"Some would say, 'Boy, this is getting way too political for a commencement address.' But I would argue: I wouldn't be honoring my oath if I didn't address this head on."
"It blew me away when he said 'I'm going to become good at volleyball,' and he did it."
"Here's the thing that's so encouraging about human nature, the vast majority of people had [a positive reaction] no matter the politics."
"We need to move as aggressively and as fast as Donald Trump has moved with our progressive policies."
"This is not like running the car out of gas, and you can put gas back in it and it will take off again; this is like running the car out of oil."
"The Democratic Party is unified — they’re unified in being pissed off at the Democrats."
"You know where DOGE should take a closer look? Trump's Cabinet. None of the 83,000 caregivers Trump fired from the VA leaked classified information."
"I always feared that they would become apathetic after this last election and just check out, but they are not doing that."
"There was just a primal scream of folks recognizing what’s going on with the Trump administration, their authoritarian tendencies, and what they viewed was a lack of a proper response from their repre..."
"I will do anything possible to make sure that we win in ‘28. I do not need to be on that ticket."
"I’m a catalyst to provide them a megaphone to lift up their voice."