Jen Psaki

Look, I think when your former campaign manager and many former senior people who you have been affiliated with are under investigation, you do have your hands dirty.

I think any Democrat or Republican is probably looking at this thinking, are you kidding? Why isn't that fix? Why isn't there a clear ballot that everybody can vote on?

It's clear he's feeling the heat here and he wants to begin to sow the seeds of doubt about the legitimacy of elections leading up to his own re-election in two years.

I think, ultimately, we know what happened here or we know enough to know that MBS likely knew, because an operation of this level probably wouldn't have happened without his knowledge.

I think many people in Washington would be surprised if he isn't fired and it seems like he just setting that up for post-election.

President Trump does not like the fact that Sessions recused himself and doesn't have control over the Russia investigation.

Presidents do pick the attorney generals and do nominate them. That is absolutely true.

The President -- any midterm election is a referendum on the President, his policies, his personal attributes.

People have concerns, as we saw in this poll, about President Trump's leadership, his fitness for office, whether he's actually fighting for the little guy.

People feel that this is being pushed through and jammed through without the proper time to evaluate when it is a lifetime appointment for a guy who is very young.

I think many Democrats across the country were happy to see them with a little more pep in their step today at the hearing.

This is definitely a game changer in terms of the politics of this and being accused of committing a federal crime to win an election, which is what Michael Cohen accused the president of, is a serious difference from what we have seen.

But Michael Cohen's admission or pleading guilty to, quote, cooperating with the president in violating campaign finance laws, that's a serious problem for the president.

This is a serious foreign policy decision that impacts the security of the United States, impacts our partners and allies.

Going to war is the most solemn decision a President will make.

There's a significant amount of preparation that goes into it.

This is unprecedented historic, no question it will be an enormous photo op.

He has broken the fever that's existed for some time on whether we should or should not directly negotiate.

You never want to hire someone you can't fire, which is why there is nepotism laws in part.

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But I think, the problem here is that they also, the President and other people there, don't see communications as a strategic tool. They're not effectively using it. They are terrible at communications.

This number of Communications Directors speaks to a level of chaos and uncertainty in the White House that maybe that it is basically an impossible job to do under this president.

If these are all factually true, this is him taking advantage of being in a position in the White House.