Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight ten ways in which the State of California is currently under Federal investigation. In particular, the Newsom administration is under Federal investigation. The New York Times recently ran a story on this topic with the headline, ``Trump Takes Aim at California Six Times in 24 Hours.'' The question was asked: Why is the administration targeting California? They call it a multipronged assault on California that has begun in earnest. That is actually the wrong question. Why the administration is targeting California is the wrong question. The appropriate question is: Why is California so flagrantly violating Federal law in so many different ways? In the article, the junior Senator in our State, Adam Schiff, is quoted as saying: ``The President had a `partisan vendetta against California.''' Senator Schiff says that he is ``continuing to weaponize the Federal Government against the one in ten Americans.'' Of course, that is not it at all. Protecting the civil rights of Californians is not weaponizing the Federal Government. It what is the Federal Government is supposed to do and what it is required to do under established law. What Senator Schiff and others are so upset about is that they are used to one-party rule in California being absolutely unchecked. They are used to radicalism and having absolutely no counterweight. They are used to Governor Newsom. His only motivation is his own political self- promotion.…”