Political Quotes

“I thank my colleagues with the Congressional Progressive Caucus for raising up the danger of the far- right court. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. McGarvey), my colleague. Mr. McGARVEY. Mr. Speaker, 3 years ago this Monday, in the middle of the night, without warning, four Louisville Metro Police Department officers bashed in the door of a 26-year-old woman's home. Startled and terrified, as any of us would be, she and her boyfriend leapt from bed. Her boyfriend grabbed his gun and fired a single shot in the direction of the intruders. In the barrage of return fire, she was killed in her home, cowering by her bed from intruders she never knew were police. Then silence. It took 2 months before we learned that that woman was Breonna Taylor. Laurie Anderson said: You die three times. First, when your heart stops. Second, when you are cremated or buried. And third is the last time someone says your name. Say her name. Breonna Taylor. Breonna Taylor was a caregiver from a young age, an EMT who saved lives; a young woman looking for her American Dream, not just a nameless victim. Breonna Taylor was loved and had so much to give. Breonna Taylor's math teacher called her brilliant, saying, ``she had a beautiful mind and she was very helpful to others. Breonna Taylor was someone's sister. Breonna Taylor was someone's girlfriend. Breonna Taylor was someone's daughter. Breonna Taylor was someone.…”