Tag Archives: Mike Huckabee

The Hill reports: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) blasted Sen. Mitt Romney on Friday after the Utah Republican said he was “sickened” by President Trump’s actions in the Mueller report. “Know what makes me sick, Mitt? Not how disingenuous you were to take @realDonaldTrump $$ and then 4 yrs later jealously trash him & then love him again when …

The Christian Post reports: Redefining gender and sexual identity is the “greatest threat” to the moral fiber of America, said former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, and the fault lies with the Church.“The biggest threat to biblical principles today is the failure to apply a biblical standard of maleness and femaleness,”  Huckabee told The Christian Post during a sit-down interview last …

From the far-right Washington Times: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and actor Jon Voight are among 10 people whom President Trump intends to nominate to the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees, the White House said Tuesday. Among the others to be nominated are billionaire Kelcy Warren of Texas, chairman of the pipeline company Energy Transfer; author Karen LeFrak of New …

“There was a conspiracy, a cover-up and attempted coup d’état. But it was not by anyone in the Trump campaign. It was by people inside the government who tried to upend this President and overturn the election. That’s serious. It absolutely demands an investigation and charges if they find evidence. For all this time we were told Donald Trump didn’t …

The Daily Beast reports: If Ann Coulter is going to dictate the policies of the Trump administration, then maybe she should just run for office herself. That was the—seemingly sarcastic—suggestion from former Republican governor and father of the White House press secretary, Mike Huckabee, during an appearance on Brian Kilmeade’s Fox News Radio show on Monday. “Ann Coulter, if she’s …

“What scares me the most is, is if the FBI can decide on its own to go and investigate a duly-elected president of the United States and just decide to go after him because they want to. Guys, I’m going to tell you something, this is incredibly damaging to the way our constitutional republic is supposed to work, and for …

During an appearance on Fox Business, Mike Huckabee today shrugged off the high staff turnover rate of Trump’s White House. Media Matters has the quote: “I think it may be a little higher than normal but there’s always transitions going on in the White House staff. More so in this case for two reasons. One, this is a tough president …

“This is not just mere incompetence, because it continues to happen in the one county in Florida that is heavily Democratic, that has shown that it has incredible levels of corruption, as we saw from even the fallout from the Parkland shooting and the sheriff’s office, and the fact that elected officials in that county don’t even have the confidence …

The Guardian reports: Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, has laid a ceremonial brick at a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and said he might one day buy a “holiday home” there. The two-time Republican presidential hopeful and father of the White House press secretary, Sarah Sanders, used a cement trowel to pave a wall in the …

His relentless douchebaggery just never ends: Just when you thought the “to own the libs” meme couldn’t get more out of hand, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee mocked his one-year-old grandson today by suggesting he is lazy and might be “a Democrat.” While Huckabee is known for his nonsensical, cringe-inducing dad humor, his jokes just haven’t been landing recently. Just …

His assholery has no limits: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Saturday tweeted a picture that has typically been used online to depict gang members, saying they are House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) “campaign committee for the take back of the House.” Some pollsters have predicted that the Democrats will win back 23 seats in this year’s midterm …

Media Matters reports: Ever since President Donald Trump’s disastrous interview with NBC’s Lester Holt on May 11 2017 — in which he may have admitted to obstructing justice — Trump has given in-person TV interviews to only friendly journalists who mostly avoid asking tough questions. Over the past year, Trump has appeared on television for in-person interviews 14 times and …

Via Mediaite: Michelle Wolf has gotten some criticism for her jokes about Sarah Huckabee Sanders last night, and this morning the White House Press Secretary’s father weighed in too. New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman noted it was “impressive” that Huckabee Sanders did not leave the event while this was going on. Mike Huckabee thanked Haberman for her tweet and …

Politico today published a fascinating (and frightening) deep dive into the growing influence of rabidly pro-Trump Christian television networks. An excerpt: In the past two years, largely out of view of the coastal media and the Washington establishment, a transformation has taken place. As Christian networks have become more comfortable with politics, the Trump administration has turned them into a …

Mediaite reports: So, to recap, everybody: Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and a former presidential candidate, wants the world to know that he had his tush looked at by a Russian doctor, and that he thinks it’s a funny joke to call a medical examination of his rear “meddling.” Feast your eyes, folks: The most gag-inducing five words …

Over at The Friendly Atheist our friend Hemant Mehta has purchased a copy of Kim Davis’s book and provides some amusing commentary. A few excerpts: Both Davis and Huckabee go on and on about how Pope Francis met with her to express his support. Huckabee even said the Pope “endorsed her stand.” That’s literally not what the Vatican said. They …

Via press release from Tony Perkins: Through all of the cultural ups and downs, country music has always been a place conservatives felt welcome. While so many other celebrities started picking up activist causes and shaming fans who held Christian beliefs, American could always count on Nashville to stay true to their values (or at least tolerate them). Not anymore. …

Variety reports: Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, who, less than 24 hours after taking a post on the board of the Country Music Association Foundation, stepped down from his position amid furor in Nashville over his hardline politics and anti-LGBTQ stance, has published the letter tendering his resignation to the CMA Foundation. In it, the conservative radio host lambastes “irrational …

Via press release from the Liberty Counsel: Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis released her new book, Under God’s Authority: The Kim Davis Story. This true story goes behind the scenes to reveal how God gave this unlikely candidate a platform to defend marriage and religious freedom. In this amazing narrative of redemption and courage, Davis details her personal experience from …

Mike Huckabee appeared on Fox Business this morning to shrug off worries that Glorious Leader is pushing us to the brink of nuclear war. According to Huckabee, Trump’s base doesn’t care about the threat of war, they’re more interested in financially profiting from his agenda. Huckabee: “What people care about is not what the president tweets, it’s what happens in …