Monica Sanchez
Assistant Editor, Reporter
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Monica is MRCTV’s assistant editor and West Coast correspondent. Prior to working at MRCTV, Monica worked for CNS News and The Heritage Foundation, operating primarily in digital media and video production. 

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Monica Sanchez | September 7, 2016
(Image via Twitter) Republican vice presidential candidate and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence attended a private fundraiser in San Diego, Calif., Wednesday morning. The fundraiser in La Jolla was co-hosted by local developer Doug Manchester, weight-loss icon Jenny Craig, and Madeleine Pickens, ex-wife of billionaire T. Boone Pickens, FOX 5 San Diego reports. The base price of admission to the lunch…
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Monica Sanchez | September 6, 2016
(Image via Twitter) San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick continues to outrage many by refusing to stand during the national anthem. He began his protest in his team’s preseason game against the Green Bay Packers on Aug. 27, where he was seen sitting on the bench as the national anthem was sung. Kaepernick continued his protest by kneeling during the national anthem before…
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Monica Sanchez | September 6, 2016
(Image via Screenshot) A Muslim group in New York is requesting that the word “Islamic terrorists” be removed from a 9/11 memorial. The Islamic Organization of the Southern Tier told KTRK-TV that the wording of the monument in Owego “could encourage hatred towards Muslims in the city, painting all Muslims with the same brush.” The group asks that the monument’s description read simply “…
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Monica Sanchez | September 6, 2016
(Image via Screenshot) At a campaign event in Virginia Beach, Va., on Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for her plan to increase the number of Syrian refugees admitted to the U.S. by 550 percent, saying that, while “we all have big hearts, we can't just allow these people into country” without thoroughly vetting each one of…
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Monica Sanchez | September 2, 2016
(Image via Screenshot) A man in Kazakhstan discovered a new way to beat rush hour traffic: Riding an ostrich.  Yes, really.  Dash camera footage posted to YouTube shows the bizarre moment a commuter sped by on the large bird, dumbfounding drivers crawling in bumper-to-bumper traffic. Apparently ostriches can reach speeds as high as 40 mph. Go figure.  Check it out in the video below…
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Monica Sanchez | September 1, 2016
(Image via Screenshot) Following a private meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivered what he deemed a “major speech” on illegal immigration in Arizona Wednesday night. Seeking to clarify questions about his stance on illegal immigration after he said during a town hall last Tuesday that he was open to “softening” laws dealing…
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Monica Sanchez | August 31, 2016
(Image via Facebook) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump met privately with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico City on Wednesday. Neither Trump nor Peña Nieto specified what the meeting would be about, but many assumed the two would discuss immigration and Trump’s campaign promise that, if elected president, he would get Mexico to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Southern…
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Monica Sanchez | August 31, 2016
(Image via Twitter) An Oregon teen chose the scenic Willamette River as the backdrop for her senior pictures. What she wasn’t expecting was a skinny dipper to waltz into the background. Jillian Henry, 17, and her friend Elena Nesbit went to the river over the weekend to snap some photos. Henry told CNN that when they realized they had company, they both "just started laughing.” She wasn't …
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Monica Sanchez | August 31, 2016
(Image via Twitter) Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday accepted an invitation from Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to have a private meeting in Mexico City. Peña Nieto extended invitations to both Trump and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton last Friday, first reported by The Washington Post. Clinton has not yet responded.  Tuesday night, Trump accepted the…
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Monica Sanchez | August 30, 2016
(Image via Twitter) Incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio won the Republican primary in Florida on Tuesday. The race was called soon after the polls closed at 7 p.m. ET.  He defeated real estate developer Carlos Beruff in a sweeping victory, claiming nearly 72 percent of the vote and all counties in the primary.    (Images via The New York Times) Rubio will face off against Democratic primary…