Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this is unbelievable. Like, I can't believe this is happening. We were all here. This wasn't a dream. This really happened. Republicans all stood up and said that they wanted a bipartisan bill to fix the border. The border is a priority. The border is a crisis. We delivered a bipartisan bill to fix the border with the Republican Senator appointed by the Republican caucus to cut the deal. And within 24 hours, before the ink was even dry, Republican Senators decided they don't want a bipartisan bill to fix the border. They want to pretend they never asked for a bipartisan border bill because what they actually want is chaos because that is what Donald Trump says he wants. What the hell just happened? Here is what happened--because the facts are just the facts. In October, Republicans refused to support funding for Ukraine. They voted against stopping Putin from making Kyiv a Russian city, not because they opposed Ukraine funding, they said, no, because they demanded that Ukraine funding be paired with bipartisan border reforms. Democrats took them at their word. America took Republicans at their word that these two things had to be combined. Republicans appointed a lead negotiator--one of their most conservative Members, a serious legislator--Senator Lankford, an unquestioned border hawk. I represented the Democratic caucus in those negotiations. Now, I will be honest with you, a lot of my friends told me that I was crazy.…”