Political Quotes

“I want to recognize Senator Scott. We all know Senator Scott is a man of quiet faith. He does it when no one is looking, by the way. I remember being in the cloakroom watching a basketball game, which is consistent with me, and the Senator was over in the corner with headphones on. I said: What are you listening to or what are you doing? He said very sheepishly: I am doing my Bible study. Senator Scott has been a great comfort to our State because he is truly a man of God. To the rest of you, I want to tell people in South Carolina that in the Senate we have a lot of differences and we display them a lot. I wish you could have heard what was said to me and Senator Scott. Everybody in this body has come up to us in one way or another and said the most kind things. In the Senate we have our problems, but we are still a family. Thank you all, from all over this country, for the kindness you have shown during these difficult times. Very quickly, I don't know how you can sit with somebody for an hour in a church and pray with them and get up and shoot them. That is Mideast hate. I didn't think it was something we had here, but apparently we do. I just can't imagine what it takes of an individual to be welcomed in a church--here is what happened. He went to Charleston with a plan. The people in the church had no idea who he was or what he had in mind.…”