Political Quotes

“today the Republican Presidential nominee-- it is hard for me to say these words--Donald Trump, comes to Capitol Hill. He secured the party's nomination. He did that last week. Donald Trump will meet privately today with Speaker Ryan and Republican Leader McConnell. It is just the latest sign that Republican leaders in both Houses are marching lockstep with Donald Trump. Senator McConnell has fully embraced Donald Trump. He said last week when Trump secured the nomination: ``I have committed to supporting the nominee chosen by Republican voters.'' While speaking with reporters earlier this week, the Republican leader sounded enthusiastic about Trump's chances in the general election. I guess he should be giddy about a Trump Presidency. Donald Trump is everything the Republican leader and his party could ever want in a nomination. Trump's policy decisions are identical to the Republican Party platform. Today, when they meet in an hour or two, Senator McConnell can discuss that consensus with Trump. Let's talk about the Supreme Court. Donald Trump and the Senator from Kentucky can talk about their obstruction--for the first time in the history of the country--to a Presidential Supreme Court nomination. It has never happened before. We have had some stalling and a couple of filibusters, but this is one where people didn't want to meet with him. A few of them have broken from that. They certainly don't want to have a hearing, and they don't want to vote.…”