Political Quotes

“I send a question to the desk. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Vermont, Mr. Sanders, has a question for both the counsel for the former President and the House managers. The clerk will read the question, and following our procedure, the House managers will go first. The legislative clerk read as follows: The House prosecutors have stated over and over again that President Trump was perpetrating a big lie when he repeatedly claimed that the election was stolen from him and that he actually won the election by a landslide. Are the prosecutors right when they claim that Trump was telling a big lie or, in your judgment, did Trump actually win the election? The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The House managers have up to 2\1/2\ minutes. Ms. Manager PLASKETT. As we all know, President Trump did lose the election by 7 million votes, 306 electoral votes. By the time of the January 6 attack, the courts, the Justice Department, all 50 States across the country had done--agreed that the votes were counted. The people had spoken, and it was time for the peaceful transfer of power as our Constitution and the rule of law demands. Sixty-one courts--61 courts--the President went to. That is fine, appropriate. He lost. He lost. He lost the election. He lost the court case.…”