On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group Extra,” The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift said that Georgia’s runoff rule is “a racist rule” that was put in “specifically to ensure white statewide winners.” Clift said, “No Democrat has ever won a runoff in Georgia. That
On Friday’s edition of “The McLaughlin Group Extra,” The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that social media platforms crack down on conservatives more than people on the left because people on the left “don’t, for the most part, spread lies
On Friday’s edition of “The McLaughlin Group,” which was taped on Thursday, The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift reacted to the results in Congressional races by stating that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) erred
On Friday’s edition of “The McLaughlin Group,” The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that while “we are a long way” from expanding the size of the Supreme Court, “there’s a reckoning to come” on the fact that five of the
On Friday’s edition of “The McLaughlin Group,” The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that President Donald Trump “is trying to run on preserving the oil industry” and 2020 Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden “dealt with climate change
On Friday’s edition of “The McLaughlin Group,” The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that social media companies are “reacting responsibly” to the New York Post‘s reporting on Hunter Biden and that “You don’t publish and peddle a lie so that it gains
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that Black Lives Matter doesn’t favor violence, President Donald Trump’s theme of law and order “is basically cover for authoritarian action” and a distraction from the coronavirus pandemic, and that
On Friday’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that 2020 Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) will “be telling the truth,” and if 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden “isn’t
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift said that she doesn’t blame New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) for having the presidential ambitions that he likely has and said that she wouldn’t mock Cuomo for the poster touting
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that the executive order on police reform that President Trump signed earlier in the week is “a good start.” She particularly praised the president on his calls for a national
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift defended the legal merits of the Supreme Court’s decision on the Civil Rights Act and its application to LGBTQ individuals and also stated that Chief Justice Roberts “can read the mood
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that President Trump’s letter to the World Health Organization is merely an “empty threat” and that while the W.H.O. deserves some criticism, it has “been doing a lot of things
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that by defunding the World Health Organization, President Trump is “really looking for a constitutional challenge. Because he’d rather talk about that than the numbers of dead.” Clift stated, “[T]here’s
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that “it will be a very dramatic story” if 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden manages to mount a comeback in the Democratic primary, expressed skepticism over
On this weekend’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan, author of “Nixon’s White House Wars,” reacted to allegations targeting President Donald Trump regarding potential wrongdoing involving former Vice President Joe Biden, a candidate for the 2020 Democratic
Friday on MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Daily Beast political reporter Eleanor Clift said the Trump administration’s ICE campaign to conduct mass arrests and deportation was inflicting “terrorism on communities.”
Sunday during special programming on MSNBC further dissecting the Mueller Report, the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift commented on the Democrats potentially trying to impeach President Donald Trump over the Mueller report’s findings. Clift cautioned against a “rush” to impeach Trump,
On this weekend’s episode of “The McLaughlin Group,” conservative commentator Pat Buchanan batted down allegations based on the so-called Steele dossier that Trump campaign colluded with Russia to sway the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Buchanan, in a response to
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that recently-released emails relating to the Clinton Foundation are only “garden-variety” examples of political influence. Clift said, “Equating what Donald Trump has done, in inciting potential violence in this country, talking
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift responded to people at the RNC chanting for presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton to be locked up by saying that “In a democracy, you do not lock up your political opponents,
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that there’s a “very aggressive lobby” in the US working to undermine the Iran nuclear deal “in coordination with Israel,” and “the hardliners of both countries are in concert here.”
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued, “these easy declarations that we should declare war, would actually play right into the hands of the ISIS fanatics.” Clift said, “[A]ll of these easy declarations that we should declare
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift praised presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s reaction to the shooting of police officers in Dallas, TX. Clift said, “I must say, I’m grateful that Donald Trump put out a very
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued President Obama has had a “scandal-free” administration and been “an absolute role model in terms of how a public official should conduct himself.” Cliaft said, “I would point out that
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift said that she isn’t sure Venezuela’s economy would be much better “[I]f the capitalists were in charge of the economy,” and that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro “has taken care of the poor.” Clift stated,
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that when it comes to Syria, “you can’t say the US policy is working.” Clift said, “[T]o anyone who watches what’s unfolding in Syria. I mean, clearly, you can’t say
On this weekend’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” conservative commentator Pat Buchanan weighed in on Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol’s possible third-party “Never Trump” candidate National Review contributor David French. Buchanan and the rest of “The McLaughlin Group” panelists dismissed
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift blamed the Democratic Party’s electoral struggles on “gerrymandered elections and midterm elections, when people don’t show up.” Clift stated, in response to, columnist Pat Buchanan arguing that the Democratic Party is
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift described the chaos at Nevada’s State Democratic Convention, which prompted Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) to fear for her own safety while speaking there as “a minimum of violence” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said of
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift and Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page described the Democratic Party’s primary process as rigged on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” After columnist and author Pat Buchanan said of Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), “I think
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated Iraq’s government is “collapsing” and “struggling within itself,” and the overriding message is that”America should not get more deeply involved” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, “Iraq is struggling within itself, because the government
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump “thinks he can double down on male grievance in this country” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said Trump “thinks he can double down on male grievance in
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that North Carolina’s “bathroom law” is “about discrimination” and that she is “with Donald Trump” in opposing the law on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, “I’m with Donald Trump. Let’s just do what we’ve
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that in order to be “a Jewish democratic state” Israel has to concede some of its territory on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” After fellow panelist Pat Buchanan remarked that it was “hard to disagree” with Bibi
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that Iraq has not gotten worse than it was since President Obama took office on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift, in response to a question on whether Iraq and Afghanistan are better or worse off
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that Republican presidential candidate Texas Senator Ted Cruz “makes Donald Trump look like a raving liberal” and “most Democrats would look at the two of them, and would prefer Trump over Cruz” on Friday’s
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that because of the Iran nuclear deal, Saudi Arabia feels “that the US is starting to tilt towards Iran” and is “not so sure” the US has its back on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift said that she wouldn’t “put the US naturally above every other country”, including African nations and China on cronyism and corruption on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” After fellow panelist Tom Rogan said, “President Obama is focused
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that there’s “a lot hypocrisy” on trade, including from President Obama, and there’s “suspicion” that Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would “evolve” on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) if she became
The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that “Chaos reigns” in Libya because “everybody fell down on the job” after Gaddafi’s removal on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, “[E]verybody fell down on the job once they got rid of Gaddafi. Chaos