* “This election is going to be about who can stand up to China, the world’s communist bully. … China is to blame for this pandemic and the death of thousands of Americans.–Arizona Sen. Martha McSally, one of the most politically endangered Republicans, who badly trails her Democratic challenger, Mark Kelly.
* “With Trump you get all the dark side of Nixon and none of the good.”–Nixon biographer John A. Farrell.
* “It has always been ludicrous for the Trump campaign to denounce ‘Beijing Biden,’ when Trump publically lavishes more attention on (President) Xi (Jinping) than on Melania.”–Nicholas Kristof, New York Times.
* “(The Tulsa rally) has created an ugly situation for Oklahoma and the party.”–Former Congressman J.C. Watts of Oklahoma, the first black Republican elected to Congress from south of the Mason-Dixon Line since Reconstruction.
* “‘Black Lives Matter’ going mainstream helps the liberation movement up its demands. If America accepts that black lives are inordinately threatened, we have to then talk about what and who is threatening them.”–Jamil Smith, Rolling Stone.
* “Americans are no different from people all around the globe: They prefer safety over liberty when their lives are at stake.”–Henry Olsen, senior fellow at the Ethics & Public Policy Center.
* “Do you get the impression that the Supreme Court doesn’t like me?”–Donald Trump.
* “Today (World Refugee Day) is also a bitter reminder of how Donald Trump has tried to change America from a nation of refuge and liberty to one of division and intolerance.”–Joe Biden.
* “You don’t need to read an academic paper to understand that peaceful civil-rights demonstrations have had more success than violent protests.”–Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal.
* “Opposing the destruction and vandalism of these (Confederate) symbols while advocating for their removal from public places to museums strikes me as the obvious and necessary course of action. It would safeguard the memory of the conflict while also acting as a kind of moral, political, and racial disinfectant for public spaces across the country.”–Cameron Hilditch, National Review.
* “We applaud IBM for making decisions that they feel are best to protect the rights and equity of all people.”–National Police Foundation President Jim Burch, on IBM’s announcement that it would abandon its facial recognition technology.
* “Gov. DeSantis has lost control of Florida’s COVID-19 response. … He’s recklessly reopening Florida despite the data screaming for caution.”–Nikki Fried, Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
* “We’re starting to see an erosion of social distancing.”–Gov. Ron DeSantis.
* “We’re going to be smart; we’re going to be safe; we’re going to do it step by step.”–Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, on the announcement that schools would be reopening in August at “full capacity.”
* “I think there’s an opportunity to build trust through transparency to go to full-time, body-worn cameras.”–Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Cronister.
* “It is the Tampa Police Department’s duty to listen and learn.”–Mayor Jane Castor, on the formation of a 40-member task force to review current practices.
* “We should go back to the basics. What was law enforcement made for, to protect people.”–St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway.
* “Through this state-of-the-art facility, we will revolutionize the way patient care is delivered.”–Jack Kolosky, president and COO of Moffitt Cancer Center, on the groundbreaking of Moffitt’s $400-million surgical hospital.
* “It’s a holistic development of the entire area. This is the way urban renewal should be done.”–HUD Secretary Ben Carson, during a tour of the 12-block Encore project near downtown that includes (tax incentive) opportunity zones.