Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I wish to thank Senator Scott for his eloquent words on behalf of our State and the leadership he has provided since this horrible tragedy a year ago. What can I add? I will just remind people who might not remember why he did it that his goal was to start a race war. Well, he failed miserably. Quite the opposite happened in my State. I have never seen anything quite like it. We have had our fair share of problems in South Carolina, and still do, but churches all over the State were filled. Black, White, rich, poor--all came together to help each other. So this young man's dream of starting a race war was a miserable failure. I am sure this guy who attacked the nightclub in Orlando wanted to break our will and try to get us to kowtow to a radical form of religion. Well, you are not going to break a will. We will all stand behind the folks in Orlando and come together as a nation as best we can. Senator Scott said it is hard to understand the hate that someone has to do what these two people did. What blows my mind is how someone can go and sit in a Bible study for an hour, after being welcomed in off the street to discuss the Word of God, and then get up and shoot the people you have been praying with. I don't know how you get there. Only God knows that. And what this man did in Orlando was beyond vicious. Here is a question that I have asked myself a thousand times, and I am beginning to understand the answer: Why was it different in South Carolina?…”