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 | August 18, 2016
(Image via Twitter) On “The Factor” Thursday night, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly slammed Cannes and other French towns for banning full-body, head-covering swimwear or “burqinis” from its public beaches. He said that there is “no question there’s a backlash against Muslims in that country” and pointed to the ordinance prohibiting burqinis as evidence of such. “Now I think this is dumb,” O’…
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Monica Sanchez | August 16, 2016
(Image via Twitter) Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas beat out USA track and field star Allyson Felix in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games 400-meter final Monday night. Miller started strong, dominating the first 300 meters. Felix gained on Miller in the final stretch, the two soon running stride for stride. In stunning fashion, Miller dove across the finish line, beating Felix by a narrow .07 seconds…
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Monica Sanchez | August 16, 2016
(Image via Screenshot) In an interview back in 2001, Michael Phelps, then 15 years old, said that one of his long-term goals was to win an Olympic gold medal. "I'd like to, I guess, have some more best times in other events, maybe get close to world records in those. I don't know,” he told WJZ. “One of my long-term goals is to win the gold medal in Athens [in 2004], and go in more than one…
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Monica Sanchez | August 15, 2016
(Image via Screenshot) A tornado tore through Manila, the capital of the Philippines, Sunday afternoon. Tornados are a rare occurrence in the Philippines.  Footage of the event was captured by Karen Madrigal from her 39th-floor apartment in the Binondo District in Manila. The tornado formed in the Port Area of Manila, following a monsoon that hit the city on Saturday.    It wreaked havoc…
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Monica Sanchez | August 15, 2016
A recent YouGov poll reveals that a majority of Americans (63 percent) believe the country is “off on the wrong track,” more than double the percentage of those who think the country is “generally headed in the right direction” (29 percent). While there seems to be much agreement on the direction of country, pollsters are divided on where to lay the blame. Of those who say they the country is…
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Monica Sanchez | August 15, 2016
(Image via Twitter) The Hillary Clinton campaign reportedly edited out the line, “You have the right to be believed,” from its website's page on campus sexual assault shortly after the following tweet from Juanita Broaddrick went viral: “I was 35 years old when Bill Clinton, Ark. Attorney General raped me and Hillary tried to silence me. I am now 73…it never goes away.” I was 35 years old…
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Monica Sanchez | August 15, 2016
(Image via Screenshot) Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said in an interview with Fox News on Monday that failed liberal polices are to blame for the violent protests in Milwaukee over the weekend. He said that police shootings act as “an igniter” that set off riots, but that progressive polices created the "ingredients" for unrest, including poverty, black unemployment, and single-…
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Monica Sanchez | August 12, 2016
(Image via Screenshot) A mama bear had her paws full when all three of her cubs tumbled over a waterfall in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. Park visitors and livestream spectators watched the mama bear known as “Grazer” leap from the ledge of the falls and b-line to her cubs. She managed to grab them in the nick of time, before they were pulled downstream. Explore.org, which streams the …
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Monica Sanchez | August 12, 2016
(Image via Screenshot) Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus introduced Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Erie, Penn., on Friday in a show of unity amid rumors of troubled waters between the RNC and the Trump campaign. “Don’t believe the garbage you read,” said Priebus. “Let me tell you something: Donald Trump, the Republican Party, all of you… We’re going to put him in the…
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Monica Sanchez | August 12, 2016
(Image via Twitter) The French city of Cannes has banned full-body, head-covering swimwear or "burqinis" from its public beaches. The ban comes as France is on high alert following the deadly truck attack in nearby Nice and the recent terror attack on a Catholic church in Normandy. Cannes Mayor David Lisnard issued an ordinance in late July forbidding the Islamic attire: "Access to beaches…