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After overturning Roe, Thomas wants to revisit Griswold, Lawrence, Obergefell. How about revisiting Thomas ’ conflicts of interest instead of our rights ?
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Right now my focus is on doing this (tour) and doing other stuff that is more politically blatant.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I don’t know, i certainly loved my time in the Senate, I love the job, I got a lot done. I was able to accomplish things I couldn’t accomplish anywhere else, I don’t think, so yeah, it would be tempting to try to do that again.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Satire has a very important place. It's meant to be provocative. It's meant to start discussions. You offend very often … it's hard to figure out where exactly the line is, and people have different ideas of where that line is, i think we need to be careful and understand what the role of satire is.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It was a bit of a shock when it happened, this is me going back to my roots.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The reason I’m doing it is because with my history at ‘SNL’ and my books, i’ve always tried to make a difference satirically. Because I believe comedy and satire is a very valid way — and sometimes almost a more productive way — of affecting public opinion.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Well, I wanted due process, but I had 36 colleagues and a majority leader who wouldn’t give it to me, so it was impossible. But you do have some regrets. It was a very weird, tough situation at that moment, i love the Senate. I love the work that I did.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I’m keeping my options open, right now my focus is on doing this (tour) and doing other stuff that is more politically blatant.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
It really needed to have a process, but I just couldn't stay either, it was awful. There were no good choices.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Democrats have not learned the wrong lessons from Trump, and I'm glad about that. I hate that Al Franken is gone, but he did what he thought was best, if you sexually harass a woman or you say racist things ... as Democrats we stop and talk about it.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I, of all people, am aware that there is some irony in the fact that I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I had a career in identifying absurdity, and I know it when I see it.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I think Sen. Sessions should come back. I think he owes it to this committee to come back. And he should explain himself.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
I mean, I consider you a hero, tremendous political courage, not, you know, the thing about five years, or five and a half years at the Hanoi Hilton; as far as I'm concerned you just sat out the war. I don't consider that real heroism. Anybody can get captured, right?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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