Trump isn't trying to heal or keep the peace. He is looking to inflame and divide.

How do you get that done? You distract people by making them think that they’re at war with other Americans ‒ making them think that they have something to fear from people who look different from them or speak a different language.

I don’t understand any conception of civil rights law to give you the authorization to micromanage viewpoint diversity on campus.

I don’t think there’s an ounce of sincerity in Elon Musk’s interest in trying to reduce red ink.

Elections are important, but if we don’t stop Trump’s attempts to destroy our democracy right now, there won’t be a free and fair election for Democrats to run in next fall.

I think everybody in that audience knows that they’re going to die. They would just rather die in old age at 85 or 90, instead of dying at 40.

So the reality is, this bill is about life and death. ... I wish Joni and others saw the immorality of what they’re doing.

When rural hospitals close because of this bill, when drug treatment clinics close in Iowa and rural America because of this bill, more people will die at a younger age.

I think everybody in that audience knows that they're going to die.

This is the most corrupt White House in the history of the country.

There was “no doubt” that the president suffered “cognitive decline” in office.

the American public had made up their mind, right, that they wanted the Democratic Party to nominate somebody new, and it was absolutely a mistake for the party to not listen to those voters

It was a mistake for Democrats to allow Joe Biden to remain in the 2024 presidential race for as long as he did.

That means that we are likely headed for a recession.

it was a mistake for Democrats to allow Joe Biden to remain in the 2024 presidential race for as long as he did

I understand he has that power. Regardless of whether he has that power, do you agree with his decision?

The president is in the Middle East, in order to collect tribute from these countries.

The Senator from Ohio was not here on January 6, and your political affiliation mattered that day. It mattered that day. Those rioters were here to harm not allies of President Trump but opponents of President Trump. They had the gallows…

Let's decide it was not OK for Donald Trump to let the people who brutally beat police officers out of jail early. Let's find common cause right now. That would be in service of preventing violence against police officers in the future…

I abhor attacks on police officers--all police officers--and no matter the motive. But that is not the position of Republicans in the Senate. On the day that President Trump was sworn into office, he pardoned scores of violent felons who…

That is a level of corruption that is just absolutely stunning.

it was already the most corrupt thing a president has ever done in the history of the United States.

usually, public corruption happens in secret. The politicians that do it know it is wrong to accept money in exchange for favorable government treatment, and so they hide it until they are found out. A textbook example would be Louisiana…

My hair has been on fire about the meme coin from day one

The slope to despotism can be slippery and quick.