Political Quotes

“Prince and Bob Dylan. But that aside, I am very impressed, Senator Booker, that after, what, 12 hours now, 13 hours, you still are able to make sure that you mentioned every songwriter. But that aside, Bob Dylan once had that great line, ``shelter in the storm.'' Our democracy is a shelter in a storm. Then I noted that in some countries, Presidential inaugurations are held in gilded palaces--not in the United States of America. In the United States of America, it is held in the people's House. That is what you are doing right now, Senator Booker. Because the people's House is where the action should be. That is article I, and the Constitution specifically says here that we have equal branches of government. And the final thing is that the power in that Rotunda that day--and this is where we get into Donald Trump thinking he is King. The power of that Rotunda didn't come from the people in there. It came from the people outside. That is why you see the people standing up right now-- our constituents going to these townhalls, standing up, breaking the phone lines in the U.S. Senate, sending in the emails with their stories that you have heard from the Senators and that have read on the Senate floor about things that have happened to your constituents. That is the power from the outside.…”