Political Quotes

“I know you don't need my instruction. There clearly isn't much interest in this body in public health. We have a President who hasn't shown up at the Coronavirus Task Force in months. We have a majority leader who calls us back here to vote on an unqualified nominee and, at the same time, to vote for judge after judge, exposing all the people who can't say anything. I understand. There are people in front of the Presiding Officer and we expose all the staff here and the majority leader doesn't seem to care. The American people sent a clear message in this election. They voted for stability. They rejected an administration that has failed them in the middle of a public health crisis and economic crisis. People want a government that works for them and is on their side. My colleagues in both parties know this. I know some of you feel like you have to humor the outgoing President, continue to make excuses for him, continue to run from the media when they might ask a question about your opinion on the President. But you know that Joe Biden won, and you won. Most of you won your elections--including the Presiding Officer--fair and square on the same ballot. You don't have to play along with the tweets and the chaos. He threatened the Republican Governor of Ohio today, for instance, because the Governor of Ohio--I think he said the term ``President- Elect Biden,'' and that offended the President. You don't have to play along with the tweets and the chaos and the crazy anymore.…”