Political Quotes

“I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a New York Times article published January 9 titled `` `Our President Wants Us Here': The Mob That Stormed the Capitol.'' It is another example of why our country cannot risk even one more day of Donald Trump. [From the New York Times, Jan. 9, 2021] Our President Wants Us Here: The Mob That Stormed the Capitol (By Dan Barry, Mike McIntire and Matthew Rosenberg) It was the table setter for what would come, with nearly 2,000 people gathering in Washington on Tuesday evening for a ``Rally to Save America.'' Speaker after angry speaker stoked stolen-election conspiracy theories and name-checked sworn enemies: Democrats and weak Republicans, Communists and Satanists. Still, the crowd seemed a bit giddy at the prospect of helping President Trump reverse the result of the election-- though at times the language evoked a call to arms. ``It is time for war,'' one speaker declared. As the audience thinned, groups of young men emerged in Kevlar vests and helmets, a number of them holding clubs and knives. Some were aligned with the neofascist Proud Boys; others with the Three Percenters, a far-right militia group. ``We're not backing down anymore,'' said a man with fresh stitches on his head.…”