"It exemplifies the battle for what the Democratic Party can be or might be next."
"The moment is here to build what comes next."
"This is how dictators take power. They manufacture crises, undermine our institutions, and erode our checks and balances."
"I got my ass kicked in."
"Embrace tariffs as one component of a broader industrial strategy to revitalize American manufacturing."
"I called for an end to violence that is becoming far too common in our society."
"I plead with my party not to embrace anti-tariff absolutism."
"I want to see something that is enforceable."
"Washington’s failed 'free trade' consensus... had constituted a 'race to the bottom' that 'hollowed out our industrial power' and 'cost us good jobs.'"
"I would be concerned about sending a signal to the markets that neither party cares at all about the debt."
"If people can’t decide now that we can agree on some floor for spending cuts, then it probably won’t happen later."
"The release didn’t really give us a smoking gun, but it did produce plenty of collateral damage."
"This is a huge upset and an historic win for a Democrat in a Trump-won district, and we are leading the way in PA!"
"This is an outrageous national security breach and heads should roll."
"Social Security is the most successful government program in American history"
"You don’t start wars unless you have an exit plan. We had no exit plan."
"They can yell and -- and fundraise off of that. But I'll be the only Democrat that's going to tell America the truth of what shutting the government down. And that would be a (EXPLETIVE DELETED) disas..."
"I think that they need to own it."
