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MSNBC's Wallace Crew Praises Cheneys and Rove for Their 1/6 Stance

Mark Finkelstein
January 7th, 2022 9:24 AM

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, per the ancient adage. And thus, for their condemnations of Donald Trump and the January 6th riot, Liz and Dick Cheney and Karl Rove have become the friends of the left. But for denizens of the liberal media, any praise of that trio— and in particular Dick Cheney and Rove—risks alienating their liberal base, which loathes them. And so it was that on Nicolle…

 
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Tucker Mocks Kinzinger, Schiff for Faux Crying, Theatrics at Hearing

Nicholas Fondacaro
July 27th, 2021 9:49 PM

Tuesday marked the first session of the House committee convened to investigate the January 6 Capitol Riot. And it didn’t take long for the theatrical nature of the proceeding to expose itself as Congressmen Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) let the faux tears flow for the cameras. Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson used a hearty dose of sarcasm as he keyed in on those moments and…

 
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Kinzinger Treated Like GOP Royalty on 'View': 'The Voice of Reason!'

Kristine Marsh
May 14th, 2021 2:30 PM

The media loves Republicans who act like GOP infighting is the biggest problem the country is facing right now.

 
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CNN's Camerota Backs Dem Rep in Blaming Trump for Airliner Shootdown

Mark Finkelstein
January 10th, 2020 8:13 AM
After CNN rolls a clip of Dem Rep. Jackie Speier saying the airliner shoot-down is "yet another example of collateral damage from the actions that have been taken by in a provocative way by the President of the United States," Alisyn Camerota expresses support for Speier's statement, saying, I think it’s fair to say this would not have happened if there were not tensions between the US and Iran…
 
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Blitzer Urges Republican to ‘Help’ House Thousands of Immigrant Kids

Kristine Marsh
June 6th, 2019 8:50 AM
Wolf Blitzer and his CNN colleagues won’t acknowledge there’s an actual crisis at the southern border, but still insists it’s the United States’ responsibility to take in illegal immigrants. On his show The Situation Room Wednesday evening, Blitzer had on Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger to discuss immigration and even snuck in a snarky question about President Trump dodging the draft to the…
 
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Divisive CNN Blames Trump Giving NZ Terrorist ‘Credence,’ ‘Validity’

Curtis Houck
March 15th, 2019 3:48 PM
From 6:00 a.m. Eastern to 12:00 p.m. Eastern, CNN analysts, commentators, and hosts repeatedly takes such as “[t]here is a one man who pulled the trigger here” inside two Christchurch mosques on Friday afternoon (New Zealand time), but they very quickly pivoted using transition words like “but” to then place blame on President Trump due to the animal’s citation of the President in a screed CNN…
 
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Ouch: Sciutto Speechless After Republican Schools Him on Border

Kristine Marsh
March 5th, 2019 11:42 AM
CNN Newsroom co-anchor Jim Sciutto tried to trap a Republican congressman with a gotcha question on Tuesday’s morning show, but failed miserably when the congressman revealed he had done his homework. Sciutto, who also worked under former President Obama, grilled Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger on why he supported President Trump declaring the U.S./Mexico border security a national emergency.
 
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Blitzer to GOP Rep: 'Don't You Feel Bad for' Illegals After Ruling?

Brad Wilmouth
June 23rd, 2016 5:21 PM
As Illinois GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger appeared as a guest on Thursday's Wolf show to react to the Supreme Court ruling against President Barack Obama's executive order helping illegal immigrants get work permits, CNN host Wolf Blitzer at one point begged of his Republican guest on whether he "feels bad for" the millions of illegals affected by the decision.
 

As Opposition to Syria Strike Builds, NBC's Russert Tries to Whip Up S

Kyle Drennen
September 6th, 2013 5:54 PM
In back-to-back interviews with members on Congress on Friday's MSNBC Daily Rundown, fill-in host Luke Russert desperately tried to sell Democrats and Republicans on the importance of supporting President Obama taking military action against Syria. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Talking to Democratic Virginia Congressman Gerry Connolly, Russert worried: "How much of…
 

GOP Congressman: In Post-Benghazi Briefing, Hillary 'Screamed' at Coll

Ken Shepherd
August 20th, 2013 11:03 AM
A Republican congressman is claiming that then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton so vehemently denied that the Benghazi attack on September 11, 2012, was a terrorist strike that she "screamed" at a congressman in a private briefing just two days later. As David Martosko of London's Daily Mail newspaper reported on Friday (h/t Doug Powers):