Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I surely thank my good friend, the gentleman from Colorado, for the opportunity to speak and the importance of this subject. Ladies and gentlemen, in the thirties and forties, they banned and burned books. That was just what they had at the time. They weren't really banning the book; they were banning and burning the idea--the ideas, the differences of opinion. I submit to you that that fascist regime then did what this cancel culture is doing right now. We have already talked about Major League Baseball canceling the All- Star Game in Atlanta and acting like we don't know that there are more restrictive States elsewhere, including the State that it went to. It is absolutely ridiculous. Facebook canceled the Great Barrington Declaration, a declaration of medical professionals and scientists who declared that lockdowns had adverse effects on physical and mental health and we would be better served by focusing on the protection of people who face a high risk of mortality should they become infected. How dare they. How dare they not accept the narrative, the dogma, the groupthink. Who do they think they are? Google fired employee Kevin Cernekee for the crime--what was his crime? He held conservative views. How about OSU Coach Mike Gundy? What was his crime? Wearing the wrong T-shirt while fishing. That is how absurd this gets. And it just keeps on going, ladies and gentlemen. It doesn't stop.…”