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 | May 28, 2015
As former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley gears up to announce his bid for the presidency in Baltimore on Saturday, a group called Baltimore BLOC is organizing a demonstration to condemn the Democratic candidate. Members of the "grassroots collective" are gathering at Federal Hill Park on May 30 to “remind [O’Malley] how unwelcome he is.” O'Malley has spent far too much time in our City.…
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Monica Sanchez | May 28, 2015
According to a Quinnipiac University National poll released Thursday morning, there are five “leaders” among GOP candidates in the 2016 White House race, but they're not leading by much.  With 10 percent each are former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Dr. Ben Carson, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sen. Marco Rubio, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Rounding out the top 10 are Sen. Rand Paul with…
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Monica Sanchez | May 27, 2015
via Twitter Former senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) told ABC News that he will be announcing his bid for the 2016 presidential election on Wednesday. According to ABC News, Santorum’s first interview as a GOP contender will be conducted by the network’s chief anchor, George Stephanopoulos, who it was just revealed made $75,000 in publicly undisclosed donations to the Clinton Foundation since…
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Monica Sanchez | May 27, 2015
Pop superstar Taylor Swift made it onto Forbes’ “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” list for 2015. Ranked at number 64, the singer-songwriter was recognized not only for her widespread popularity and soaring financial success in the music world, but also for her philanthropy. Forbes estimates Swift’s earnings last year were $64 million, $266 million to date. She has an especially strong…
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Monica Sanchez | May 27, 2015
Despite all of the diets and health supplements available today, obesity in America is on the rise.  According to a Gallup-Healthways study released on Wednesday, the national obesity rate is higher now than when Gallup started tracking the measure back in 2008. “The national obesity rate continued to rise in 2014 to 27.7%, up from 27.1% in 2013 and significantly higher than the 25.5%…
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Monica Sanchez | May 26, 2015
During a medical emergency at an Alabama high school commencement Thursday evening, a graduating student stepped forward and did what he hoped would bring some calm to a troubling situation: He led the crowd in prayer. As emergency personnel tended to a woman in the audience who suffered a seizure, Christian Crawford approached the podium and offered up a powerful, heartfelt petition for the…
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Monica Sanchez | May 26, 2015
Vermont senator and 2016 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (D) told CNBC that when you “hustle money” like the Clintons, you adopt a worldview out of touch with “the reality of the world.” “Theoretically you can be a multibillionaire and in fact be very concerned about the issues of working people,” said Sanders. “Theoretically, that’s true.” But “when you hustle money like that, you don…
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Monica Sanchez | May 26, 2015
May has been the deadliest month the city of Baltimore has seen since 1999, reports The Baltimore Sun. Just this past weekend, a wave of violence took the city by storm.  According to Baltimore City Police, 28 people were shot and nine were killed in just 72 hours, reports CBS local. A nine-year-old boy shot in the leg was among several victims in a series of deadly shootings over Memorial Day…
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Monica Sanchez | May 21, 2015
Last night on CNN, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) slammed President Obama for failing to provide enough resources to achieve his stated goal to "degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIS. “That’s the President’s stated goal. He’s not providing the resources to achieve it,” Cotton said.   The Iraq war veteran turned Republican senator argued that President Obama should be listening to his top military…