Political Quotes

“I stand today, and I am shaking. I am so angry. I am so enraged with the treatment that I witnessed today of my colleague Senator Padilla. This is not the America--this is not the America--that each of us comes here each day to stand on behalf of. There are some who are saying they don't recognize this America, and I want to ring the bell today for all who are watching, for all who are listening. We have now crossed a line. This is a dangerous day in the history of our country. When a Senator who was in a Federal building, where he had a right to be, to do an oversight responsibility on behalf of the citizens who have elected him to the Senate of the United States, and when he was there to carry out his duties, he was there peacefully, and he decided to ask a question. And in Donald Trump's America, asking a question and pushing back caused him to be manhandled for the whole world to see--manhandled, treated like a person who had come off the street. The thuggish behavior that I saw today is absolutely unacceptable. To put hands on this peaceful man, who is not only a Senator, he is a father, and he is a husband. He is a person. He is a venerable part of our society, who was there on behalf of the people who have elected him and who was treated violently today. You could see his hands up in the air. You could see his hands up in the air. And that was not enough. He was taken to the ground, and he was handcuffed.”