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Quotes from political pundits — hosts, columnists, analysts, and commentators across the spectrum.

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Bill Maher
@billmaher· May 19, 2024

America is like a prison now, where the inmates think they need to join one of the gangs to survive, and we dare not walk on the wrong side of the yard.

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Bill Maher
@billmaher· May 19, 2024

What was all the delay about? Why are we coming to the end? Of course they're going to try to run out the clock. And they did.

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Bill Maher
@billmaher· May 19, 2024

I've been moaning and railing about that on my show because, I mean, I tore Merrick Garland a new one a couple of weeks ago because I think the Democrats blew it as they always do with this kind of stuff because they've had four years.

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Scott Jennings
@scottjennings· May 7, 2024

I want to hear the president United States unequivocally state and understand who the enemy and who so real cause of all this is, Hamas.

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Apr 28, 2024

If you were deep down the rabbit hole on Hunter Biden at all, you are already voting for Donald Trump.

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Apr 28, 2024

This is the kind of stuff that to me makes him -- should make him ineligible to be president.

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Scott Jennings
@scottjennings· Apr 9, 2024

This is where Joe Biden, I actually think, says some things that are not true sometimes because he seems to intimate to his supporters that he can reinstate Roe versus Wade if you vote for him. Well, that's not going to happen either.

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Scott Jennings
@scottjennings· Apr 9, 2024

Well, they're certainly banking on the idea that there's effectively two choices here, Joe Biden and Donald Trump. And if you're a pro-life evangelical and you look at the two men's records, what are you going to do? Go vote for Joe Biden…

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Mar 27, 2024

Barack Obama can talk to people who are leaving this party and get them back and he's got six months to do it and he's going to play a tremendous role going forward.

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Mar 27, 2024

The consequence of a Donald Trump presidency, part two, is so catastrophic in the minds of a Barack Obama or a Bill Clinton or anybody in this party, it just can't be allowed.

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Mar 27, 2024

It's about reenergizing this party, bringing people together. It's a big deal tonight.

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Mar 11, 2024

This is not the only case. We're going to hear -- as we just heard last night, we learned new evidence about the way he treated, you know, documents.

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Mar 11, 2024

I think a lot of Democrats were nervous, were concerned, were despondent, were fearful and then we saw red bull Biden last week, and it's like, oh, this guy can actually get out there and do some things.

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Scott Jennings
@scottjennings· Mar 6, 2024

I think basic image is the issue here because I think the narrative of this campaign as we've talked about on some of our election nights is strength versus weakness.

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Mar 5, 2024

Biden points out if you are supporting, you know, someone like Nikki Haley, get on this train, because if you don't, you're going to wake up someday next year and you're going to cut on TV and you're going to see Russian tanks rushing…

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Mar 5, 2024

I'm glad that Liz Cheney is sticking to her guns. I'm glad that so far at least Nikki Haley sticking to her guns.

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Mar 3, 2024

Biden has an important job to do, not only to talk about his great record, but what he's going to do going forward.

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Feb 20, 2024

Biden was willing to cut a deal. The Republicans would rather leave the border open for a political purpose than keep the country safe.

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Feb 18, 2024

The Republican Party is now the party of Donald Trump. It is not a healthy party that cares about Ukraine and our place in the world and cares about treating people right, it cares about one person.

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Ezra Klein
@ezraklein· Feb 18, 2024

So yes, I think Biden, as painful as this is, should find his way to stepping down as a hero.

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Feb 8, 2024

The labor unions are stronger than ever because of Joe Biden. You've got a bunch of people creating jobs in red states and clean energy because of Joe Biden.

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Feb 8, 2024

I think people are worried now. It feels like yesterday, a big chunk of the iceberg fell off in that, we need this guy to be able to debate Donald Trump at some point.

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Scott Jennings
@scottjennings· Feb 7, 2024

He has to now and throughout the entire campaign demonstrate that he has the mental acuity to be president, which people as John said, don't currently believe.

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