The past week has seen the Republican Party maneuver to consider potential replacements for Rep. Liz Cheney in her leadership role, with Rep. Elise Stefanik emerging as the strongest contender. It also saw former President Donald Trump’s ban on Facebook upheld and Caitlyn Jenner’s first interview as a prospective gubernatorial candidate in California and finished with underwhelming jobs numbers for President Joe Biden. Here are some of the best quotes of the week.
“The Fraudulent Presidential Election of 2020 will be, from this day forth, known as THE BIG LIE!”
— Former President Donald Trump, via tweemail, renewing his monthslong unfounded claims about election fraud.
“That tale from the border didn’t just border on B.S. This was USDA grade-A bulls— . … But the damage was done, pumped out over the airwaves at the bulls— factory also known as Fox News.”
— CNN anchor and former Trump provocateur Jim Acosta on Fox News
“I have heard from members concerned about her ability to carry out the job as conference chair, to carry out the message.”
— House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Rep. Liz Cheney via Fox News.
“We all need to be working as one if we’re able to win the majority. Remember, majorities are not given, they are earned. And that’s about the message about going forward.”
— McCarthy in the same Fox News interview
“I fully support the audit in Arizona. We want transparency and answers for the American people. What are the Democrats so afraid of?”
— New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik
“I don’t understand the Republicans.”
— Biden when asked about the House GOP potentially ousting Cheney
“I think they are going to think very carefully before they take action — before they take action to censor and block access on the platforms.”
— Bill Hagerty on his bill to require all online platforms that have 100 million users or more per month to act like common carriers or businesses of public accommodation
“Free Speech has been taken away from the President of the United States because the Radical Left Lunatics are afraid of the truth, but the truth will come out anyway, bigger and stronger than ever before.”
— Trump responding to the Facebook Oversight Board decision
“I am all for the wall. I would secure the wall. We can’t have a state — we can’t have a country without a secure wall.”
— Caitlyn Jenner, who is running for governor of California, speaks to Fox News’s Sean Hannity about policy
“We need to preserve the credibility of public health officials to reimplement some of these restrictions as we get into next winter if we do start seeing outbreaks again.
“And I think the only way to earn public credibility is to demonstrate that you’re willing to relax these provisions when the situation improves. That’s what gives you the credibility to implement them when things worsen.”
— Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration under the Trump administration on why indoor mask mandates need to be lifted
“This might be one of the most disappointing jobs reports of all time.”
— Nick Bunker, who leads North American economic research at the Indeed Hiring Lab, after the U.S. economy added 266,000 jobs in April, according to the Labor Department, far below the 1 million jobs that many economists forecast.
“We knew this wouldn’t be a sprint, and, America, quite frankly, we’re moving more rapidly than I thought.
“This report reinforces the real truth. For years, working people and middle-class people, people who built this country, had been left out in the cold, struggling just to keep their heads above water.”
— Biden, responding to the disappointing jobs numbers
