This week, the Jan. 6 committee held another public hearing, this time examining former President Donald Trump’s reluctance to intervene and stop the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. In addition, the House of Representatives passed a bill to codify same-sex marriage into federal law, Senate Democrats’ exasperation with centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) continued to build, and a Republican gubernatorial candidate was attacked by an armed man during a campaign stop. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden finally contracted COVID-19. Here are the quotes of the week.
“I don’t want to say the election’s over. I just want to say Congress has certified the results without saying the election is over, OK?”
– In outtakes from prepared remarks after the Capitol riot made public by the Jan. 6 committee, former President Donald Trump tells aides that he didn’t want to concede the 2020 election was over.
“Well, I mean, to be completely honest, to give you the first thoughts that popped into my mind was Josh Hawley is a b****. And he ran like a b****.”
– Former Washington, D.C., police officer Michael Fanone slams Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) after the Jan. 6 committee played footage of the senator running from rioters.
“I don’t think that matters. … I think what matters is we prepared for this moment.”
– White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says it’s not important where President Joe Biden contracted COVID-19 from.
“I’m frustrated..my major frustration is I think Joe should have made his position clear a hell of a long time ago. To let this thing drag out for six or seven months in this year..I got off that train. And I said good luck if you do something.”
– Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he’s “frustrated” with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who has been accused by his fellow Democrats of intentionally sabotaging Biden’s agenda.
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“I’ve been with my husband, Randy, for 30 years, but we’ve only spent eight of them as a legally married couple. For families like mine, the Respect for Marriage Act is a necessary step to protect our fundamental rights.”
– Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) says legislation to codify the right to same-sex marriage is extremely personal for him.
“Defense of marriage, proposed by somebody who had been married three times. … We don’t know which marriage he was defending.”
– House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) throws shade at thrice-married former Georgia GOP Rep. Bob Barr, who authored the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.
“I don’t know that it’s an actual conflict, but … it’s a ‘what are you thinking’ moment.”
– Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney rebukes District Attorney Fani Willis, who is pursuing an investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results, for fundraising on behalf of a political rival to a subject of her inquiry.
“Thank you to everyone who reached out following tonight’s attack in Fairport. Someone tried to stab me onstage during this evening’s rally, but fortunately, I was able to grab his wrist and stop him for a few moments until others tackled him.”
– Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), the Republican nominee for governor of New York, says he was unharmed after he was attacked by a man armed with spiked brass knuckles at a campaign rally.
“I’m not talking about any particular decision or even any particular series of decisions, but if over time the court loses all connection with the public and with public sentiment, that’s a dangerous thing for a democracy.”
– Justice Elena Kagan warns that the Supreme Court will lose its “legitimacy” if its rulings don’t correspond with public opinion.
“This is a very significant issue. We have called on the federal government to work across state lines to prevent people from really being tricked into getting on buses. We think they’re largely asylum-seekers or going to final destinations that are not Washington, D.C. But I fear that they’re being tricked into nationwide bus trips when their final destinations are places all over the United States.”
– Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser criticizes efforts by Republican governors in Arizona and Texas to bus unauthorized migrants to her city.
“I think they’re about to run out of steam. I think our assessment is that the Russians will increasingly find it difficult to supply manpower material over the next few weeks. They will have to pause in some way, and that will give the Ukrainians opportunities to strike back.”
– Richard Moore, chief of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency, MI6, predicts that Russia is “about to run out of steam” in its invasion of Ukraine.
“He’s on Adderall. Do you think he’s on Adderall?”
– Podcast host Joe Rogan attributes Trump’s energy to Adderall, commonly used to treat ADHD and enhance cognitive performance.
“All of those golfers that remain ‘loyal’ to the very disloyal PGA, in all of its different forms, will pay a big price when the inevitable MERGER with LIV comes, and you get nothing but a big ‘thank you’ from PGA officials who are making Millions of Dollars a year.”
– Trump seemingly defends cozying up to Saudi-backed LIV Golf after news emerged that his courses will host its events.
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“No, they aren’t. There are massive differences between women and trans women. We can be respectful to trans people while not abandoning reality.”
– Former NBC News correspondent Megyn Kelly disputes the notion that “trans women are women.”
