Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I reserve the right to object because, here we are again, 2 weeks later and nothing has changed. The Democrats and the Department of Justice once again want their well-connected and wealthy political nominees confirmed, while the Department of Justice hangs out to dry four career law enforcement officers and threatens them with fiscal ruin and bankruptcy. The Senator from Illinois said I am having none of it. You are absolutely right; I am having none of it. These officers, I remind you, faced down leftwing street militias for months in Portland. They were attacked with blinding lasers, ball bearings, Molotov cocktails. There were efforts to lock them into the courthouse and set it afire and burn them alive. Now, the Senator from Illinois keeps saying that my objections are completely unrelated--those were his words--or had nothing to do with these nominees. We have heard this now for weeks. I don't know why he keeps repeating it. I will give my answer once again. I am not making objection to some random, unconnected agency. I am not upset that the Corps of Engineers didn't approve a water project in Arkansas. I am not making some doomed-to-fail demand like Merrick Garland should resign in disgrace--though he should. I am making a very specific point about this Department.…”