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I really believe that if Liz Cheney had not seen the whole party moving, Liz Cheney would not have moved either. And that, to me, is indicative of the problem we have in Congress that people are waiting until they feel they're safe. I think Liz Cheney thought Liz Cheney was safe. Liz Cheney moved. Now Liz Cheney's got no choice, Liz Cheney can't backtrack.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I'd like to see some real development when people learn. Like, what is it that changed your mind ? Liz Cheney, what is it that you saw that made it so different for you versus how Donald Trump was behaving, say, before January 6th ? I mean, I don't think there was any radical difference there. It was the same, what, because the outcome was different ? Because that was the one time they stormed the Capitol ?
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We had four years where she could have stood up and said,' There's a problem here. What Donald Trump is doing is wrong,'.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
From the time the President was elected, I was urging Leading Freedom Caucus members to remain independent and to be willing to push back against the President where Leading Freedom Caucus members thought he was wrong, leading Freedom Caucus members've decided to stick with the President time and again, even where Leading Freedom Caucus members disagree with him privately.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
The brutal killing of George Floyd is merely the latest in a long line of incidents of egregious police misconduct, this pattern continues because police are legally, politically and culturally insulated ... That must change so that these incidents stop happening.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We don't know how the additional candidate changes a race. It's too impossible to figure out. There are too many calculations involved.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Everyone has the right to protest. And I think the governor overreached in a lot of ways. And that upset a lot of people in the state of Michigan, but when we protest, we have to do it in a way that is appropriate. I totally denounce and condemn Nazi symbols that were used in some of the protests. I think it's a terrible idea to come into the capitol with weapons, bearing weapons, knowing that it might be perceived as some form of intimidation toward legislators. So, I denounce those things. But everyone has the right to protest.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Americans who believe in limited government deserve another option.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
It's a big part of it. They're afraid they'll be attacked.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
From a principled, moral position, she is making a mistake, if she believes, as I do, that there is impeachable conduct ... Then she should say so.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Most people don't have time to read a 448-page report, they expect their members of Congress to do the work for them. They want Speaker Pelosi to do the work. They want other members to do the work. And if she doesn't want to go forward, then we're going to have a big problem.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
( Trump) thinks people owe loyalty to President Trump, but people are elected to Congress with an oath to support and defend the Constitution, not an oath to support and defend one person, the President who happens to be from your own party.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I don't think there is anyone in there who could change the system.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I get people sending me text messages, people calling me, saying' thank you for what you're doing,'.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
When I go back to my district people are coming up to me and saying,' Thank you for what you're doing,' people want open, honest representation. They want people to come to Congress and work with integrity.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
No matter your circumstance, I'm asking you to join me in rejecting the partisan loyalties and rhetoric that divide and dehumanize us, if we continue to take America for granted, we will lose it.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I have the highest regard for them and they're my close friends, i didn't want to be a further distraction for House Freedom Caucus.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Most Americans are not rigidly partisan and do not feel well represented by either of the two major parties, preserving liberty means telling the Republican Party and Republican Party that we'll no longer let them play their partisan game at our expense.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
True to Washington's fears, Americans have allowed government officials, under assertions of expediency and party unity, to ignore the most basic tenets of our constitutional order : separation of powers, federalism and the rule of law, the result has been the consolidation of political power and the near disintegration of representative democracy.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's very nervous about some of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Democrats who are in what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi considers tougher districts, we have a job to do, and I think we owe it to the American people to represent them to ensure that the people we have in office are doing the right thing, are of good character, aren't violating the public trust.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Don't let people convince you that principles only matter when the outcome is in your favor, principles matter especially, and really only, when the outcome is not in your favor.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
There are people who are still reviewing [ the Mueller report ], i've had people who, after I made my tweets said,' Boy, they'd better review it more carefully now and they hadn't really gone through it before.'.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
My job is to defend the Constitution. I'm laying out the information I want to lay out and it's not about getting on TV or anything like that, i want to make sure that I'm presenting it in the most clear-cut, sober way possible.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Barr's misrepresentations are significant but often subtle, frequently taking the form of sleight-of-hand qualifications or logical fallacies, which Attorney General Barr hopes people will not notice.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Contrary to Barr's portrayal, Mueller's report reveals that President Trump engaged in specific actions and a pattern of behavior that meet the threshold for impeachment.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I would never rule anything out, that's not on my radar right now, but I think that it is important that we have someone in there who is presenting a vision for America that is different from what these two parties are presenting.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
From the time the President was elected, I was urging them to remain independent and to be willing to push back against the President where they thought he was wrong, they've decided to stick with the President time and again, even where they disagree with him privately.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
In some sense you've delegitimized objections to the President, you've built up such credibility for him that you just can't challenge him anymore.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
It was an opportunity to conduct oversight and gather information. I believed it was best to give Michael Cohen.Much room to talk about Michael Cohen.Much relationship with the President, my staff and I drafted some ideas based on my approach, and I asked my brothers, who also are lawyers, for suggestions. I narrowed the list of questions the night before and during the hearing.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Unlike you, Mark has shown humility in his role and a desire to be a better man than he was the day before.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It's in dictatorships where someone just comes up with a product and that's it, that's the final product. In our system, our constitutional republic, we tried something. It might fail, then we try again.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
It's never true that you have to take whatever bill is given to you, that's just not true.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
We're not just here to take commands, people back home expect us to participate in the process. I hope that Paul Ryan will let us know how he feels about the process.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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