Monica Sanchez
Assistant Editor, Reporter

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 | March 31, 2020
CNN host Chris Cuomo just announced on Twitter that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Cuomo wrote that he hopes he did not infect his family and is now quarantined in his basement. “Soooo in these difficult times that seem to get more difficult and complicated by the day, I just found out that I am positive for corona virus,” he wrote in statement he shared on Twitter. “I have been exposed…
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Monica Sanchez | March 31, 2020
CNN’s Chris Cuomo last night provided the most ironic commentary on the coronavirus pandemic. Cuomo on his show "Cuomo Prime Time" Monday night used a clip from President Trump’s coronavirus task force briefing on Sunday for his "closing argument." In the clip, Trump says that “we’re all in this together” and declares that the country's shared enemy “is death.” “Unfortunately, the enemy is…
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Monica Sanchez | March 29, 2020
President Trump during a contentious press briefing in the White House Rose Garden Sunday evening slammed the media for being overwhelmingly negative about his administration’s efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic. When asked by PBS White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor to respond to a remark he made on Fox News’ “Hannity” earlier this week that he believes some governors might not…
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Monica Sanchez | March 29, 2020
President Trump during a White House press briefing in the Rose Garden on Sunday announced that his administration would be extending its social distancing guidelines through April 30. Trump said that the “peak in death rate” as a result of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. is “likely to hit in two weeks.” "The modeling estimates that the peak in death rate is likely to hit in two weeks,”…
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Monica Sanchez | March 27, 2020
President Trump in a phone interview with Fox News’ “Hannity” Thursday night said that there is “no way” he would cancel the Republican National Convention. Trump said that the Republican National Committee is “definitely planning” on the event moving forward in August, set to take place at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. There are 50,000 people expected to attend.  “We are…
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Monica Sanchez | March 27, 2020
Representative Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) on Friday was ruled “out of order” after losing it on the House floor prior to the chamber’s vote on the coronavirus stimulus package. Stevens ranted that Americans must “take this disease seriously” and that she was taking a stand “for every American who is scared right now.” Then, as her voice continued to increase in octave, she told Americans “to not be…
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Monica Sanchez | March 24, 2020
President Trump took to Twitter Monday evening to defend Asian-Americans in lieu of reports of discrimination, stating that the coronavirus crisis is “NOT their fault in any way, shape, or form.” “It is very important that we totally protect our Asian American community in the United States, and all around the world,” Trump wrote. “They are amazing people, and the spreading of the Virus....is…
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Monica Sanchez | March 23, 2020
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Monday issued a clear warning to the American public: “This week, it’s going to get bad.” Adams made the remark during an appearance on the “TODAY” show Monday morning, saying that the coronavirus crisis will worsen because many people, especially young people, are not “taking this seriously.” “I want America to understand this week, it's going to get…
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Monica Sanchez | March 18, 2020
President Trump Tuesday evening officially secured his presumptive re-nomination as the Republican presidential nominee. Trump according to NBC News 2020 Delegate Count has 1,310 delegates after Tuesday’s wins in Florida and Illinois, surpassing the 1,276 delegates needed to clinch the nomination. As the Associated Press reports,  Trump had 1,141 delegates going into Tuesday’s Florida and…
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Monica Sanchez | March 18, 2020
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may soon begin turning away all persons who cross the border illegally including asylum seekers amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis, according to a report by Fox News Tuesday night. “The idea is currently being developed by DHS staff, but there is still more work to do to be done, before it's presented to President Trump for a final decision,”…