Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I have seen gaslighting, but I have never seen gaslighting to this extent. This is quite amazing. Before we get into gaslighting, let's talk about a quick history lesson. The President that I recall throwing around the term ``czar'' was President Obama. He had a car czar with the cash for clunkers program. It is kind of funny when you think about it. This is the same President who allowed Russia to invade Crimea. This is the same President who went up to the then-President of Russia, I believe, Dmitry Medvedev, and said: I just need a little flexibility. Tell Vlad I just have to get through this election cycle, and then we can talk. That President named a czar, and that became part of our lexicon, and now we are being attacked because we are calling Harris the border czar. Axios, as I said before, April 14, 2021, ran an article referring to Harris as border czar. Again: ``The number of unaccompanied minors crossing the border has reached crisis levels. Harris, appointed by Biden as border czar''--it says that right here in the article--``said she would be looking at the `root causes' that drive migration.'' Now, you can say Axios retracted that. They retracted that 3 years after, when that became politically inconvenient. The Democrats are now trying to say that Harris had nothing to do with the border.…”