Political Quotes

Bonnie Watson Coleman: Playing on people's fears and prejudices for political gain is just downright un-American.

On the recordMay 2, 2017
Playing on people's fears and prejudices for political gain is just downright un-American.
Said by
Bonnie Watson Coleman
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Critiques using fear for political advantage as un-American.

Share

More from Bonnie Watson Coleman

Feb 25, 2025

I am standing in opposition. During their campaigns, Donald Trump and my Republican colleagues promised to get to work to lowering prices for the American people. This budget is a betrayal of that promise. It is a betrayal of millions of…

govinfo.gov
May 11, 2025

If the president gets his way with Gaza, it will become some high-level spa for people to come, and it will displace all of the people who have a right to live there.

democracynow.org
Jan 23, 2025

U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was born in New Brunswick and raised in South River, and he died in D.C. on January 7, 2021. He succumbed to two successive strokes just hours after being pepper- sprayed by violent criminals…

govinfo.gov
May 11, 2025

We need to understand the inhumane conditions in Gaza. We need to understand that there needs to be a ceasefire.

democracynow.org

Other voices in this conversation