Political Quotes

Tim Pawlenty

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Mar 9, 2025

Well, I was always taught, Erin, to measure twice and cut once, and that would be a good rule for tariff imposed to follow as well, because markets, as you just noted, don't like uncertainty. They don't like chaos.

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Mar 6, 2025

Finally, some Republican leaders other than President Trump are not cowering and they're speaking back.

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Mar 6, 2025

Once President Trump makes a decision, it's incumbent upon his cabinet to follow that decision and execute it or resign.

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Mar 4, 2025

I think he has some room. But, you know, the frustrations that David just mentioned as they mount any one of them, like Bourbon, may not be dispositive, but if you add them all up over time, it's like a drip, drip, drip, and each of those…

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Mar 3, 2025

You know, Erin, history is pretty clear what happens when the world appeases autocratic invaders and the United States is now dealing with a serial offender, a repeat offender in the form of Vladimir Putin.

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Feb 18, 2025

If somebody makes a credible threat of violence against a public official, regardless of their political background, that person should be prosecuted or at least investigated.

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Feb 18, 2025

If he wants to serve longer, there are clever ways to do it, like running as VP, having his president resign, and then becoming president again so he can get around the two term limit.

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Feb 9, 2025

If you can show me the member of Congress who hasn't flip flopped on a substantial issue or statement from the past, I'll give you $1,000.

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Jan 23, 2025

Well, one of the main reasons that Donald Trump won this election is because the Democrats dramatically and belatedly underestimated the potency of the illegal immigration issue and Donald Trump promised to deal with it aggressively and…

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Jan 23, 2025

And, by the way, I think this situation is partly a referendum on Hegseth, but it's partly a referendum on Donald Trump. And the Republican Party has been taken over by Trump and he's calling the question.

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Jan 18, 2025

Yes. But it also sends another message, which is we as Americans, many of us are unsatisfied with business as usual.

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