Political Quotes

“this morning I was planning to address a number of topics, but the President held a press conference yesterday afternoon that was so callous, so uninformed, so egomaniacal, so divisive that I am compelled to respond to it this morning. We are in the middle of a global pandemic that has killed nearly 200,000 Americans, far more than the number of Americans who died in World War I--more than any other Nation on God's green Earth, more than countries with larger populations, and more than countries with mere fractions of our wealth and power. Here is how the President spoke about the number of American deaths yesterday at his press conference: If you take the blue states out, we're at a level that I don't think anybody in the world would be at . . . [If you take the blue states out,] we're really at a very low level. Yes, Mr. President, if you don't count the total number of Americans who have died, you might think it is not so bad. If you close your eyes and pretend that half of the country doesn't exist, maybe some might think you didn't do such a spectacularly awful job. What kind of person looks at the number of dead citizens in the country he is supposed to lead, and in an attempt to glamorize himself, dismisses every American who died in a State that didn't support the President politically? What a disgrace. It is monstrous. There is not a shred of empathy, not an ounce of sorrow. What kind of President do we have?…”