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Mulvaney defends Trump's 'infested' remarks in grilling from Chris Wallace
BY IAN SWANSON
White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney defended President Trump's remarks calling a black congressman's district a 'disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,' stating during an interview with Fox News's Chris Wallace that there was nothing racist about the president's comments.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/455049-mulvaney-defends-trumps-infested-remarks-in-grilling-from-chris
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Nadler: Resolution condemning Trump's Cummings tweets 'wouldn't be a bad idea'
BY ZACK BUDRYK
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said he was unsure whether the House would introduce a resolution condemning President Trump’s attacks on Oversight Committee Chair Elijah Cummings(D-Md.) but said it “wouldn’t be a bad idea.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/455048-nadler-resolution-condemning-trumps-cumming-tweets-wouldnt-be-a
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Schiff: Mueller testimony about Russian interference was 'chilling'
BY REBECCA KLAR
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said the most 'chilling' portion of former special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony was his confirmation that Russia never stopped interfering in U.S. politics.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/455054-schiff-mueller-confirmed-russia-is-at-it-again
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GOP rep on Trump's Cummings tweets: 'I wouldn't be tweeting this way'
BY ZACK BUDRYK
Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), the only African American Republican in the House of Representatives, said Sunday that he viewed President Trump’s attacks on House Oversight Committee Chair Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) as distinct from his attacks on four minority congresswomen but added, “I wouldn’t be tweeting this way.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/455051-gop-rep-on-trumps-cummings-tweets-i-wouldnt-be-tweeting-this-way
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Nadler: Mueller testimony 'broke the lie' on collusion and obstruction
BY ZACK BUDRYK
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony last week “broke the lie” that Mueller's report cleared President Trump of collusion or obstruction of justice.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/455047-nadler-mueller-testimony-broke-the-lie-on-collusion-and-obstruction
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Warner: 'Common sense' election security bills 'would get 75 votes' if brought to the Senate floor
BY ZACK BUDRYK
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that “common-sense” election security measures would get a supermajority on the Senate floor if a vote was allowed.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/455057-warner-common-sense-election-security-bills-would-get-75-votes-if
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Mulvaney: 'We're doing everything necessary' on election security
BY ZACK BUDRYK
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney insisted Sunday that the White House takes election security seriously, saying the executive branch is “doing everything necessary” ahead of 2020.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/455056-mulvaney-were-doing-everything-necessary-on-election-security
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Sanders: Cummings fights every day to improve life in this country
BY REBECCA KLAR
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a 2020 presidential hopeful, defended House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md). Sunday morning following President Trump's attack on the high-ranking Democrat.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/455046-sanders-cummings-fights-every-day-to-improve-life-in-this-country
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Tlaib: Trump's 'hate agenda' seeping into policymaking
BY REBECCA KLAR
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) said her constituents tell her President Trump's 'hate agenda' is affecting their day-to-day lives.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/455052-tlaib-trumps-hate-agenda-seeping-into-policymaking
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Ex-Virginia governor: Trump could 'rob a bank' and Senate wouldn't convict him
BY REBECCA KLAR
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) said there's no way the Republican-controlled Senate would impeach President Trump even if House Democrats started an inquiry.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/455059-ex-virginia-governor-trump-could-rob-a-bank-and-senate-wouldnt
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Schiff wishes Mueller had testified in 'more narrative fashion'
BY REBECCA KLAR
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday he wished former special counsel Robert Mueller had testified in a 'more narrative fashion' during his appearances in the House last week.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/455058-schiff-wishes-mueller-had-testified-in-more-narrative-fashion
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Castro: Trump 'thinks he's going to win in 2020' through 'racial priming'
BY ZACK BUDRYK
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro blasted President Trump’s attacks on House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), saying they were part of a broader “racial priming” strategy to shore up the president's re-election support.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/455060-castro-trump-thinks-hes-going-to-win-in-2020-through-racial
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De Blasio: Democratic debates should address 'why did we lose and what do we do differently'
BY ZACK BUDRYK
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), one of the two dozen Democratic presidential hopefuls, said Sunday that the Democratic primary debates should focus on 'why did we lose [in 2016] and what do we do differently?'
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/455053-de-blasio-democratic-debates-should-address-why-did-we-lose-and
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