"These kids are just overwhelming. These kids are so inspiring, so impressive. And they are just asking us to suspend our cynicism, to throw off the political shackles that campaign contributions and threats from the NRA represent, and finally live up to our responsibilities."
"If no one said to him, whether it was Kelly or anyone else -- if no one said to him going into this scrum, Mr. President, if you don't do anything else, you have to express some solicitude for these w..."
"You would have certainly removed at least on a temporary basis Mr. Porter from that job, handling the most sensitive documents that the U.S. government has, and you would have looked more deeply into ..."
"He appeared to be blaming the alleged victims here."
"This has been a fiasco, and what is interesting to me, Anderson, is that the story leaked out --"
"The fact of the matter is that Porter couldn't get clearance in the White House for 13 months."
"The fact that there was a hold on his clearance for 13 months meant that people who needed to clear him had really deep concerns."
"What Rand Paul is doing is pulling the cover off of all of this. And it's embarrassing to his colleagues. And he knows it's embarrassing. And he wants to embarrass them. And what his real message is t..."
"And for Donald Trump who is going to change Washington, this seems very much like the same old game. And Rand Paul is calling him on it."
"He would be 82 years old at the end of his term if he ran for president."
"It's a slog. And you really need to think about whether you want to put yourself through that."