Most eyes are on the midterm elections with less than a week to go. But former President Donald Trump may be looking beyond that, with rumors he’s eyeing up a Nov. 14 announcement for his 2024 reelection bid. Here are the quotes of the week.
“It’s family lore that we have an ancestor who was an American Indian.”
- Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito appears to troll Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) when he asked questions about Native American ancestry during a landmark affirmative action case on Monday.
“The bad news for Gov. Ron DeSantis is that he’s about to lose his best real estate agent, who will be fired a week from today.”
- Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) says defeating Kathy Hochul (D) in the New York gubernatorial race will put a stop to New Yorkers moving to Florida.
“Sen. Warnock needs some help after his terrible record in Washington.”
- Herschel Walker dismisses the Saturday Night Live impression that has cropped up on TV in recent weeks.
“This intimidation, this violence against Democrats, Republicans, and nonpartisan officials just doing their job are the consequences of lies, told for power and profit. Lies of conspiracy and malice, lies repeated over and over to generate a cycle of anger, hate, vitriol, and even violence. In this moment, we have to confront those lies with the truth.
“You know, American democracy is under attack because the defeated former president of the United States refused to accept the results of the 2020 election. If he refuses to accept the will of the people. He refuses to accept the fact that he lost. He has abused his power and put loyalty to himself before law under the Constitution.”
- President Joe Biden urges the public to “think long and hard” about voting for “extreme MAGA Republicans” in the closing stages of the midterm elections.
“I think the behavior of the leadership of the FBI during 2016 and the first part of 2017 has been catastrophic. It harmed the country, it was completely unfair to the president, and it has completely undercut the FBI.”
- Former Attorney General William Barr believes there will be no accountability for how the FBI behaved during the Russiagate scandal.
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- Elon Musk claps back at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) after she criticized Twitter’s new payment plan for having a blue check.
“I ran twice — I won twice and did much better the second time than I did the first, getting millions more votes in 2020 than I got in 2016 and, likewise, getting more votes than any sitting president in the history of our country by far. And now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, I will very, very, very probably do it again, OK?”
- Trump teases running for the White House again during a speech in Sioux City, Iowa.
“If you look at where the money is coming from, it’s indicative of Gov. DeSantis being seen by national donors as the de facto front-runner for president.”
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) raised more than $200 million, breaking records for the most raised by any gubernatorial candidate in history.
“It’s clear your post-stroke troubles are not cognitive and would not hinder you as a senator.”
- The View host Sara Haines gives Pennsylvanie Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman a free pass during an interview.
“Paul Pelosi should have been a gun owner and shot his attacker.”
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has a take on the Paul Pelosi assault.
“It’s going to be a long haul, but he will be well, and it’s just so tragic how it happened. But nonetheless, we have to be optimistic. He’s surrounded by family. So that’s a wonderful thing.”
- Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on her husband’s recovery
“It was always a lie. The whole thing was always a lie. And it was a lie meant to rile people up.”
- Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) reveals what election deniers say behind closed doors.
“[Florida] literally looks like the d**k of the country.”
- Tiffany Cross, who was fired from her MSNBC role after this comment.
