Political Quotes

“I thank my colleagues for allowing me to lead this critical Special Order to speak about the lack of family values demonstrated by the Trump administration and the GOP, their choice to mismanage, and to offer a counternarrative to the wayward path they are leading us down. Black people have no permanent friends or permanent enemies or permanent interests, as so eloquently stated by former Congressman William Lacy Clay, Sr. Mr. Speaker, the President asked Black Americans: What do you have to lose? The Congressional Black Caucus responded with a document that was hand-delivered to him that is titled, ``We Have a Lot to Lose.'' Over the course of the 2016 Presidential election, time and time again, then-candidate Donald Trump asked the Black community a larger question: ``What do you have to lose?'' The inquiry presupposes that the experience of all African Americans is destitute and that we live in fear. In fact, President Trump declared some African Americans' communities are worse than war zones, demonstrating a lack of understanding of both constituencies. The election has come and gone, and the time for the campaign calls is over. Now President Trump represents all Americans and must govern this Nation for the good of all Americans, whether they are Black or White, rich or poor, conservative or liberal.…”