GOP presidential race will dominate Sunday shows
WASHINGTON—GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump won't be on any of the Sunday talk shows, but the New York billionaire will be center stage nonetheless.
Featured guests—including several of Trump's rivals for the GOP nomination—will talk about Trump's controversial comments on immigration, his blistering criticism of other Republicans, and his high standing in the national polls. The Republican candidates will also, of course, tout their own presidential prospects.
On the other side of the aisle, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, and others will talk about the success of his populist message. And other panelists will discuss gun violence after the recent shootings in Louisiana and Tennessee, along with the controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood's handling of fetal tissue.
Here's the full lineup:
•CBS' Face the Nation: Former Texas Governor and GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry; Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul, also a presidential contender; Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia; ex-Obama National Security Adviser Tom Donilon; and former House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Rogers, R-Michigan.
•NBC's Meet the Press: Sanders; Jon Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation; Patrick J. Buchanan, the one-time adviser to Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan; and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, the 16th Republican to jump into the presidential race.
•CNN's State of the Union: Perry will appear again, along with: S.E. Cupp, a CNN political commentator; Bakari Sellers, former South Carolina House of Representative; Ken Cuccinelli, former Virginia attorney general; and Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress, a liberal advocacy group.
•Fox News Sunday: GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
•ABC's This Week: Attorney General Loretta Lynch, South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who is also running for president; and Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood.
•WUSA9 Capital Download: Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md; Paul S. Ryan of the Campaign Legal Center; political roundtable with Politico's Manu Raju and NPR's Domenico Montanero.
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