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U.S. won’t send checks to Europe: Romney
WASHINGTON — The United States will not bail out European countries if the eurozone economy falls apart under a spiraling debt crisis, Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney said Sunday. “We’re not going to send checks to Europe. We’re not going to bail out the European banks. We’re going to…
McCain calls Supreme Court ‘uninformed, arrogant, naive’ for Citizens United
Former Republican presidential nominee John McCain says he’s “worried” that billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who reportedly may contribute up to $100 million in support of GOP hopeful Mitt Romney, and others could have an undue influence on elections as a result of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. “I’m not only…
Romney refuses to say if he would undo Obama’s immigration policy
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Sunday repeatedly refused to say if he would dismantle a recently-announced Obama administration policy that allows certain young undocumented immigrants to stay in the U.S. During an interview on CBS, host Bob Schieffer asked the candidate if he would repeal the order. “Well,…
Santorum: Obama broke oath of office with immigration, DOMA policies
Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Sunday accused President Barack Obama of essentially breaking his oath office by refusing to “faithfully execute” U.S. laws. Article II of the U.S. Constitution requires each president to recite the following oath before taking office: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I…
Chris Wallace uses ‘illegals’ slur to describe young immigrants
Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday referred to young undocumented immigrants with the word “illegals,” a term that many consider to be a slur. “The president announced a new immigration policy this week to stop deporting illegals who have been brought into this country as children and who have…
Bush AG: Obama immigration order a ‘political calculation’
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says he agrees with President Obama’s sentiments on immigrant children, just not his approach, according to Talking Points Memo. Gonzales, who served during George W. Bush’s presidency, criticized Obama’s executive order this week preventing the deportation of immigrants who meet certain conditions at the Faith…
Protesters force Romney bus tour into a wee Wawa problem
White House hopeful Mitt Romney spent Saturday courting small-town Americans and pushing his jobs agenda, but a botched campaign stop showed it isn’t always easy connecting with everyday voters. After laying out the case for a Romney presidency at a factory in northeastern Pennsylvania, the Republican flagbearer headed to a…
Republican may sue to continue deportation of youths brought to U.S. illegally as children
President Obama’s announcement that his administration intends to block the deportation of as many as 800,000 young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children has already aroused a storm of fury on the right. Most of the Republican Congressional leadership has been slow to react as they…
Daily Caller reporter interrupts President Obama’s speech on immigration reform
In shades of Rep. Joe Wilson’s (R-SC) “You lie!” moment during President Obama’s 2009 health care speech before a joint session of Congress, Daily Caller reporter Neil Munro interrupted the President’s Rose Garden address on immigration this afternoon. Munro (who — despite a Twitter bio that says he spent 10…
Geraldo: ‘All the white people’ are on ‘one side’
Appearing on Fox and Friends on Friday morning, Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera tried to pitch a thoughtful argument against racial divisions in America, but the nuances of race relations and political participation in this country failed him. “You have all the black and brown people on the one side,…
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