Political Quotes

On the record

U.S. State Attorneys General

Quotes from current and former U.S. state attorneys general.

Filter by
5,259 quotes

Current attorneys general

Former attorneys general

Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Mar 2, 2025

The constitution allows the Congress to have the power of the purse. Trump just says 'no, I don't want it to go there.'

cbsnews.com
Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Mar 2, 2025

It is wrong morally to persecute a minority group like the transgender community.

cbsnews.com
Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Mar 2, 2025

I see us winning. I think that the 10th amendment of the Constitution says that Minnesota gets to write Minnesota laws.

cbsnews.com
Nick Brown
@nickbrown· WA· Feb 27, 2025

They are not the identical situation, but it is hard to have consistency if you are saying abortion should be a state issue and transgender health care should not be a state issue.

cnn.com
Nick Brown
@nickbrown· WA· Feb 27, 2025

For most of my adult life, I grew up understanding that one of the cores of the conservative platform was empowering states’ rights and (encouraging) state laboratories of democracy and the like.

cnn.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Feb 27, 2025

Florida has zero tolerance for human trafficking and violence against women.

slate.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Feb 26, 2025

Florida has zero tolerance for human trafficking and violence against women.

nbcnews.com
Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Feb 25, 2025

Title IX does not authorize the President to issue directives with the force of law

cbsnews.com
Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Feb 25, 2025

So this is the time to do your patriotic duty and say no. Lift up your voice, join in this struggle.

cbsnews.com
Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Feb 25, 2025

What they all amount to when you add them all up, is Trump trying to rule this country via executive order.

cbsnews.com
Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Feb 24, 2025

Withholding services from transgender individuals based on their gender identity or their diagnosis of gender dysphoria, while offering such services to cisgender individuals, is discrimination.

thenation.com
Gentner Drummond
@gentnerdrummond· OK· Feb 24, 2025

I have long maintained that I do not believe Mr. Glossip is innocent, but it is now an undeniable fact that he did not receive a fair trial.

cbsnews.com
Gentner Drummond
@gentnerdrummond· OK· Feb 24, 2025

Our justice system is greatly diminished when an individual is convicted without a fair trial, but today we can celebrate that a great injustice has been swept away.

cbsnews.com
Kris Mayes
@krismayes· AZ· Feb 24, 2025

Fentanyl and methamphetamine are devastating our communities, and we will not tolerate the trafficking of these deadly substances in Arizona.

cbsnews.com
Gentner Drummond
@gentnerdrummond· OK· Feb 24, 2025

I am pleased the high court has validated my grave concerns with how this prosecution was handled, and I am thankful we now have a fresh opportunity to see that justice is done.

cbsnews.com
Liz Murrill
@lizmurrill· LA· Feb 23, 2025

Justice should have been delivered long ago for the heinous act of brutally beating then scalding to death a defenseless six year old boy.

cnn.com
Dave Yost
@daveyost· OH· Feb 22, 2025

It’s the difference between somebody who can give a speech and somebody who can do a job.

nbcnews.com
Dave Yost
@daveyost· OH· Feb 22, 2025

The governor of Ohio is not a consolation prize. … My concern is that what he seems to do best is to quit.

nbcnews.com
Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· Feb 19, 2025

This is a cowardly attempt to weaponize the law.

vox.com
Nick Brown
@nickbrown· WA· Feb 16, 2025

I am so proud of the team that put this lawsuit together. They worked long hours to draft it, took more than 100 statements from Washingtonians affected by the cruel executive order and gave a winning argument in court today.

newsweek.com
Nick Brown
@nickbrown· WA· Feb 16, 2025

A huge victory for Washington's youth, the trans community, parents and health care providers today when a federal judge granted our request to pause the president's illegal order blocking funding for gender-affirming care.

newsweek.com
Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Feb 14, 2025

Like a bull in a china shop, Mr. Musk is wielding an enormous amount of illegitimized power over sensitive systems and important government programs that are vital to the American way of life.

cbsnews.com
Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Feb 14, 2025

DOGE's ransacking of federal agencies has sown tremendous chaos, instilled distrust among the American people, and has caused deep harm to our country.

cbsnews.com