Political Quotes

“I send a question to the desk. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from California submits a question for the House managers. The clerk will read the question. The legislative clerk read as follows: Having been on the frontlines of combatting the ``big lie'' over the past 4 years as California's chief elections officer, it is clear that President Trump's plot to undermine the 2020 election was built on lies and conspiracy theories. How did this plot to unconstitutionally keep President Trump in power lead to the radicalization of so many of President Trump's followers and the resulting attack on the Capitol? Mr. Manager CASTRO. Senators, Donald Trump spent months inciting his base to believe that their election was stolen, and that was the point--that was the thing that would get people so angry. Think about that, what it would take to get a large group of thousands of Americans so angry to storm the Capitol. That was the purpose behind Donald Trump saying that the election had been rigged and that the election had been stolen. To be clear, when he says the election is stolen, what he is saying is that the victory--and he even says one time, the election victory-- has been stolen from them. Think about how significant that is to Americans. Again, you are right, over 70 million--I think 74 million people voted for Donald Trump. And this wasn't a one-off comment. It wasn't one time. It was over and over and over and over and over again, with a purpose.…”