On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Trump’s story of the United States is “basically what is a pagan Roman story.” He also stated that there was “Trump phobia” over the president’s July 4th celebration. Brooks
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the 2020 Democratic presidential field has “an insularity problem” and “sometimes talk as if they’re campaigning for Brooklyn.” Brooks said, “I would say, across all issues, there’s an insularity problem.
Reparations are gaining steam again, as the House of Representatives has scheduled the first hearing on the subject in over a decade for Wednesday, June 19. The hearing is supposed to consider the “continuing impact” of slavery, which was abolished over 150 years ago, and ponder the concept of “restorative justice,” which means penalizing people who had nothing to do with it.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that he’s “glad” President Trump called off strikes on Iran and said that it’s unclear how Donald Trump views the Iranian regime. Brooks began by saying, “Well, first, I’m glad he
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden’s comments about working with segregationist senators were “tone-deaf on that,” but that members of Congress have to work with each other
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) “is never able to define the left where he won’t go, whether it’s Venezuela, or whether it’s the Nicaraguan regime, the Sandinistas.” Brooks
On Friday’s episode of PBS’s “NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that Republican support for President Donald Trump in the wake of his comments regarding the acceptance of “dirt” from foreign powers and the GOP’s reasoning for the backing was more disturbing than Trump’s remarks.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while impeachment hearings might be a wise idea “just for rule of law,” “it’s not going to go anywhere.” Brooks said, “Republican support for Donald Trump is now
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that he thinks that “we’re probably going to move in” the direction of impeachment. Brooks said, “Democratic voters in recent polls have shifted much more to, we need to impeach. That’s
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that he is bothered by President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) questioning each other’s mental competence, and President Trump walking away from the infrastructure meeting with Democrats shows the
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that “extremists have taken over both sides” of the abortion debate and “everybody is speaking for these extreme positions.” Brooks stated, “New York started this by passing a very liberal abortion
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that Republicans “went crazy” because Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) is “acting like an actual senator who wants to get to the bottom of a very serious issue.” Brooks
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Trump should cooperate with Congress and say he needs Congressional oversight, while the Democrats are just acting as “an attack machine.” Brooks said, “The president has to say, Congress,
Wednesday, David Brooks, a columnist for The New York Times, weighed in on the piece published by his colleagues about President Donald Trump’s tax return data from over 25 years ago that says the real estate mogul lost more than a
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while Attorney General William Barr “didn’t lie” during his testimony before Congress, “he spun.” Brooks said, “I thought it was best expressed by a piece by Benjamin Wittes, who’s a
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to President Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin by stating that even though there “was probably no collusion,” Trump “acts like someone who is in collusion with Russia.” Brooks said, “Trump
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that “Democrats should be pretty forceful” in their demands for testimony from members of the executive branch. Brooks said, “I’m not wild about impeachment, but I am earnest about forcing the
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said 2020 presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) student debt forgiveness plan is “a very terrible” policy that is “helping people who are going to be doctors and lawyers.” Brooks said, “[T]his
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that he likes the way former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign announcement “made this about values.” Brooks stated, “I actually like the way he made this about values. I mean, there
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
