Political Quotes

“Mr. President, what we have here is a ``Ukraine First'' bill. This bill was never really about securing our border but about securing another country's border. What we have here is a failure of the elites of Washington on both sides of the aisle--the leadership of the Democratic Party, the leadership of the Republican Party--what we have here is a failure of these elites to understand that the American people want to put America first. Sixty-one percent of Americans live from paycheck to paycheck, and they want to put Ukraine first. I want you to talk to your constituents at home, the ones who live paycheck to paycheck, and tell them why you are shipping $60 billion to Ukraine. This will be $170 billion. We have never before in the history of the United States flooded so much money into another country. Sixty-one percent of our country lives paycheck to paycheck. Eight out of 10 families who make $50,000 or less won't have enough money to pay their bills in 2 weeks if their check doesn't come. If they have one interruption in their family, one thing that sets them back, one unexpected expense, they won't have enough money to pay their bills, and you want to put Ukraine first. This is why the Democratic Party is losing the working man. This is why the Republicans have become the party of the working class.…”