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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has reportedly refused to donate to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) because it will not back more progressive candidates.

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) stated that Republicans in the House aren’t supporting impeachment because all of them are in “gerrymandered, all Trump districts.” Meeks said, “Well, if you talk to my Republican colleagues

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) stated that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wants President Trump “in jail,” and that putting President Trump in jail is the only way to show that the rule of

On Friday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) stated that after last night’s Democratic debate, former Vice President Joe Biden is “on the ropes.” Meeks also noted that last night’s debate was only the first round. Meeks said, “Well, as

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Weekends with Alex Witt,” Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) discussed President Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on Mexico over illegal immigration and argued that Trump “inherited” an economy that was trending in the right direction from

Monday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) said he believed the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has realized President Donald Trump was a “low IQ person.” Meeks was referencing Trump’s tweet calling former Vice President Joe Biden a low IQ

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will reportedly pledge to run for president in 2020 as a Democrat and serve as a Democrat if elected.

Radical leftist Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) received an opportunity to redeem herself Thursday after displaying a shocking lack of knowledge on the situation in Venezuela on Twitter, referring to the Socialist International member party currently leading the opposition against that nation’s dictatorship as “far-right.”

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) declared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) “the master negotiator.” Meeks said, “Nancy Pelosi is the master negotiator. She said all along that we needed to get back to the table

Wednesday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) said President Donald Trump was unleashing racism in American during a discussion about Rep. Steve King’s (R-IA) racist statements. When asked about Trump telling reporters he did not know about King’s remarks,

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Wolf,” Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) reacted to President Trump saying he is a “nationalist” by saying such rhetoric, “reminds me of the kinds of words that came from people like Hitler,” and is “very dangerous

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) celebrated the release of hostages from North Korea and expressed concern about President Trump using the summit with North Korea “as a real-life TV show” and not doing

The Republican Jewish Coalition has added its voice to critics of a growing number of Democrats with ties to Louis Farrakhan.

Sunday on MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation With Al Sharpton,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) said he will not attend President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address because Trump “has disrespected me and individuals who look like me.” Meeks said, “This president, he has not given me

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) argued that President Trump has shown he wants to make America white, not great. Meeks said, “What — his statements that he made clearly shows that he wants to make

Saturday on MSNBC, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) said that President Donald Trump has created a “totalitarian” government and “seems” to want the country to be more like Russia than the United States of America. “[W]hat is happening now with this president and

On Friday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) stated the allegations that he fired a staffer after she complained she was sexually harassed at the office of one of his major donors is “completely false.” And he doesn’t regret the

Wednesday on CNN, while discussing the latest tax bill passed by Congress, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) called President Donald Trump a “con man.” Meeks said, “Eighty percent of the tax cuts that are coming is going to go to the richest

Sunday on “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was right when she called Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) an “icon” amid the sexual misconduct allegations against him. Partial transcript as follows: WHITFIELD: You said you

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) argued that President Trump doesn’t care about America and would like to have a regime similar to Vladimir Putin’s in Russia and Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s in Turkey. Meeks said Trump

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) argued President Trump would like to be more of an authoritarian like Russia’s Vladimir Putin and shut down the press. Meeks said, “I think he wants to be like Mr. Putin.

Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day,” when asked about President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming meeting at the G20 summit in Germany, Rep Gregory Meeks (D-NY) said he had “real concerns” about Trump’s “lack of seriousness.” Partial transcript

On Friday’s “MSNBC Live,” Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) stated, “the things that I see this president doing now are the kinds of things that you have seen Putin do, and that’s a danger. I don’t want to live in a

Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) claimed Saturday on MSNBC that President Donald Trump is using similar tactics as Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in attacks against the press. “When we look at the threats that number 45 continues

Friday on MSNBC while discussing President Donald Trump asking African-American journalist April Ryan of the American Urban Radio Networks to set up a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) during his press conference a day earlier, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver

Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) said his colleague Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) “was not wrong” when he said President-elect Donald Trump was illegitimate because Lewis earned “the right and respect” to make such remarks. Partial transcript as

Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) predicted Saturday on MSNBC that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would get less than 1 percent of the African-American vote, reasoning that African-Americans are not dumb. “[Trump] will get less than one percent of the African-American vote,” Meeks said.

Friday, the Congressional Black Caucus held a press conference to address Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump saying today he does believe President Obama was born in the United States. Several members took turns criticizing the Trump, however the harshest comments from CBC chairman

Tuesday on CNN’s “At This Hour,” while discussing Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s comments describing half of Republican nominee Donald Trump’s supporters as “deplorables” driven by “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic” beliefs, Congressional Black Caucus chairman Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)

On this weekend’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) said Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s outreach to African-American voters was “not real” because “this is his first time visiting a black church.” Therefore according to Meeks, it

African American Democrats thundered against Donald Trump’s appeal to their communities, condemning the candidate as a racist, sexist, bigot who didn’t care about black people — despite his assurance that as president he would care for the black communities.

On Saturday, MSNBC host Alex Witt asked Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) if both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton should get the same intelligence briefings, which Meeks said Trump should turn down. “Well, I think the real question is Donald Trump should

Monday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” addressing the controversy over former president Bill Clinton’s 1994 crime bill and his wife Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton’s use of the term super predator, Congressional Black Caucus chairman Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) said Sanders is

Monday on MSNBC’s “NewsNation,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) called for a bipartisan coalition to elect and new Speaker of the House. Meeks said, “There’s real opportunity that should be, as exhibited on ‘Meet the Press,’ if the Republicans are serious about

Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) argued that 99% of the demonstrators who have taken to the streets in the wake of the Mike Brown and Eric Garner deaths are “with the police” on Friday’s “Ronan Farrow Daily” on MSNBC. “No one,

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ED Show,” immediately following the announcement that a New York City Police Officer would not be indicted by a grand jury for a chokehold that resulted in the death of Eric Garner, Rep. Gregory