s impeachment defense team and predicted that House impeachment manager Adam Schiff (D-CA) will “walk all over them. Because he
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that the dispute between 2020 Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) over whether Sanders said a woman can’t be president is “a little bogus” given
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks predicted a “pretty clean and pretty quick” impeachment trial without witnesses, partially because he believes “a lot of Democrats secretly would like to get this over with.” Brooks stated, “I expect it
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the situation in Iran “certainly looks a lot calmer than it did a week ago.” Brooks stated, “A week ago, we didn’t know where we were going. And it certainly
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the situation with Iran hurts President Trump politically because of fears that the U.S. could be drawn into a war with Iran. Brooks said, “I think it hurts Donald Trump.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that the killing of Qasem Soleimani is beneficial in both the immediate and long term, but the middle term is “somewhere between anxiety-inducing and terrifying.” Brooks stated, “First, in the near
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said Democrats don’t have much leverage over Republicans in the Senate on impeachment because “it’s not leverage to tell somebody who doesn’t want to do something they can’t do something.” Brooks stated,
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that Republicans who oppose a longer Senate impeachment trial are “helping” Democrats because it is best for Democrats to “get rid of this” and move to the campaign. Brooks argued that