Tag: Eleanor Clift

On this weekend’s episode of “The McLaughlin Group,” conservative commentator Pat Buchanan batted down allegations based on the so-called Steele dossier that Trump campaign colluded with Russia to sway the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Buchanan, in a response to

On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that recently-released emails relating to the Clinton Foundation are only “garden-variety” examples of political influence. Clift said, “Equating what Donald Trump has done, in inciting potential violence in this country, talking

On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift responded to people at the RNC chanting for presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton to be locked up by saying that “In a democracy, you do not lock up your political opponents,

On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that there’s a “very aggressive lobby” in the US working to undermine the Iran nuclear deal “in coordination with Israel,” and “the hardliners of both countries are in concert here.”

On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued, “these easy declarations that we should declare war, would actually play right into the hands of the ISIS fanatics.” Clift said, “[A]ll of these easy declarations that we should declare

On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued President Obama has had a “scandal-free” administration and been “an absolute role model in terms of how a public official should conduct himself.” Cliaft said, “I would point out that

On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift said that she isn’t sure Venezuela’s economy would be much better “[I]f the capitalists were in charge of the economy,” and that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro “has taken care of the poor.” Clift stated,

On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that when it comes to Syria, “you can’t say the US policy is working.” Clift said, “[T]o anyone who watches what’s unfolding in Syria. I mean, clearly, you can’t say

On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift blamed the Democratic Party’s electoral struggles on “gerrymandered elections and midterm elections, when people don’t show up.” Clift stated, in response to, columnist Pat Buchanan arguing that the Democratic Party is

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift described the chaos at Nevada’s State Democratic Convention, which prompted Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) to fear for her own safety while speaking there as “a minimum of violence” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said of

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated Iraq’s government is “collapsing” and “struggling within itself,” and the overriding message is that”America should not get more deeply involved” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, “Iraq is struggling within itself, because the government

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump “thinks he can double down on male grievance in this country” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said Trump “thinks he can double down on male grievance in

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that North Carolina’s “bathroom law” is “about discrimination” and that she is “with Donald Trump” in opposing the law on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, “I’m with Donald Trump. Let’s just do what we’ve

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that in order to be “a Jewish democratic state” Israel has to concede some of its territory on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” After fellow panelist Pat Buchanan remarked that it was “hard to disagree” with Bibi

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that Iraq has not gotten worse than it was since President Obama took office on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift, in response to a question on whether Iraq and Afghanistan are better or worse off

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that Republican presidential candidate Texas Senator Ted Cruz “makes Donald Trump look like a raving liberal” and “most Democrats would look at the two of them, and would prefer Trump over Cruz” on Friday’s

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that because of the Iran nuclear deal, Saudi Arabia feels “that the US is starting to tilt towards Iran” and is “not so sure” the US has its back on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift said that she wouldn’t “put the US naturally above every other country”, including African nations and China on cronyism and corruption on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” After fellow panelist Tom Rogan said, “President Obama is focused

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that there’s “a lot hypocrisy” on trade, including from President Obama, and there’s “suspicion” that Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would “evolve” on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) if she became

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that “Chaos reigns” in Libya because “everybody fell down on the job” after Gaddafi’s removal on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, “[E]verybody fell down on the job once they got rid of Gaddafi. Chaos

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump “has tapped into a vein of misogyny, and hate, and white supremacy” and Republicans have “been flirting with racial divisions way back to the days of the Southern Strategy”

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that Euopre is facing a problem with “the flood of immigrants” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, “I think a unified Europe is in the US[‘] interest, especially with all of the problems that

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that Beyonce’s halftime show at the Super Bowl was “terrific” and did a “beautiful” and “brilliant” job of “basically tracing black history” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift stated, “I watched it, thought it was

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift said that the tax on oil in President Obama’s budget would get passed on to consumers, “which would add up to something like 18 cents more a gallon” and wondered “If you can’t raise money

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued President Obama should keep doing “not very much” about Russia’s involvement in Syria on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, in response to a question on who’s calling the shots in Syria, “Well, they’ve been

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that young people should sign up for insurance under Obamacare in part because, “People need to carry their load in a shared pool of coverage” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said of the people

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift said that while she admires GOP presidential candidate Texas Senator Ted Cruz for refusing to “bow” to “the ethanol gods,” he did so “because he’s in the pocket of big oil” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.”

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that former GOP vice presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin “helped destroy” any chance Senator John McCain (R-AZ) had of winning the 2008 election and is “basically regarded as a joke by much

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that President Obama’s deportation crackdowns look “heartless” and don’t seem consistent “with this president’s values” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, “Well, these latest rounds of crackdowns have to do with people coming from

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued the Republican “war on science” was 2015’s most under-reported story on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, “I guess I would give it [the award for Most Under-Reported Story] to the Republican ongoing war against

On Friday, “McLaughlin Group” host John McLaughlin told the Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift “You hate guns” and pushed back against her assertion that her criticisms of the NRA are due to her hatred of guns that are misused. After Clift

On this weekend’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” during the first episode of the show’s annual year-end awards, the panelist voiced their opinion on who should receive the “Enough Already” award for 2015. Among those named included Black Lives Matter,

On this weekend’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” the show’s panelist gave offered who they thought were the “Most Boring” and “Most Charismatic” of 2015 in the first installment of the program’s annual year-end awards. Among the recipients for “Most

On this weekend’s broadcast of the syndicated “McLaughlin Group,” the panelists rolled out their winners and losers of year in the first part of the annual installment of the show’s year-end awards. Winners: Pat Buchanan: Donald Trump, American Pharoah Eleanor

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued that GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s actions and words are “like pouring gasoline on the fire for what ISIS is trying to do” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift said, “Well, in the world of

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued the GOP will “going to exploit the hell out of” the San Bernardino attack on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” When asked to give a letter grade to how much the San Bernardino attack will hurt

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated, “the existential threat we face is not from terrorism. It’s from climate change” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift maintained that in the last Democratic presidential debate, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was saying, “that the

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift argued, “I thought Rand Paul definitely is the most sane voice on that stage, when it comes avoiding getting into the traps we’ve fallen into in recent years” and the Florida Senator and GOP presidential

“McLaughlin Group” host John McLaughlin criticized the opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline as “not merited” and motivated by “radical environmentalism” on Friday. McLaughlin said to panelist Eleanor Clift, “the opposition to Keystone XL merited — is not merited. It’s

On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” Eleanor Clift argued that Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was being “lighthearted” when she called Republicans enemies that she’s made. Clift stated, “I just want to say one thing about the comment