Political Quotes

“I will wrap up here, but I think there is one word we ought to change, because the word doesn't justify or doesn't really describe what occurred with these elections. What occurred with the elections by the Russians was not meddling. It was sabotage. That is really what we are talking about. It wasn't just somebody saying to your mother-in-law: ``Please don't meddle in my business.'' This is sabotage. This was an attack. This was interference and a violation of our sovereignty, of our independence, of our freedom. So we start with that, and then we ask these questions of my friends on the Republican side: Had the tables been turned and this was a Democratic administration, can you imagine what kinds of investigations would be underway today, what kinds of subpoenas would be issued, and not to allow the Intelligence Committee to shut down that investigation when none of the questions were answered because of this innovation of executive privilege that they don't hold, because this is much bigger than all of us. {time} 1815 Representative Cleaver talked about the fact that Russia is interfering, all around the world. They are not our friends. I would love to see something develop where there really is some kind of an alliance, but we definitely don't have that now. There are a lot of questions: Where are the tax returns? Why haven't they been presented to the Congress? Why are we not fulfilling the law that we passed on sanctions?…”