Tag Archives: Reince Priebus

Loony Louie Gohmert: Trump’s Attack On The Freedom Caucus Was Actually Written By Reince Priebus

The Hill reports: Freedom Caucus member Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) on Thursday speculated that the author behind President Trump’s tweet vowing to “fight” the conservative group was actually White House chief of staff Reince Priebus. Trump early Thursday tweeted: “The Freedom Caucus will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don’t get on the team, & fast. We must fight …

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Priebus On Heathcare: Everything’s Now On The Table

The Hill reports: White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on Sunday said that all options are on the table for future negotiations on healthcare following the failure of Republican attempts to repeal and replace ObamaCare. “Everything’s on the table,” Priebus told “Fox News Sunday.” “We’ll give these guys another chance.” Priebus said President Trump is not “closing the door …

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LIVE VIDEO: Bannon And Priebus Speak At CPAC

CNN reports: President Donald Trump’s top two advisers will take the stage together Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in their latest attempt to dispel notions that they are combative rivals fighting for power in the West Wing. White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Bannon found themselves at the center of reports of West …

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Fox Host Chris Wallace Blasts Priebus: Obama Didn’t Get To Tell Us What To Do And You Don’t Either [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: Fox’s Chris Wallace put White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on the hot seat this morning over President Trump‘s tweet calling the press the “enemy” of the American people. Priebus expressed his frustrations with news outlets running untrue stories about the White House and Russia, railing against the use of anonymous sources and saying the reports about …

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Reince Priebus: Take Trump’s Comments On Media Being The Enemy Seriously, Because They Are [VIDEO]

Politico reports: White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said President Donald Trump’s comments on the press being “the enemy” should be taken “seriously,” while criticizing journalists’ use of unnamed sources. “I think you should take it seriously. I think that the problem we’ve got is that we’re talking about bogus stories like the one in the New York Times, …

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Jason Chaffetz: I’m Totally Sending Reince Priebus A Sternly Worded Letter About Security At Mar-A-Lago

ABC News reports: House Oversight and Government Reform chairman Jason Chaffetz says he will not immediately investigate former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s interactions with Russia, but may consider launching an inquiry in the future. “[Flynn] can’t mislead people, and that seems to have resolved itself with the White House taking some decisive action,” Chaffetz, R-Utah, told ABC News today …

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REPORT: Chaos Inside The National Security Council

The New York Times reports: These are chaotic and anxious days inside the National Security Council, the traditional center of management for a president’s dealings with an uncertain world. Three weeks into the Trump administration, council staff members get up in the morning, read President Trump’s Twitter posts and struggle to make policy to fit them. Most are kept in …

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Priebus: More Countries Might Be Added [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus muddied the waters on President Donald Trump’s new executive order barring immigration from select countries, saying Sunday it “doesn’t include green card holders going forward” but adding that anyone traveling back and forth from the countries in question will be subject to further screening, including U.S. citizens. In an interview …

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Romney’s Niece To Succeed Priebus As RNC Chair

Politico reports: The Republican National Committee has officially found its replacement for outgoing chairman Reince Priebus, electing Ronna Romney McDaniel to steer the party as President-elect Donald Trump arrives in the White House. McDaniel was the state chairman for the Michigan Republican party and helped Trump secure a crucial victory in the typically blue state. She was also the chairwoman …

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PISSGATE: Reince Priebus Blasts Trump-Russia Intel Leak As “Shameful Phony-Baloney Garbage” [VIDEO]

Politico reports: Republican National Committee Chairman and incoming White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said Wednesday morning that President-elect Donald Trump was never briefed on unverified intelligence suggesting that the Russian government possesses compromising information about him and his campaign, contradicting a CNN report to the contrary. Reports that Trump and President Barack Obama were briefed on that unverified …

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Priebus: Trump Accepts That Russia Did Hacking But The DNC Is At Fault For Poor Cyber Security [VIDEO]

