On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks expressed his agreement with Senator Lisa Murkowski’s (R-AK) comments on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) approach to a Senate impeachment trial and argued that McConnell’s approach “should be disturbing a lot
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks sided with 2020 presidential candidate South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) in his feud with fellow 2020 candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) over fundraising and donations by arguing that it’s absurd to
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) decision to delay transmitting the articles of impeachment to the Senate makes the process “look a little more political” and that Pelosi doesn’t have much
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report “vindicates” many of the things that House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-CA) said. Brooks said, “[F]rankly, this vindicates a lot of the
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while he thinks President Trump committed an impeachable offense, the articles of impeachment “are both extremely vague constructs.” Brooks stated, “I think he’s — there was clearly a campaign to
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden had “one of the best weeks of the campaign” and Biden’s confrontation with a voter in Iowa “showed vigor, showed toughness,” and
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks commented on the departure of Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) from the Democratic presidential field by stating that “identity politics” doesn’t work in campaigns, and that “being an African-American is a disadvantage,” because Democrats
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) “had one of the best political moments of the year” when she said she doesn’t hate President Trump. Brooks said, “I thought Nancy Pelosi had
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that it’s possible to be aware of America’s sins, but still love it and be thankful for living in “the most lovable, amazing country” in the world. Brooks said,
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the case for impeaching President Trump has strengthened legally, but not politically. Brooks said, “Well, the case is legally stronger, but it’s not politically stronger.” After citing polling among independents
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while he thinks there is a good case against President Trump, he doesn’t think minds are being changed on impeachment. Brooks said, “I do disagree that this is somehow changing
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that there is a “solid and airtight” case of a quid pro quo, and that if the hearings were a football game, “it would be 42-3” in favor of the Democrats.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that 2020 presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is “the happiest person” over former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s reported entry into the 2020 race and that Bloomberg jumping in
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the week’s developments in the impeachment probe show “New and improved guilt” and that there was a quid pro quo which was “a concerted campaign.” Brooks said, “New and improved
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor’s Congressional testimony “was the smoking gun.” Brooks said, “I think we have learned this was a three-month coordinated campaign, with a whole series
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that if your defense was that there was no Trump-Ukraine quid pro quo, “then it’s hard not to vote for impeachment.” Brooks said, “I mean, if your defense was, there was
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks predicted that impeachment will continue through South Carolina’s primary and possibly through California’s primary. Brooks predicted that impeachment will overshadow the campaign “in the extreme. I mean, we’re barely talking about the
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that many Republicans made a “bargain” that President Trump is “a snake, but my life is going bad. My community is going bad.” And he doesn’t see a lot of Republicans
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Trump’s withdrawal of troops from northeast Syria is “a terrible decision, an immoral decision,” and “foreign policy by what Donald Trump’s latest emotion is.” Brooks said, “It’s complete incoherence. I
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the Trump-Ukraine call transcript shows behavior that isn’t “an explicit quid pro quo, but it comes pretty close, I think.” Brooks said, “They thought it was exculpatory. But I don’t
New York Times columnist David Brooks is warning in an op-ed that the march to impeachment could end badly.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that President Trump is handling recent tensions with Iran “as well as you can do in this circumstance.” Brooks stated, “Trump is actually playing it reasonably well. I mean, it’s a
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani has fallen and is engaging in “mob behavior.” Brooks said, “[T]he fall of Giuliani is one of the great stories of our age. I covered him
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to the departure of National Security Adviser John Bolton by stating that “the scary thing” is that President Trump is making foreign policy by himself while watching TV. Brooks said, “I
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks praised red flag laws and argued that on guns “it’s important to at least crack the wall of inaction.” Brooks stated, “I think the smart thing to do would be to…withhold weapons
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to a report that states are planning to cancel their Republican primaries in 2020 by stating that “shutting down the democratic process so you can get 100% is something we associate
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks discussed Sharpie-Gate and stated that reacting to President Trump’s “exaggerations and lies again and again” might be “the right thing to do,” but it also gets old. Brooks said, “[O]n the one
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Trump’s proposal to divert military funding towards a wall is “a crackpot idea,” but he wouldn’t be surprised if Congress “went back and reapportioned more money, and just piled
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that the DNC’s debate criteria are “fair” and that there has to be a way to narrow the debate field. Brooks said, “I think they’re fair. Getting to 2% is not
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden might “embellish” stories to make them more dramatic, “But he’s not mendacious. He’s not irresponsible.” Brooks began by saying that Biden’s statements
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that he thinks 2020 Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) gave good responses to questions on whether President Trump is a white supremacist. Brooks
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that when he saw President Trump smiling and giving a thumbs-up in a picture with a child orphaned by the El Paso shooting, he thought, “well, he’s a sociopath.” Brooks said, “Well,
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Trump’s rhetoric is “not dog whistle anymore. It’s just straight-up human whistle.” And “We’re walking into George Wallace territory.” Brooks said, “You just look at who he’s attacking. It’s
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said his main takeaway from the Democratic debates “was that Democrats don’t understand what this election is about.” Brooks stated, “My main takeaway was that Democrats don’t understand what this election is
Post-graduate Democrats increasingly prefer to view American politics as all about race — even if it is all about money or power — according to David Brooks, an op-ed columnist at the New York Times.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to the budget deal by saying that President Trump started moving the party away from concern about balanced budgets, and the rest of the party “has followed at a gallop.” Brooks stated,
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress by stating that “There was no collusion” and this “makes it much less likely that we move forward with an impeachment process.” Brooks said,
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that abolishing private health insurance is “a death knell for any Democratic candidate.” Brooks said, “I, of course, think Joe Biden’s policy is a better policy. And I just think, politically,
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to President Trump’s statements about four Democratic congresswomen by arguing that in President Trump’s vision of America, “America is xenophobic.” Brooks said, “Well, it is racist. Let’s get that off the
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that we have learned that “deterrence doesn’t work” with immigration. Brooks said, “One, we’ve had these great jobs numbers. We could be feeling good about ourselves. But a lot of us