Ryan Foley
Ryan Foley | March 30, 2019
Real Time host Bill Maher unveiled a "new rule" towards the end of his HBO show Friday evening: "Republicans have to explain if socialism is such a one-way ticket to becoming the nightmare of Venezuela, then why do all the happiest countries in the world embrace it?"  Maher went on to talk about how the top ten happiest countries according to the UN are "socialist-friendly places." According to…
Ryan Foley | March 29, 2019
CNN's Jim Acosta interviewed Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello, focusing on his efforts to secure disaster relief for the island in the wake of Hurricane Maria. CNN Newsroom host Brooke Baldwin noted that "tensions are escalating between the Governor of Puerto Rico and President Trump." Acosta asked Rossello "Does it feel that way sometimes? That you're dealing with a bully?"  Acosta was…
Ryan Foley | March 28, 2019
Just minutes after admitting that “impeachment was always just a beautiful dream,” Full Frontal host Samantha Bee did her best to assure her audience that the dreams of President Trump’s downfall may not be dead after all: “Trump’s circle probably shouldn’t do their touchdown dance just yet, they’re actually nowhere near the end zone...The Barr letter said Mueller found no evidence of criminal…
Ryan Foley | March 28, 2019
Samantha Bee joined a long list of late night hosts depressed about the release of the Mueller report, devoting her entire opening monologue on Wednesday's edition of Full Frontal to the topic. Bee actually admitted that "impeachment was always just a beautiful dream. I think most of us knew that, something to get us through the long slog of Trump's presidency...But that doesn't make the gloating…
Ryan Foley | March 27, 2019
On Tuesday's edition of All In, MSNBC host Chris Hayes slammed congressional Republicans for dismissing the Green New Deal while simultaneously giving a public service announcement in support of the measure. According to Hayes, "amidst massive flooding in the Midwest and one of the worst weather-related disasters in the entire history of the continent of Africa, Mozambique, ideas as ambitious and…
Ryan Foley | March 26, 2019
Fox News host Tucker Carlson devoted a large portion of his opening monologue Monday night to the fallout from the release of the Mueller report.  Carlson focused specifically on CNN's coverage of the Trump-Russia probe, declaring that "in a fair world, CNN wouldn't call itself a news network at all. It's far less than that." Carlson then went through some examples of CNN's "long history of not…
Ryan Foley | March 25, 2019
While many of his colleagues have spread conspiracy theories about the Mueller report and even called it racist, MSNBC's Ken Dilanian seemed open to self-reflection.  While Dilanian described the conclusion of the Mueller report as "hard to understand," he nonetheless declared: "if we say we have confidence in Robert Mueller, I think we have to state loud and clear that this was a resounding…
Ryan Foley | March 23, 2019
Real Time host Bill Maher and his panel joined a long list of liberal media figures upset about the results of the Mueller report.  Maher complained, "I don't think it looks good," particularly expressing disappointment about "no further indictments."  Maher asked if the Democrats put too much trust in the Mueller report before declaring "I don't need the Mueller report to know he's a traitor, I…
Ryan Foley | March 22, 2019
On Thursday's edition of Ellen, host Ellen DeGeneres set up her guest, comedian David Letterman, to trash the President.  She asked him "if you got a chance to interview President Trump again...what question would you ask him?" Letterman made it clear he was "disappointed in his administration" as he and DeGeneres laughed and the crowd applauded.  As to what question Letterman would ask President…
Ryan Foley | March 21, 2019
On The Ingraham Angle Wednesday, host Laura Ingraham brought on author Peter Schweizer, the author of a book that details the relationship between Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President and likely 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden, and the Chinese government.  Schweizer explained that Hunter Biden travelled to China with his father in December 2013, at which time the then-Vice…