Political Quotes

“now, President Trump is right about one thing. There is a crisis in America, and I want the President to know I agree with him, but I would note it is not fictitious hordes of illegal immigrants crashing into our southern border. That is nothing more than the imaginary invasion of a President obsessed with constructing a wasteful monument to himself; the obsession of a President who, long before the Trump shutdown, began resorting to misinformation and stoking fear among the American people for political gain. There is a crisis in America, but it is not the crisis the President wants us to believe. It is a crisis at the kitchen table of Americans. Hundreds of thousands of American families are preparing to miss their first paycheck through no fault of their own. These families are trying to figure out how they are going to make ends meet, how they will pay their mortgage or heating bills or, God forbid, whether they can afford both food for their table and medicine for their children next week. That is not fiction. That is a real choice in America today. That is the crisis in America. These are the adjustments President Trump has glibly said our country's public servants are ``willing'' to make on behalf of his wasteful border wall; incidentally, a wall the President repeatedly promised--gave his word--that Mexico would pay for. I have been privileged to be here for a long time, but in my 44 years in the U.S.…”