Barack Obama: “I'm sorry. We're going to jettison this and jettison that in the interest of getting a bipartisan package.”

The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president.

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say.

And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.