Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.) on Sunday slammed Trump administration adviser Stephen Miller, who was recently promoted to White House chief of staff, calling him the “most broken man.”
In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” the outlet’s Jonathan Karl asked El-Sayed about “what message” Miller’s new role “sends to the country and to your ability to get something done with this White House.” |
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), who will likely be the Speaker of the House come January, said Sunday that he is a “hard yes” when it comes to impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “I’m a hard yes on the Hegseth resolution. The so-called secretary of Defense has abused his power, undermined our national security and engineered this reckless and costly war of choice in Iran,” Jeffries said to ABC News’s Jonathan Karl on “This Week.” |
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Attorney General Todd Blanche dodged questions on Sunday on whether he would open investigations into Democratic members of Congress following President Trump’s remarks to look into claims of a “criminal act.” Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Blanche was asked about Trump ordering investigations against Congressional Democrats for calling for the impeachment of certain cabinet officials. |
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Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton (D-Kans.) on Sunday said that many people in Kansas view Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) as “polarizing.” “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker asked Hamilton on NBC News about why the top Senate Democrat, who Hamilton has been critical of before, is not the right leader for the party. |
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Calley Means, a former top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., requested records on former White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’s health policy influence be preserved following allegations he made that she led the Trump administration to consistently bow to corporate interests on health policy.
“In light of suggestions that Susie Wiles and James Blair may pursue legal action over my Joe Rogan interview, I am publicly requesting that she, Ballard Partners, Continental Strategy, and other relevant parties immediately preserve all potentially relevant records and communications,” he wrote on social platform X.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday said Democrats will need to hold President Trump accountable when they take over control of Congress starting in January but added that they “cannot spend all of our time” just investigating the president. "Do we want to hold the Trump administration accountable for their corruption, for their illegal, unconstitutional actions? Absolutely,” Sanders told “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker on NBC News.
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Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.) on Sunday decried President Trump’s promotion of Stephen Miller to White House chief of staff.
“I come from the business world, just like President Trump does. And you know what? If your team takes a beating as badly as we took this last week, you have to fire people,” Stutzman told CNN’s Manu Raju on “Inside Politics,” referencing the recent midterm elections. “You don’t promote those who are — who were in charge of what was supposed to be delivered." |
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday said he’s “not worried” about Stephen Miller becoming President Trump’s new White House chief of staff.
“Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker pointed out Sanders’s history of criticizing Miller and asked if he could see himself working with him. Sanders said he believes Trump is “mentally unbalanced, erratic, but he’s not stupid and he’s a good politician.” |
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Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.) stated he was open to working with President Trump on affordable healthcare despite the pair trading jabs while the incoming senator was on the campaign trail.
“Look, I’ve never met the man. He is the president of the United States. I am the U.S. senator-elect from the state of Michigan. I am happy to meet with him,” El-Sayed told ABC’s Jonathan Karl on “This Week.” |
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Florida Gov.-elect Byron Donalds (R) on Sunday said the Republican Party will have to campaign with its own crafted healthcare policy items going into the 2028 election.
Donalds told Fox News’s interim host of “Sunday Morning Futures” Larry Kudlow that Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill are having “many debates” about taking on healthcare, adding that Republican leaders “did not want to take healthcare on.” |
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