Tag Archives: Lou Dobbs

The Washington Post reports: Before the Council of Economic Advisers finished its annual get-together with the nation’s chief executive, a basso profundo voice thundered into the room via speakerphone. With the council sitting by, Trump had placed a call to his unofficial policy whisperer — Lou Dobbs, the Fox Business Network host. An echo chamber on ideology and policy has …

“We have people invading our country, and I would think that should be pretty — pretty high up, priority one, two, three, somewhere there — and they seem completely oblivious. We’ve seen this in Europe, we’re seeing it here, and they are attempting to replace us with citizens that they think — future citizens that they think would be more …

“This is a war! The president likes to call it a hoax but this was a conspiracy to overthrow the president of the United States. And this is bad stuff. And, to your point, any other person in the White House would have folded up like a cheap lawn chair amongst the last several presidents. Pastor Robert Jeffress always talks …

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump seemed delighted on Thursday when he posted a screen-shot from Lou Dobbs‘ Fox Business show supposedly showing his approval polling is at 55%. There’s just one little problem: the number is way off, and his actual approval rating according to that poll is a paltry 43%. The Fox Business host spent a good portion of …

“The DHS secretary is talking about how we’re being overrun at the border. Think what that means for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, that agency with its limited resources and manpower in the interior of the country trying to contend with all of those people being released onto the streets. “The idea of, the temerity of the head of DHS to …

The New York Times reports: As he inched closer to reluctantly accepting a bipartisan spending compromise without the money he demanded for his border wall, Mr. Trump offered no acknowledgment on Wednesday that his pressure tactics had failed even as aides sought to minimize the damage by tamping down criticism on the right. One call was made to Lou Dobbs, …

“She has just whipped the president of the United States. You know I’m an animated, energetic supporter of this president, but you’ve got to call it as it is. This president said it was going to be conditional, border security, building that wall, and he just reversed himself. That’s a victory for Nancy Pelosi. It will be perceived as such …

Axios reports: Fox Business host Lou Dobbs said Thursday that President Trump should use his national emergency powers to “simply sweep aside the recalcitrant left in this country” as the partial government moves closer to Day 21. In addition to being one of Trump’s favorite cable news hosts, Lou Dobbs is also a close confidante of the president. The Daily …

Mediaite reports: Fox Business’ Lou Dobbs tore into Mitt Romney tonight and called him a a “treacherous fool” for his op-ed decrying President Donald Trump‘s lack of character. He said Romney’s acting “petty” and “small,” while Ed Rollins added with disdain that this is all before he’s even sworn in. “He’s reprehensible. I can’t even believe the people of Utah …

“While we are watching millions of illegal immigrants cross our borders, and many of them voting in the past election that’s what, just a couple weeks ago, and having an immense impact. If there are, as Yale and MIT say, 20 to 30 million illegal immigrants already in this country, know what that means for the districts of the U.S. …

Media Matters has the transcript: LOU DOBBS (HOST): Our first guest tonight to discuss the desperate attempt by the dimms and the Department of Justice attempting to obstruct and delay the president’s order for the immediate unredacted declassification, joining me now, Jeanine Pirro. Judge, this is clearly an anti-Trump conspiracy being carried out by the left. JEANINE PIRRO: It’s not …

“Rick Scott, running for senate in Florida and Ron DeSantis, running for the governorship of Florida both instantly took the side against the man who is pushing their candidacies without any reason, without any skeptical judgment, without any analysis without knowledge of the facts, and sided with those who wanted to go with the highest number, irrespective of whether they …

“Wow, today, the White House blocked a CNN reporter, Kaitlan Collins from President Trump’s trade announcement with the European Union today, for shouting what they called inappropriate questions at the president. CNN issued a statement saying in part, quote: ‘This decision to bar a member of the press is retaliatory in nature and not indicative of an open and free …

Mediaite reports: The attack on the White House press corps continued Thursday night on Fox Business when host Lou Dobbs suggested that the White House should assign someone with the specific job of slapping reporters. Dobbs first called Thursday’s briefing a “shameful spectacle of grandstanding and childish temper tantrums.” Referring to White House reporter and CNN contributor Brian Karem, Dobbs …

“Trey Gowdy is a phony! Think about it. He was in charge of Benghazi, he was in charge of various committees, but what did he do? Nothing! He’s never done anything! No charges, no indictments, no revelations, nothing has ever happened except he gets to have some terrific moments as I think he did with Hillary Clinton. After 11 hours …

Newsweek reports: Former President Barack Obama should be detained by federal officials for talking badly about President Donald Trump. After Obama said this week that people should “think before you speak, think before you tweet,” in an apparent reference to Trump’s twilight Twitter rants, Fox Business’ Lou Dobbs had harsh words for Obama. “I think U.S. Marshals should follow him, …

The Hill reports: President Trump is set to sit down for an interview with Fox Business host Lou Dobbs on Wednesday, marking the president’s 14th appearance on Fox News or Fox Business since taking office. Trump is set “to discuss the latest surrounding the efforts to get tax reform passed by the end of this year,” Fox Business said. The …

Via Mediaite: On the eve of his 100th day in office, President Donald Trump tweeted out a thank-you to Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs for effusively praising his accomplishments thus far. Well, tonight in his commentary, Dobbs recapped the first 100 days and said, “President Trump’s successes, however, are unmatched in recent presidential history.” Something of note here: mere …

Last night Sean Hannity and Lou Dobbs took turns jerking each other off in praise of Trump’s first 100 days. Via Mediaite: Hannity wanted it to be known that he’s done a really good job of keeping his promises and checking off his list of accomplishments, noting that he’s “not perfect.” “He’s pretty close to perfect, Sean,” Dobbs jumped in. …

LGBTQ Nation reports: Former North Carolina governor Pat McCrory is not too popular in his home state these days, after costing the state millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs due to boycotts over the anti-LGBTQ law he signed while in office. Turns out McCrory is unpopular outside of his state as well, as a video posted Facebook user Udai …