Video

Sharpton: Sessions Pick, Proof GOP Is Just ‘Appealing’ to Bigots

November 20th, 2016 2:02 PM
President-Elect Donald Trump’s recent nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General appeared to have triggered MSNBC host Al Sharpton Sunday, as he took to his show PoliticsNation to bloviate how the Senator is a racist and the GOP is too. “For Americans worried about how Donald Trump will govern, now we know the answer,” he began his show, “A pick that threatens all the work done by…

Congressman: ‘Tea Partiers’ Have 'A Plan to Dismantle the American

August 2nd, 2011 11:56 AM
Congressman Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) has claimed that "Tea Partiers" have enacted a "plan to dismantle the American government" and in the process, the country has lost its "moral compass." "These ‘Tea Partiers,’ as willing conspirators with their so-called leadership have enacted on a plan to dismantle the American government and in the process, we have lost our moral compass," said Johnson when…

Name That Party: Capsizing Island Edition

April 2nd, 2010 11:57 AM
Yesterday, Newsweek's The Gaggle blog shared with its readers video of Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., in a congressional hearing expressing his concern that expanding the U.S. military presence on Guam might cause the island to tip over: My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize.Yet in the caption beneath the video embed, Newsweek failed to…

MSNBC Not Interested in Dem Congressman Who Worries About Guam 'Tippin

April 1st, 2010 12:47 PM
Imagine if Sarah Palin had worried aloud that an increase of American military personnel in Guam could lead to the territory "tipping over." Democratic Congressman Hank Johnson did just that and MSNBC has, so far, ignored the gaffe. While speaking to Admiral Robert Willard on March 25, the Representative asked several questions about the width and size of the island. He then fretted, "My fear is…

Open Thread

April 1st, 2010 11:57 AM