White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday rejected any connection between an alleged gunman who killed dozens of people in New Zealand and President Trump, insisting that "the president is not a white supremacist."
Scott Brown, the U.S. ambassador to New Zealand, said Sunday that he doesn't "give any credibility" to a suspect in the deadly New Zealand mosque shootings referring to President Trump as a symbol of “white identity.”
Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Sunday called for the Trump administration to speak out against white supremacism, saying that the problem would increase as "they continue to stay silent."
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Sunday that President Trump is not creating white nationalists, but that his language "emboldens them" in the wake of shootings at two mosques in New Zealand that left dozens dead.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said on Sunday that President Trump "at the very least" is "dividing people" when asked whether his rhetoric is a factor in hate crimes.
Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Sunday that voters should demand leaders "adopt a more civil tone" in the wake of an attack on two mosques in New Zealand that left dozens of people dead.
"I've long thought that his personal and direct attacks on Sen. McCain was one of the most detestable things about President Trump's conduct as a candidate," Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said on ABC’s “This Week.”
White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that it "could be a while" before lawmakers have a list of military construction projects impacted by President Trump's emergency declaration to move funding to a wall along the southern border.
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke acknowledged on Sunday that he's benefitted from certain advantages throughout his life as a white man, but that he does not view that as a disadvantage in the 2020 race.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Sunday that she does not believe the Democratic Party must nominate someone for president in 2020 who isn't a white male, but that the ticket should "reflect the country."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who officially launched her presidential bid last month, said she was started considering running for president in college but does not believe she was “born to run.”
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Sunday that she supports investing in "those communities that have been so hurt by racism" when asked where she stands on reparations.
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg said Sunday that signs are "pointing in the right direction" for him to officially enter the 2020 presidential race roughly two months after he launched an exploratory committee.
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who was once a Democrat, said in an interview broadcast Sunday that the Democratic Party "is not an anti-Jewish party" but that it has members who say anti-Semitic things.
White House national security adviser John Bolton hammered North Korea in an interview broadcast Sunday, saying the country's leader Kim Jong Un was unwilling to take the necessary steps to reach a nuclear deal with the U.S.
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