Schumer, Brown, Kristol, Schultz, and Meadows Discuss Trump and Immigration During this
Weekend's Sunday Programs
Weekend's Sunday Programs
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Click the Play Button, above, to see excerpts of instances in which the subjects of immigration or refugees were discussed during the March 26, 2017, Sunday public affairs programs.
The big subjects on the March 26, 2017, editions of the Sunday morning public affairs programs was the inability of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass GOP's bill to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act and the burgeoning investigations in Congress and in the Department of Justice of yet-to-be-substantiated charges that there was collusion between associates of then-candidate Donald Trump and Russian intelligence officials in an attempt to impact the 2016 presidential election.
Nonetheless, there was plenty of talk during the weekend's Sunday programs about immigration and refugee matters, with extensive discussions of the subjects coming from Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), former Secretary of State George P. Schultz, Governor Jerry Brown (D-CA), Tea Party Chairman Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC), and journalist Bill Kristol. .
A summary of the immigration-related discussions on the March 26th Sunday morning public affairs programs follows:
Nonetheless, there was plenty of talk during the weekend's Sunday programs about immigration and refugee matters, with extensive discussions of the subjects coming from Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), former Secretary of State George P. Schultz, Governor Jerry Brown (D-CA), Tea Party Chairman Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC), and journalist Bill Kristol. .
A summary of the immigration-related discussions on the March 26th Sunday morning public affairs programs follows:
ABC - This Week: The headliner guests on the March 25, 2017, edition of ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" program were Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC), Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus.
Representative Meadows addressed the subject of immigration, asserting that “we’re all hands on deck with regard to the border wall.”
Senator Schumer said that “the border wall should be talked about” but that it “should not be rammed down people’s throats for a whole bunch of reasons.” First, it is not the best way to protect the border. Everyone agrees on that. Second, it is very expensive. Why don’t we use that money for roads? Third, let’s give the President a little chance to get Mexico to pay for it. Isn’t that what he told everybody, that we weren’t going to pay for it? And fourth, it’s got a big problem that Republicans on the border states are opposing – Texas, Arizona – because there is imminent domain and you’ have to take the private land.” He added, that “instead of trying to jam it through on this short-term budget and say take it or leave it, we should debate it in 2018’s budget over the summer.” He predicted that “it would not get the votes on either the Democratic or Republican side.”
Also appearing on the program this week was EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone. And appearing during the political roundtable segment of the program this week were Republican strategist Alex Castellanos, ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, New York Times White House correspondent and CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman, and ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl.
Neither Administrator Pruitt nor the political roundtable panel addressed the issues of immigration or refugees during the program.
Representative Meadows addressed the subject of immigration, asserting that “we’re all hands on deck with regard to the border wall.”
Senator Schumer said that “the border wall should be talked about” but that it “should not be rammed down people’s throats for a whole bunch of reasons.” First, it is not the best way to protect the border. Everyone agrees on that. Second, it is very expensive. Why don’t we use that money for roads? Third, let’s give the President a little chance to get Mexico to pay for it. Isn’t that what he told everybody, that we weren’t going to pay for it? And fourth, it’s got a big problem that Republicans on the border states are opposing – Texas, Arizona – because there is imminent domain and you’ have to take the private land.” He added, that “instead of trying to jam it through on this short-term budget and say take it or leave it, we should debate it in 2018’s budget over the summer.” He predicted that “it would not get the votes on either the Democratic or Republican side.”
Also appearing on the program this week was EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone. And appearing during the political roundtable segment of the program this week were Republican strategist Alex Castellanos, ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, New York Times White House correspondent and CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman, and ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl.
Neither Administrator Pruitt nor the political roundtable panel addressed the issues of immigration or refugees during the program.
CBS - Face the Nation: The headliner guests on the March 25, 2017, edition of CBS's "Face the Nation" program were Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA). Also appearing on the program this week were Representative Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and former Secretary of State George Schultz.
While Cotton, Schiff, and Gowdy did not address the subject of immigration during their appearances, former Secretary Schultz made extensive and wide-ranging comments, during which he criticized President Trump for calling Mexican’s rapists, for seeking to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, and denigrated the President’s proposed travel ban for persons from six predominately Muslim countries.
Appearing during the political roundtable segment of the program were Juliet Eilperin the Washington Post’s senior national affairs correspondent; The National Journal’s Editorial Director Ron Brownsteiin; CBS News Political Analyst and Slate’s Chief Political Correspondent Jamelle Bouie; and the publisher of The Federalist, Ben Domenech. The panel did not address the issues of immigration or refugees.
