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 | February 20, 2015
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani shocked even Fox News’ host Megyn Kelly with his remarks about President Obama not loving America. Giuliani told a private Manhattan dinner audience on Wednesday evening, “I know this is a horrible thing to say,” Giuliani began, “but I do not believe that the President loves America…” “He doesn’t love you. And he doesn’t love me. He wasn’t brought…
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Monica Sanchez | February 19, 2015
A blind man who lost his sight over the course of his life to a degenerative eye disease just received the gift of a lifetime. The first Minnesotan and 15th person in the country to receive a bionic eye, Allen Zderad, 68, was able to see his wife and grandkids for the first time in more than a decade. “Yeah,” he exclaimed, as his wife of 45 years, Carmen Zderad, slowly came into focus. He…
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Monica Sanchez | February 18, 2015
Perhaps this can help? A Catholic Guide to Ashes... #ashtag #AshWednesday pic.twitter.com/nSacwoDnpQ — Bill Donaghy (@BillDonaghy) February 18, 2015 Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season, a 40-day period during which Catholics fast and repent for their sins in solemn anticipation of Easter. Social media savvy priests and believers are observing the holiday by posting “…
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Monica Sanchez | February 18, 2015
While Chick-fil-A has a “closed on Sunday” policy, one Texas branch owner came up with an innovative way to put that day toward a charitable cause. Camenza Moreno owns a Chick-fil-A restaurant situated less than a mile away from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. Knowing that the stadium and surrounding streets fill up on game days, Moreno came up with the brilliant idea of inviting local…
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Monica Sanchez | February 18, 2015
Last night on “The Factor,” talk show host Bill O’Reilly issued a strong call-to-action that everyone—religious leaders, believers, secularists—demand the White House take action against ISIS. The Islamic State carried out a series of gruesome executions this past week, beheading 21 Coptic Christians, shooting dead two Jews in Copenhagen, and burning alive 45 captive Iraqis from the Anbar…
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Monica Sanchez | February 18, 2015
The UK branch of the doughnut company Krispy Kreme attempted to launch a “KKK Wednesday” promotion for kids, then quickly pulled the marketing strategy after a series of complaints.   The acronym “KKK,” commonly associated with the Ku Klux Klan, stands for “Krispy Kreme Klub,” used in a promotion targeting Hull, England students during their semester break to come in on Wednesdays and…
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Monica Sanchez | February 17, 2015
During his opening remarks at the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, Vice President Joe Biden said that he knows a lot of Somalis because an “awful lot of them” drive Delaware cabs. Biden, discussing Somali community in Delaware: "There's an awful lot of them driving cabs" — Josh Lederman (@joshledermanAP) February 17, 2015 “If you ever come to the train station with me,…
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Monica Sanchez | February 17, 2015
On the red carpet with Sarah Palin at the 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Live #SNL40 pic.twitter.com/dzYD4gdRwD — Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) February 16, 2015 MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton and outspoken Republican Sarah Palin met on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" 40th anniversary red carpet event Saturday night. “We are the direct opposites of American politics but we’re here tonight,”…
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Monica Sanchez | February 17, 2015
The White House will kick off a three-day summit Tuesday on “countering violent extremism.” During a background conference call on Monday previewing the summit’s agenda, senior administration officials made clear that the discussion will not acknowledge “Islamic extremism,” but “extremism” more broadly. A White House official stated, “Let’s be clear. We recognize that violent extremism…
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Monica Sanchez | February 17, 2015
ISIS released a gruesome five-minute video over the weekend showing a mass beheading of 21 captive Coptic Christians on a Libyan beach, vowing to “conquer Rome, by Allah’s permission.”    The White House released the following statement on Sunday condemning the Islamic State but curiously disregarding how all “twenty-one Egyptian citizens” were Christians. “The United States condemns the…