All posts tagged "Maria Cardona"

GOP pundit Maura Gillesepie, who served as former press advisor to House Speaker John Boehner (R), called on Republicans to join with Democrats to demand transparency on Iran from President Donald Trump.

Gillespie told CNN's Omar Jimenez Tuesday, "I mean, when he was candidate Trump, he was constantly calling for more transparency. And, yet, we deserve to know. We the people deserve to know why the president of the United States violated the Constitution, international law, and the UN charter."

She continued, "Listen, no one is crying for the nuclear regime...But what we do have concerns with is the repercussions that's going to impact generations. So, I am concerned. about the lack of an answer and a reasoning justification for this attack....

CNN's John Berman asked conservative commentator Scott Jennings to explain in one sentence what he thinks President Donald Trump's tariff policy will look like when he announces it on April 2, adding, "Do you think [the president] can explain it in one sentence today?"

"Well, I would never want to predict or get ahead of Donald Trump," Jennings began. "But my view is, is that he's been very clear that he believes tariffs will force more manufacturing, more production, more onshoring into the United States, which will ultimately be good for the working class of America."

Jennings said the people who agree with the president are the unions, like the head of the United Auto Workers, Shawn Fain. ...

Democratic strategist Maria Cardona issued a warning to President Donald Trump about his handling of the economy, telling CNN Monday that it will "come back and bite him."

Trump had a chance to tamp down recession fears when asked by Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo on Sunday, but said only, "I hate to predict things like that. There is a period of transition, because what we’re doing is very big. We’re bringing wealth back to America. That’s a big thing, and there are always periods of, it takes a little time. It takes a little time, but I think it should be great for us.”

That answer failed to instill confidence in Democrats like Cardona....

CNN's John Berman ticked off the list of grumblings from GOP lawmakers over some of Donald Trump's recent actions that could "cross a line" and impede the president from accomplishing his agenda.

On Monday's News Central, Berman asked conservative commentator Scott Jennings about "the smattering of small dissent that we've heard over the last three of four days."

"You had your old boss, Scott, Mitch McConnell, voting no on Pete Hegseth. You've got Lindsey Graham and Tom Cotton saying they wish that President Trump hadn't removed the security details from John Bolton and others. You got Chuck Grassley overnight saying, 'What's going on with President Trump illegally firing these inspectors general?' So, Scott, my question to you is, how much louder will dissent like this get? Might it get? And when do you think it will cross a line that it would impede President Trump from certain actions?" Berman asked. ...

Two CNN panelists sparred Tuesday night after a Republican strategist called Kamala Harris' decision "weak sauce" to interview on the network with running mate Tim Walz by her side.

Scott Jennings, who was a special assistant to former President George W. Bush, told anchor Anderson Cooper he felt it was "incredibly weak."

"Weak sauce to show up with your running mate," he said. "The fact that they don't have enough confidence in her to let her sit herself — the actual top of the ticket — and do a single interview ... "...