While Cotton, Schiff, and Gowdy did not address the subject of immigration during their appearances, former Secretary Schultz made extensive and wide-ranging comments, during which he criticized President Trump for calling Mexican’s rapists, for seeking to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, and denigrated the President’s proposed travel ban for persons from six predominately Muslim countries.
Appearing during the political roundtable segment of the program were Juliet Eilperin the Washington Post’s senior national affairs correspondent; The National Journal’s Editorial Director Ron Brownsteiin; CBS News Political Analyst and Slate’s Chief Political Correspondent Jamelle Bouie; and the publisher of The Federalist, Ben Domenech. The panel did not address the issues of immigration or refugees.
CNN - State of the Union: The headliner guest on the March 25, 2017, edition of CNN’s “State of the Union” program were Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Governor John Kasich (R-OH).
Appearing during the political roundtable segment of the program were Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Lee Zeldin (R-MT); former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA); and former State Representative Bakari Sellers (D-SC).
Neither the subject of immigration nor the subject of refugees came up during the program.
Appearing during the political roundtable segment of the program were Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Lee Zeldin (R-MT); former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA); and former State Representative Bakari Sellers (D-SC).
Neither the subject of immigration nor the subject of refugees came up during the program.
FOX - Fox News Sunday: The headliner guest on the March 25, 2017, edition of FOX's "Fox News Sunday" program was White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. Also appearing on the program were House Freedom Caucus member, Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Haider al-Abadi, Prime Minister of Iraq. None of them discussed the subjects of immigration or refugees during their appearances.
Appearing during the program's political pundits segments this week were Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard; Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief, USA Today; former Representative Newt Gingrich (R-GA), former Speaker of the House and a Fox News Contributor; and Charles Lane, Editorial Writer for The Washington Post.
During that segment of the program, Kristol suggested that one of the things that President Trump should do in light of the defeat of his “repeal and replace” healthcare legislation is to go to Congress and seek “easy” victories that constitute “low hanging fruit.” He used as an example, funding for the border wall that President Trump has proposed be built between the United States and Mexico, saying that the President should go to Congress as it considers the fiscal year 2017 continuing appropriations bill and say, “I want the wall funded now – in 2017; not 2018.”
Appearing during the program's political pundits segments this week were Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard; Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief, USA Today; former Representative Newt Gingrich (R-GA), former Speaker of the House and a Fox News Contributor; and Charles Lane, Editorial Writer for The Washington Post.
During that segment of the program, Kristol suggested that one of the things that President Trump should do in light of the defeat of his “repeal and replace” healthcare legislation is to go to Congress and seek “easy” victories that constitute “low hanging fruit.” He used as an example, funding for the border wall that President Trump has proposed be built between the United States and Mexico, saying that the President should go to Congress as it considers the fiscal year 2017 continuing appropriations bill and say, “I want the wall funded now – in 2017; not 2018.”
NBC - Meet the Press: The headliner guests on the March 25, 2017, edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press” program were White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney. Also appearing on the program this week were Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Mark Warner (D-VA; Representative Charlie Dent (R-PA), and Governor Jerry Brown (D-CA).
Neither Mulvaney, Brown, Warner nor Dent addressed the subject of immigration during their appearances. However, Governor Brown did.
During his appearance, a feisty Governor Brown criticized President Trump’s proposal to build a wall between the United States and Mexico, saying that the President’s immigration policies, including the proposal to build the wall, projected “a lot of odor here of a kind of a strongman.” He said that the proposal to build a wall was “ominous” and reminiscent of the Berlin Wall. Continuing, he said that he thinks that ‘Americans ought to be very careful when we make radical changes like a 30-foot wall keeping some in and some out.”
The Governor went on to say of the Trump proposal to build the wall, “we’re not going to sit around and just play patsy and say, ‘Hey. Go ahead. Lock us in. Do whatever the hell you want.
Neither Mulvaney, Brown, Warner nor Dent addressed the subject of immigration during their appearances. However, Governor Brown did.
During his appearance, a feisty Governor Brown criticized President Trump’s proposal to build a wall between the United States and Mexico, saying that the President’s immigration policies, including the proposal to build the wall, projected “a lot of odor here of a kind of a strongman.” He said that the proposal to build a wall was “ominous” and reminiscent of the Berlin Wall. Continuing, he said that he thinks that ‘Americans ought to be very careful when we make radical changes like a 30-foot wall keeping some in and some out.”
The Governor went on to say of the Trump proposal to build the wall, “we’re not going to sit around and just play patsy and say, ‘Hey. Go ahead. Lock us in. Do whatever the hell you want.