Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I took the following oath my 20th year in Congress. I will read it and remind you, Mr. Speaker, of this oath of office: I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office of which I am about to enter, so help me God. This is an oath, Mr. Speaker, that you and I took. Mr. Speaker, this was not an oath that they gave to the Democrats, this was not an oath that they gave just to the Republicans, this is an oath that we all took, and the insurrection continues. The insurrection really started, I think, December 14, 2020, when all of the electors in various States had put together their scheme and the plot to overturn the government. January 6, 2021, we saw the beginning of the insurrection. Four years later, we re-elected Donald Trump and the insurrection continues. It started with just pardoning violent criminals, people who caused the death by suicide and other means of police officers, who speared them and caused injuries to police officers and the insurrection continues. We now have unelected billionaires who have broken into the Treasury Department and this is not a political grab for power; it is a crime what they did.…”