Jonathan Capehart
Brooks Lauds Schumer Folding On Shutdown: 'Country's Being Decimated'
Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times columnist David Brooks had an actual debate on Friday’s PBS News Hour. However, it was more of an inside-the-family argument about the best way for Democrats to stand up to President Donald Trump. Capehart argued that, after Senate Democrats declined to shut down the government, the party needs to grow “a spine,” while…
PBS 'Conservative' David Brooks Agrees With Capehart 61% of the Time
Every Friday, PBS News Hour devotes a segment to recapping the week's news with New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart. Brooks is supposed to be the conservative half of the duo, but according to a new NewsBusters study, he agrees with Capehart 61 percent of the time.
Capehart Laments Lack Of 'Nuanced' Discussion On Men In Women's Sports
Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart lamented to PBS News Hour host Geoff Bennett on Friday that Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s podcast appearance with conservative Charlie Kirk, where he dissented from the party line, continued the nation’s alleged inability to have “nuanced and thoughtful” conversations about transgender people participating in women’s sports.
MSNBC Admits Border Crossings Down, But Denies There Was a Crisis
On The Sunday Show, MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart admitted that illegal border crossings are now at a record low, but seemed to do so only so he could scoff at President Donald Trump for wanting to send more troops to the border.
PBS Freaks Trump Entering 'Sinister Territory' Amid Press Pool Changes
The cast of Friday’s PBS News Hour was not interested in subtlety, nuance, or level-headedness as they discussed recent media news. Host Amna Nawaz wondered if “we’re in much more sinister territory now” due to the changes surrounding the White House press pool. Both Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times columnist David Brooks agreed,…
PBS Mourns a Month Of 'Ivy League Right-Wing Nihilism'
PBS News Hour host Amna Nawaz, Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart, and New York Times columnist David Brooks came together on Friday to mourn the first month of Donald Trump 2.0. Together, the trio would lament the supposed lack of “guardrails” that is allowing Trump to run “roughshod” over the government in pursuit of “Ivy League right-wing nihilism.”
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Capehart Gets Triggered At Suggestion Biden Abused Executive Power
Against the backdrop of Elon Musk’s budget-cutting initiatives, Washington Post associate editor and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart got triggered on Friday’s PBS News Hour when the American Enterprise Institute’s Matthew Continetti reminded him that former President Joe Biden abused executive power on his student loan order. Capehart argued that comparisons were “apples and…
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Brooks Laughs at Capehart Declaring 'Democrats Aren't In Trouble'
Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart had an eventful time on Friday’s installment of PBS NewsHour. First, Capehart did his typical thing where he alleged President Trump’s recent press conference included “some of the most racist things I have ever heard come out of the White House.” Later, he said something so absurd that the usually amenable New York Times…
MSNBC's Capehart Frets Trump Would Take Citizenship from Blacks
On MSNBC's The Saturday Show, MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart fretted and fearmongered that President Donald Trump's drive to put more limits on birthright citizenship could mean that blacks who are descended from slaves might also be stripped of citizenship.
Capehart: Laken Riley Act is Causing 'Terror' in 'Immigrant Families'
For the first Brooks and Capehart segment of Donald Trump 2.0 on Friday’s PBS NewsHour, Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart alleged that “the Laken Riley Act and other things” are instilling fear in immigrant families, even those who are not “undocumented.”
Capehart Wonders If Voters 'Gave Up On Democracy'
During the Biden era’s final installment of Brooks and Capehart on Friday’s PBS News Hour, Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart sought to rebut New York Times columnist David Brooks’s assertion that Donald Trump’s election shows Joe Biden failed to protect democracy. Instead, Capehart argued it was the voters who “gave up on democracy” and wanted to “…
'Great Punishment': Capehart Celebrates Trump's Sentencing
Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart did a touchdown dance of sorts on Friday’s PBS News Hour as he celebrated Donald Trump’s “great punishment” of being formally sentenced to unconditional discharge that history “will have to” mention.
