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Toomey RIPS APART Dokoupil’s Dem Spin on Debt Ceiling
September 30th, 2021 2:34 PM
On Thursday, Republican Senator Pat Toomey repeatedly embarrassed leftist CBS Mornings co-host Tony Dokoupil by dismantling the anchor’s Democratic Party talking points about raising the nation’s debt limit. The GOP lawmaker called out Dokoupil for pushing “a partisan political point of view that’s designed to provide cover for the Democrats’ spending.”
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Senator Toomey SCHOOLS NBC on 'False Narrative' of 'Voter Suppression'
March 28th, 2021 1:09 PM
While the liberal media pushed lie after lie about the Republican Party trying to “roll back voting rights” in an effort to “target” minority voters, Republican Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania stepped into the breach during Sunday’s Meet the Press on NBC and told them off. He told them it “makes a lot of sense” to verify the identity of a voter and called out Democratic efforts to…
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Scarborough Hounds Toomey Over Medicaid
July 10th, 2017 1:37 PM
Republican Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania found himself under fire as he defended the Republican Medicaid proposal on Monday’s Morning Joe. Despite his repeated attempts to explain how the bill only curbed the rate of growth in Medicaid and did not cut actual spending, he was incessantly attacked by co-host Joe Scarborough. “Why is it we're going after the poor,” Scarborough exclaimed…
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GOP Senators School CBS, NBC Moderators on Fake Cuts to Medicaid
June 25th, 2017 3:43 PM
The Sunday network morning shows were filled with discussion of the health care bill recently released by Senate Republicans on Thursday. That discussion was loaded with fake news about the bill drastically slashing Medicaid, which was being pushed by the program moderators. ABC’s George Stephanopoulos actually yelled at Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway because she refuted it. Meanwhile, on the…
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CBS Spotlights Trump Effect on PA Senate Race, Omits Democrat's Past
October 25th, 2016 8:34 PM
As part of its ongoing look at various U.S. Senate races, Tuesday’s CBS Evening News examined the Pennsylvania match-up between Republican Senator Pat Toomey and Democratic challenger Katie McGinty and framed the race as Donald Trump possibly dragging down Toomey while ignoring McGinty’s flaws and past.
Wall Street Journal Eviscerates Liberal Media Memes on Gun Control, Ex
April 19th, 2013 11:48 AM
When it comes to the failure of the Democratic gun control package in the U.S. Senate earlier this week, "[t]he media [have been] amplifying... with less subtlety" President Obama's gripes about the power of the NRA and a minority in the Senate supposedly scuttling the will of the American people on background checks, the Wall Street Journal editorial board noted today. But the truth of the…
NBC's Mitchell: Does Middle Class Wealth Loss 'Justify' More Stimulus
June 13th, 2012 10:36 AM
In an interview with Republican Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey on her Tuesday MSNBC show, host Andrea Mitchell attempted to use a new Federal Reserve report showing massive wealth loss for the American middle class to promote President Obama's agenda: "Does that, in fact, justify what the President has been saying...about the need for more help and the need for more stimulus?"
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Charles Krauthammer Shuts Up Nina Totenberg: 'I'm in the Middle of a S
November 26th, 2011 9:47 AM
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer and NPR's Nina Totenberg had a humorous exchange on PBS's Inside Washington Friday.
After mocking Totenberg for the "surprise" of her giving Democrats on the Super Committee credit, Krauthammer scolded her for constantly interrupting him saying, "I'm in the middle of a sentence, and I am going to get to the end, and I will let you know with punctuation…
Krauthammer Scolds Shields and Totenberg: 'What Planet Are You Guys Li
November 19th, 2011 1:08 PM
Charles Krauthammer justifiably lost his patience with his fellow panelists on PBS's Inside Washington Friday evening.
No matter how many times he explained that Republicans last week proposed a revenue increase that Democrats refused, PBS's Mark Shields and NPR's Nina Totenberg couldn't seem to grasp this simple concept leading Krauthammer to ask, "What planet are you guys living on...I’ve…
CNN Hosts Team Up to Peddle Liberal Line on Tax Cuts
August 11th, 2011 5:17 PM
CNN's Christine Romans and Ali Velshi tried to argue that no evidence exists linking tax cuts to job creation while interviewing Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) Thursday, on America's deficit problem.
The financial gurus challenged Toomey's conservative point that tax hikes should be off the table as a revenue increase, because they would hurt the economy. "So, where is the evidence that not cutting…
Joe Scarborough Hammers His Crew: 'Name One Tough Vote' the Dems Have
July 14th, 2011 5:12 PM
Joe Scarborough took Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski to task Thursday over the ongoing debt negotiations. "[Republicans] already have given specifics on the Paul Ryan Medicare plan which was political suicide for a lot of Republicans. They took that hard vote. What hard vote have Democrats made on the debt over the past year? Name one. Name one vote" said Scarborough.
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NBC Sees ‘Conservative’ Toomey, But No Label for Sestak; Gearing U
October 31st, 2010 11:50 PM
On Sunday’s NBC Nightly News, during a roundup of several reporters covering a number of high-profile Senate races, correspondent Ron Allen was upfront in labeling Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee Pat Toomey as a "conservative," but an ideological label for liberal Democratic nominee Joe Sestak was absent: "Conservative Pat Toomey, a former Congressman and businessman, has been…
Matthews & Heilemann Label Toomey as ‘Right-Leaning’ & ‘Pretty C
October 31st, 2010 1:16 PM
On Sunday’s syndicated Chris Matthews Show, as host Matthews asked the panel to predict the outcome of the Pennsylvania Senate election, he described Republican candidate Pat Toomey as "right-leaning," but assigned no ideological label to Democratic candidate Joe Sestak. Panel member John Heilemann of New York magazine asserted that Toomey is "not just right-leaning, he’s a pretty conservative…
CBS Relays Dem Claims of ‘Dangerous’ & ‘Extreme’ GOP, NBC Sees
October 24th, 2010 8:51 PM
On Friday morning, after airing a full report on the Democratic strategy of painting Republican candidates as "dangerous" and "extreme," CBS’s The Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez seemed surprised when Republican guest Eric Cantor disagreed with her view that "there is no question these Tea Party Republicans are outside the Republican mainstream," and her suggestion that next year…
