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Soledad O’Brien rips Maryland Republican for bill protecting ‘Pop Tart guns’
CNN host Soledad O’Brien did not have much patience Monday for a Maryland state senator who recently introduced legislation aimed at preventing children from being punished for making gun references in the classroom. Maryland Sen. J.B. Jennings (R) claims his bill was written in reaction to the story about a…
TX Rep. tells Soledad: Immigrant ‘amnesty’ alone won’t sway Latinos toward GOP
GOP Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) expressed cynicism on Monday toward an immigration plan that included a path to citizenship for the country’s 11 million undocumented immigrants. “People make a mistake when they think all Hispanics want is to see an amnesty program, and then they’re going to love Republicans again,”…
Stranded cruise passenger’s husband: She said ‘there’s feces all over the floor’
The husband of a passenger onboard a stranded cruise ship told CNN host Soledad O’Brien on Tuesday that his wife and the other cruise goers had to abandon their cabins to avoid getting sick. “She said the water pipes are breaking and toilets are overflowing, and there’s feces all over…
Soledad O’Brien shames Perkins for defending gay scout ban with homosexuality-pedophilia link
CNN host Soledad O’Brien on Wednesday told Family Research Council President Tony Perkins that he could be “on the wrong side of history” after he defended the Boy Scouts’ ban on LGBT members by suggesting that homosexuals were more likely to be pedophiles. As the Boy Scouts of American national…
CNN’s O’Brien tricks opponent of women in combat into endorsing racial segregation
Friday morning on CNN’s “Starting Point,” anchor Soledad O’Brien hosted a panel to discuss Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s decision to lift the ban on women on women in combat. One guest, who was arguing vociferously against equality for military women, got a surprise when O’Brien got him to agree…
Soledad tells former RNC chair: Minorities ‘know you and they… don’t like you’
CNN host Soledad O’Brien on Friday advised former Republican National Committee Chairman Mel Martinez that Republicans would need to do more that just encourage African-Americans and Hispanics to get to know them better because “they know you and they decided they don’t like you.” Speaking with Martinez before the the…
Connie Mack: Ban LGBT marriage, but ‘you cannot legislate morality’ on guns
A former Republican congressman from Florida who has voted to ban same sex marriage says that “you cannot legislate morality” when it comes to guns. During a Wednesday panel discussion on CNN, host Soledad O’Brien said that she could understand NRA executive director Wayne LaPierre’s point of view that the…
Connie Mack in Newtown: ‘Impossible’ for gun control to stop ‘bad people’ so don’t even try
Former Republican Rep. Connie Mack (FL) traveled to Newtown, Connecticut on Monday — exactly one month after 20 children were gunned down in the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history — and insisted that Congress should not attempt gun control legislation because it was “impossible” to stop violence through new…
FL Gov. Scott repeatedly ducks O’Brien’s gun control questions
Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) doggedly avoided CNN host Soledad O’Brien’s requests on Wednesday to take a definable position on gun laws after last week’s mass shooting in Connecticut. “What would you support in terms of legislation, if it in fact comes with that?” O’Brien asked. “Do you believe in…
Tim Scott: Gun laws aren’t the solution to mass shootings
The lawmaker who South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) has chosen to replace tea party-backed Sen. Jim DeMint (R) says legislators should focus on mental health instead of gun laws following the massacre of 20 elementary school children in Connecticut last week. CNN host Soledad O’Brien on Wednesday noted that…
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