Business Insider reports: President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming chief of staff accepted on Sunday that Russia was behind last year’s hacking and leaking of internal emails from top officials at the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign. In an interview on “Fox News Sunday” with Chris Wallace, Reince Priebus acknowledged that Trump “accepts the fact that this particular case was …

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Chris Wallace Battles Reince Priebus: Why Won’t Trump Accept US Intel On Russian Hacking? [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: Chris Wallace faced off with incoming White House chief of staff Reince Priebus about President-elect Donald Trump‘s seeming refusal to accept the U.S. intel consensus on Russian election interference. Priebus kept dismissing the reporting about an intel community consensus and instead turned the tables on the left for whipping all this up to delegitimize Trump’s election win and …

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Priebus: Trump Might Do Away With White House Press Briefings (Because The Media Sucks) [AUDIO]

Via Mediaite: Incoming White House chief of staff Reince Priebus seemingly suggested during an interview with Hugh Hewitt that president elect Donald Trump might do away with or radically change the White House press briefing and other traditional aspects of the press corps. Priebus seemed receptive to a suggestion from Hewitt that Trump should get rid of the “boring” Saturday …

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Explosive Reince Priebus Tries To Divert Russian Hacking Story: I’m Telling You The RNC Wasn’t Hacked [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: Reince Priebus vehemently denied that the Republican National Committee had been hacked alongside its Democratic counterpart as part of what the CIA concluded was a Russian attempt to influence the outcome of the United States election in Donald Trump’s favor. “Number one, the RNC was not hacked. I don’t know of any employees, on any of their …

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Reince Priebus: It’s Totally Possible That Millions Voted Illegally Just Like Trump Says With No Proof [VIDEO]

CBS News reports: Reince Priebus, the outgoing Republican National Committee chair, defended Donald Trump Sunday over the president-elect’s charge last week, presented without proof, that “millions” of people had voted illegally during the general election. “Face the Nation” host John Dickerson pressed Priebus on that specific illegal vote claim, asking the incoming White House chief of staff how he handles …

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Chris Christie Wants To Replace Reince Priebus

Via Politico: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expressing interest in becoming chairman of the Republican National Committee. On Thursday morning, Christie told senior members of Donald Trump’s presidential transition team that he is interested in the post, according to three sources familiar with the talks. The governor, a longtime supporter of Trump, has lately had a rocky relationship with …

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Reince Priebus: Jill Stein’s Fraudulent Recount Effort Is a Hypocritical Joke And Total Waste Of Time [VIDEO]

RealClearPolitics reports: On this week’s edition of ‘Fox News Sunday,’ RNC Chairman and incoming White House chief-of-staff Reince Priebus says that the effort from Jill Stein’s campaign to recount votes in Michigan and Wisconsin is a waste of time, money and effort. “It is a total and complete distractions and a fraud,” he said. “Look, they will waste our time. …

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Priebus: We Won’t Have A Registry Based On Religion But I Won’t Rule Out A Muslim Registry [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: Incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press” that President-elect Donald Trump’s team is not planning to create a Muslim registry, but would not rule anything out. “Look I’m not going to rule out anything,” Priebus said. “We’re not going to have a registry based on a religion. But what …

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Tony Perkins Praises Trump’s Hire Of RNC Chair Reince Priebus: Maybe Freedom Will Mean Something Again

From a statement issued last night by the Family Research Council: “President-elect Trump made yet another wise selection by choosing Reince Priebus as his chief of staff. I have worked closely with Reince over the last 5 years as he revitalized the GOP by returning the party to its true conservative principles as is evidenced by the GOP’s solidly conservative …

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Reince Priebus Named Trump’s Chief Of Staff

The New York Times reports: President-elect Donald J. Trump on Sunday chose Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee and a loyal campaign adviser, to be his White House chief of staff, turning to a Washington insider whose friendship with the House speaker, Paul D. Ryan, could help secure early legislative victories. In selecting Mr. Priebus, Mr. Trump …

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