Ryan Foley
Ryan Foley | July 24, 2019
During the D.L. Hughley Show Tuesday night, the eponymous host and his panel discussed the "D.L. Question of the Day" on social media asking "could you be friends with a staunch Trump supporter?" The conversation amounted to nothing more than a tirade against President Trump and his supporters. Hughley noted that President Trump is referring to "the Squad" as anti-Semitic before arguing "his…
Ryan Foley | July 24, 2019
During the D.L. Hughley Show Tuesday night, the eponymous host and his panel discussed the "DL Question of the Day" on social media asking "could you be friends with a staunch Trump supporter?" The conversation quickly turned into a tirade against Trump supporters. Hughley implied that Trump supporters were "self-centered" because of their focus on the economy and the appointment of conservative…
Ryan Foley | July 22, 2019
During Sunday's edition of ABC's This Week, panelist Roland Martin argued "there has been no Republican President who has been as overt on race since Herbert Hoover, who led the lily-white movement." Martin proceeded to trash evangelicals, saying they "need to challenge this President and say what you are doing is wrong, shameful, and despicable and you should stop but he won't because he is…
Ryan Foley | July 22, 2019
During the powerhouse roundtable on Sunday's edition of ABC's This Week, host George Stephanopoulos brought up Maggie Haberman's piece in The New York Times pointing out how President Trump's treatment of "the Squad" is "following a pattern" of racism. Haberman elaborated on her article, citing his refusal to clarify what he meant by a "Muslim registry," his desire to have a "competing team of…
Ryan Foley | July 20, 2019
Just a day after CNN historian David Brinkley compared President Trump to "demagogues" like Huey Long and George Wallace, the panel on CNN Tonight Friday picked up where he left off. Host Don Lemon actually read aloud the definition of the word demagogue before asking Never-Trumper and Washington Post columnist Max Boot "in your view, who does that sound like?" Boot responded: There's no question…
Ryan Foley | July 19, 2019
On Thursday’s edition of The Lead, CNN host Jake Tapper brought on presidential historian David Brinkley and asked him if there was “any historical precedent that comes to mind” regarding the crowd at President Trump’s rally chanting “send her back” when he brought up Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a refugee from Somalia who is now an American citizen. Brinkley responded by saying “not to this degree…
Ryan Foley | July 19, 2019
CNN host Jake Tapper opened Thursday's edition of The Lead by covering the chants of "send her back" that erupted during President Trump's rally in North Carolina the night before when he brought up Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a refugee from Somalia who is now an American citizen. President Trump did not respond to the crowd during the rally but indicated his disagreement and disapproval of the…
Ryan Foley | July 18, 2019
CNN host Chris Cuomo devoted his closing argument Wednesday night to portraying President Trump as a racist. After declaring that President Trump's politics "are the ugly stylings of a demagogue," Cuomo declared: "Trump says he wants to Make America Great Again but what he means is Make America Hate Again." Cuomo argued that "any Republican who hides from this reality or sells it as something…
Ryan Foley | July 18, 2019
A little more than a week after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insinuated that "Make America Great Again" means "Make America White Again," CNN host Chris Cuomo argued that "Make America Great Again" actually means "Make America Hate Again." Cuomo devoted his closing argument Wednesday night to highlighting how "Trump's racist message becomes 2020 rally cry," as the chyron at the bottom of the screen…
Ryan Foley | July 17, 2019
Nicolle Wallace, host of MSNBC's Deadline: White House, appeared on Late Night With Seth Meyers Tuesday night. Not surprisingly, it did not take long for the Trump-bashing to begin. When asked by Meyers why she did not read aloud President Trump's tweets where he "attacked those four Congresswomen in a racist way," Wallace responded: "We as a show have made a lot of choices about not repeating…