Ryan Foley
Ryan Foley | September 12, 2018
During Tuesday's edition of The Lead With Jake Tapper, the panel engaged in a discussion about the President's behavior on the seventeenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.  After Former Chief of Staff to Senator Mitch McConnell Josh Holmes criticized MSNBC's Joe Scarborough for writing an op-ed suggesting President Trump presented a greater threat to the country than "any terrorist attack ever…
Ryan Foley | September 11, 2018
During Monday's edition of CNN's New Day, correspondent Martin Savidge put together a package on the Tennessee Senate race, where Former Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen will face off against Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn. Savidge referred to Bredesen as a "moderate who is widely known and liked."  In contrast to his flattering description of Bredesen, Savidge described Blackburn as…
Ryan Foley | September 9, 2018
During Friday's edition of Real Time With Bill Maher, host Bill Maher and his panel devoted an entire segment to the anonymously written New York Times op-ed criticizing the Trump administration. After thanking the author of an anonymous New York Times op-ed critical of the Trump administration for their "service," Maher shared his theory that White House Chief of Staff General John Kelly wrote…
Ryan Foley | September 8, 2018
During Friday's edition of Cuomo PrimeTime, host Chris Cuomo compared President Obama and President Trump, who had both made speeches earlier in the day attempting to convince Americans to support their respective visions for the country in the midterm election. Cuomo attempted to portray himself as a neutral arbiter by asking his audience, "Which is better? You tell me."  The way he covered both…
Ryan Foley | September 8, 2018
During Friday's edition of Cuomo PrimeTime, host Chris Cuomo engaged in a lengthy exchange with former Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski.  Lewandowski accused Former President Obama of telling a "series of lies" during a speech he gave at the University of Illinois earlier in the day, specifically taking issue with his assertion that he "never attacked Fox News."  Lewandowski brought up…
Ryan Foley | September 8, 2018
During Friday's edition of Cuomo PrimeTime, host Chris Cuomo engaged in a lengthy exchange with Former Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski.  Cuomo said that the "America First Agenda" "smacks of a jingoism and an exclusionary view of humanity that most people don't want repeated."  He also seemed to agree with the anonymous author of the New York Times op-ed when he said that the good…
Ryan Foley | September 7, 2018
During Thursday's edition of Cuomo Prime Time, host Chris Cuomo admitted that "Kavanaugh didn't start the fire" when it came to Supreme Court nominees avoiding giving answers to specific questions on how they might rule on hypothetical cases that may come before them.  Cuomo correctly mentioned that "It's been burning since Robert Bork was burning and said too much and got dinged. Since then,…
Ryan Foley | September 7, 2018
During Thursday's edition of Cuomo Prime Time, host Chris Cuomo opened his monologue on the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings by describing them as a "traveshamockery," which he described as a combination of the words "travesty," "sham," and "mockery," which he first saw in a beer commercial. Cuomo specifically took issue with "this judge doing his damnedest to avoid saying anything that might…
Ryan Foley | September 6, 2018
During Wednesday's edition of Deadline: White House, host Nicolle Wallace and her panel reacted to a New York Times op-ed by an anonymous Trump administration official alleging that cabinet secretaries discussed invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office.  Wallace argued that the op-ed justifies "immediate Congressional hearings to find out who they (the cabinet secretaries…
Ryan Foley | September 6, 2018
Following the publication of a New York Times op-ed by an unnamed official in the Trump administration that alleges that cabinet secretaries discussed invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office, the panel on Deadline: White House went into full-blown 25th Amendment hysteria. Host Nicolle Wallace said that the op-ed highlights the need for a "serious debate about the 25th…