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Gillibrand rejects David Gregory’s talking points: ‘This is not about the NRA!’
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) corrected NBC host David Gregory on Sunday after he repeated the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) talking points in opposition to expanding gun background checks even though only 10 percent of the country agrees with the lobbying group. During a panel discussion on NBC’s Meet the Press,…
NBC host confronts LaPierre: NRA ‘thwarting the will of Americans’ on gun control
NBC host David Gregory on Sunday confronted National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre for “thwarting the will” of the public by opposing universal background checks while a vast majority of the public supports them. Following an interview where New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that he planned to use part…
NBC’s David Gregory: ‘Medicare is a huge problem’
“Meet The Press” host David Gregory said on Monday morning that President Barack Obama will have to convince the public during his second term to accept unpopular ideas, like cutting Medicare. “The president, and it starts today, has to be able to lead the American people in a way to…
McConnell: Obama will be ‘dragged kicking and screaming’ to get spending cuts
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) vowed on Sunday that Republicans would force significant spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling even if President Barack Obama had to be “dragged kicking and screaming.” “What we’re saying is that the biggest problem facing the country is our excessive spending,”…
NBC’s David Gregory rips NRA chief over ‘common sense’
NBC host David Gregory and NRA leader Wayne LaPierre engaged in a heated debate over gun control Sunday morning on Meet the Press. The NRA has promised to deliver “major contributions” to stop gun violence following the tragic elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut last week. The pro-gun lobby on…
Colbert: Satire is parody with a point
During an appearance on Meet the Press, comedian Stephen Colbert explained the philosophy behind The Colbert Report. “I’m a satirist,” he told David Gregory. “All satirists make points. Satire is parody with a point. So if I was doing satire and didn’t have a point of view, then that would…
Netanyahu: Opponents of Iran strike ‘set a new standard for human stupidity’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is insisting that a strategy of containment would not work to stop Iran’s nuclear program and is calling for the United States to impose “red lines” that could lead to military action. “Iran is guided by a leadership with an unbelievable fanaticism,” the prime minister…
Romney: There are a number of things I like in Obamacare
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney admitted on Sunday that there were some good provisions in the health reform law pushed by President Barack Obama. “I’d say we’re going to replace Obamacare and I’m replacing it with my own plan, and you know, even in Massachusetts, where I was governor, our…
Romney: Ryan made ‘big mistake’ by supporting military cuts
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is blasting a decision made by his own vice presidential nominee, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), to support cuts to defense spending. “I want to maintain defense spending at the current level of the GDP,” Romney told NBC’s David Gregory in an interview that aired on…
Paul Ryan claims his budget ‘preempts austerity’
House Budget Commitee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) says that his plan to slash government spending on programs for the poor while increasing defense spending and giving tax cuts to the wealthy would actually “prevent austerity.” NBC’s David Gregory on Sunday pointed out that the debate over whether slashing budgets would…
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