"There are few government agencies more essential to our national security than the CIA."
"There's no statutory authority that I can see for the president making this offer."
"I'd hate to see people resign and then get stiffed like the contractors on President Trump's construction projects."
"Don't be fooled by a fake offer."
"Exposing the identities of officials who do extremely sensitive work would put a direct target on their backs for China. A disastrous national security development."
"I think it's outrageous. Think about it. The world's premier development humanitarian aid organization, the Agency for International Development of the United States government, is going to be alleged..."
"I can only say. I guess it takes one to know one. A convicted felon convicted of 34 felony counts, ought to be able to recognize a criminal enterprise when he sees one. AID is not one."
"And, Elon, if you want to run AID, get nominated by Trump and go to the Senate. And good luck in getting confirmed."
"The law has to be abided by."
""Imagine you're a family member and you're grieving the loss of a family member. And you have the president of the United States telling you that your loved one was killed because of DEI, when he has ..."
""There was not an there was not a [Federal Aviation Administration] administrator named, okay. He's named somebody today. Great. But his decision to instead of comfort grieving families, start to play..."
"It was unnecessary and divisive."
"I've never thought that his personal values matched the values of the American people."
"Mr. O'Neill, the Virginia attorney general, Jason Miyares, is looking into ActBlue and whether online fundraising entities are following Federal law."
"If WinRed is doing something to make it easier for foreign actors to donate by having massive numbers of small donations sent in, more than happy to look into that; as well as ActBlue."
"I would point out that, while you mentioned Elon Musk, who is a U.S. citizen, you did not mention George Soros, who also is a U.S. citizen, but both of those have given money."
"I think my colleagues were measuring their votes by who’s got experience, who is seasoned, who can be trusted, who ’s capable and who’s got a record of productivity and I think that prevailed."