reacts – WUVS 103.7 The Beat

Rep. Ilhan Omar reacts to Trump dig over US Constitution: ‘Unlike you, I can read’

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., hit back at President Donald Trump after he mentioned her during a recent Fox News interview. While discussing his views of Democrats, Trump told host Laura Ingraham that the party was filled with “crazed lunatics.” “I look at somebody that comes from Somalia, where they don’t have anything — they don’t have police, they don’t have military, they don’t have anything,” said Trump, referring to Omar without naming her. The progressive congresswoman is the only […]

November 11, 2025

News

Kamala Harris reacts to initial Gaza peace deal: ‘There is still much more work to do’

Former Vice President Kamala Harris applauded the initial peace deal to end Israel’s military operation in Gaza after more than two years of conflict that left more than 67,000 Palestinians dead and millions displaced. Harris, who arguably lost the 2024 presidential election largely due to the Biden-Harris administration’s response to the brutal conflict, said she was “thankful and deeply encouraged” by the ceasefire deal struck between Israel and Hamas–and brokered by President Donald Trump, Harris’s opponent in last year’s election. […]

October 14, 2025

News

Former President Obama reacts to Israel-Hamas deal to end conflict in Gaza

Former President Barack Obama is speaking out after the White House announced that a deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas to end the deadly conflict in Gaza that has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians since Oct. 7, 2023. “After two years of unimaginable loss and suffering for Israeli families and the people of Gaza, we should all be encouraged and relieved that an end to the conflict is within sight; that those hostages still being held will be […]

October 10, 2025

News

White House reacts to Bad Bunny named as 2026 Super Bowl performer and threat of ICE enforcement

The White House officially reacted to the news of Latin global superstar Bad Bunny being named as the 2026 Super Bowl halftime performer during a Friday press briefing. When asked about the announcement, which has sparked criticism from conservatives, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt demurred on divulging President Donald Trump’s thoughts about the entertainment selection of Bad Bunny, real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. “I know there are many in this room who are very anxious to hear the […]

October 4, 2025 2

News

Bernice King reacts to meme comparing Charlie Kirk’s shooting to MLK and Jesus’ deaths: ‘I get tired’

Dr. Bernice King, the youngest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is expressing dismay over the publication of an image mentioning her father in relation to the killing of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. The image was posted by Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, and depicted Charlie Kirk, alongside MLK, Jesus, and former Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy with the headline: “All Because of Words.” “There are so many things wrong with this. So many. I […]

September 13, 2025 1

News

MLK’s daughter Bernice King reacts to Charlie Kirk’s shooting

Bernice King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s youngest daughter, shared a poignant message with America on Instagram, following right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk’s assassination on September 10. “ It saddens me that Charlie Kirk’s children will likely one day view the video of their father being shot. No child anywhere should lose a parent in such a hateful, callous way,” she noted. “It will require much more than quoting my father for the United States to evolve from our current conundrum of […]

September 12, 2025

News

Kamala Harris reacts to former President Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis

Former Vice President Kamala Harris quickly reacted to the news of former President Joe Biden’s shocking cancer diagnosis. Harris, who worked alongside the 46th president of the United States for four years (and got his glowing endorsement for president in the 2024 election), released a statement on social media with a picture of her and her former boss smiling as they embraced in the Oval Office. “Doug and I are saddened to learn of President Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis. We […]

May 18, 2025 2

News

‘Donald Trump is not a god’: Rep. Bennie Thompson blasts Trump’s call to jail him, reacts to potential Biden pardon

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., is not intimidated by President-elect Donald Trump, who, during an interview on “Meet the Press,” called for the congressman to be jailed for his role as chairman of the special congressional committee investigating Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Donald Trump is not a god,” Thompson told theGrio during a recent interview, reacting to Trump’s unsupported claims that the congressman, along with other committee members like vice chair […]

December 12, 2024

News

President Joe Biden reacts to the death of ‘literary legend’ Nikki Giovanni

President Joe Biden eulogized Nikki Giovanni in an official White House statement on Wednesday, hailing the late poet as a “literary legend.” “Jill and I send our love and condolences to her family—including her wife Virginia, her son Thomas, and her granddaughter Kai—and all those who loved and admired that something special, her courage,” Biden said of the famed writer, activist, and educator who died on Monday. The president recalled Giovanni’s “majestic voice” and “powerful words” in 2020, when she […]

December 12, 2024