Political Quotes

“Madam President, last night, President Donald Trump, in an interview with ABC News, said that if he were offered information about an opponent from a foreign source in the next election, he would take a look at it and might not go to the FBI. I think you might want to listen. There isn't anything wrong with listening. If someone called from a country . . . [and said] ``we have information on your opponent''--oh, I think I'd want to hear it. That is shocking, shocking--yet, sadly, is par for the course for this President. My predecessor, Senator Moynihan, said, ``We are defining deviancy down.'' No President has defined deviancy down more than Donald Trump, and his remarks last night defined deviancy down to a new low. To say that it is OK for foreign countries to interfere in our elections, with their motives not being what are in the interests of the American people, is disgraceful, shocking. It is as if the President has learned absolutely nothing from the past 2 years of investigations into Russia's interference of the 2016 elections. This is precisely how the whole thing started. A foreign power reached out to establish connections with a Presidential campaign by dangling the promise of information about an opponent, and President Trump said he would welcome it. He asked Russia to interfere. When he wonders why people think there might be collusion, well, this is why. This is a President who says: Russia, come help.…”