Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I would like to just step back a minute and reflect on the last 10 days. That is right. It has just been 10 days since Donald Trump was sworn in as our President. Like myself, many Americans feel like it has been much longer, given the onslaught of news and chaos that we have experienced in that time. First, there was the inauguration speech. Instead of talking about uniting our country and mapping out a real plan to address Wisconsinites' needs, he used his first moments as President to suggest we rename the Gulf of Mexico to the ``Gulf of America,'' all while his billionaire friends looked on from front-row seats. Then there was the flood of day one Executive orders, among other things, attempting to end birthright citizenship and removing the United States from the World Health Organization and removing the United States from the Paris climate agreement. And, of course, I would be remiss if I did not highlight that the President also pardoned over 1,500 criminals who had participated in a violent insurrection--people who beat police officers with metal batons and fire extinguishers, people who tased cops, all in the name of undermining the will of the American people and overturning a free and fair election--so much for tough on crime. And this was just day one--chaos, chaos, chaos.…”