Quoteworthy

  • “President Nixon once said he feared he had created a ‘Frankenstein’ by opening the world to the C.C.P (Communist Party of China)—and here we are.”—Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
  • “Space is the new air.”—Elon Musk.
  • “I am putting the Kremlin and other foreign governments on notice. If elected president, I will treat foreign interference in our election as an adversarial act that significantly affects the relationship between the United States and the interfering nation’s government.”—Joe Biden.
  • “Your tenure is marked by a persistent war against the department’s professional core in an apparent effort to secure favors for the president. … The president wants footage for his campaign ads, and you appear to be serving it up to him as ordered.”—Rep. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, in questioning Attorney General William Barr.
  • “Donald Trump is burning himself down. Has no one noticed? When the Trump experience is over, the Republican Party will have to be rebuilt.”—Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal.
  • “We have one foot in the pandemic and one foot in the recovery.”—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
  • “The president has no power to change the date of the election. This … undermines voter confidence and seeks without evidence to undermine the legitimacy of voting by mail.”—Richard L. Hasen, law professor at the University of California at Irvine.
  • “All of the supervisors of elections have been planning for this for a time. I think Florida will be ready to go.”—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, on preparations for the Nov. 3 presidential election.
  • “He can suggest whatever he wants. The law is what it is. We’re going to have an election that’s legitimate, it’s going to be credible, it’s going to be the same as we’ve always done it.”—Sen. Marco Rubio.
  • “We are not moving the date of the election. The resistance to this idea among Republicans is overwhelming.”—Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney.
  • No way should we ever not hold an election on the day that we have it.”—House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
  • “Research shows that protests can become more violent when met with violent means themselves.”—University of Tampa political scientist Ryan Welsh.
  • “Trump wants to distract us all from this dumpster fire economy and death toll by suspending democracy—all because he’s so badly bungled the COVID crisis. That move is straight out of the Maduro, Putin, dictator playbook.”—Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
  • This man doesn’t evolve. He doesn’t grow. … He is stuck and stunted. He is a creature of instinct and that instinct is base and animalistic, survival-centered, without core conviction of a prevailing character. … American lives were collateral damage.”—Maureen Dowd, New York Times.
  • “When you listen to the president, you begin to wonder—is he worried more about the legitimacy of the electoral process, or is he worried about losing?”—Tom Ridge, former Republican governor of Pennsylvania and homeland security secretary in the George W. Bush administration.
  • “Buycott”: Term for the reaction of Trump supporters to the boycott of Goya foods after its CEO praised Trump.
  • “With each day the schools remain closed, shuttered, the educational gap between haves and have-nots is widening.”—Yale law professor Stephen L. Carter.
  • “Banks and airlines have been bailed out. Surely, we can dedicate the necessary resources to help our schools too.”—Dr. Leana S. Wen, visiting professor at George Washington University’s School of Public Health.
  • “A quick Google search is now equivalent to a medical degree when deciding the hydroxychloroquine is the cure for COVID. This is egalitarianism gone wild.”—Dr. Mona Mongat, immunologist and allergist and past chair of Doctors for America.
  • “With more than 150,000 dead from COVID-19, we’ve not only lost the public health war, we’ve lost the war for truth. Misinformation and lies have captured the castle. And the bad guys’ most powerful weapon? Social media—in particular, Facebook.”—Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post.
  • “Our Founders would not bow before a King. Nor should we bow before the emperors of the online economy.”—Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., chairman of the House Antitrust Committee.
  • “Congress must pass legislation to provide the maritime sector the same protections and relief given to other industries during COVID-19, and close a huge gap in current federal emergency assistance that has left links in the maritime supply chain isolated and unable to access other assistance programs available to other industries.”—Doug Wheeler, president and CEO of the Florida Ports Council.
  • “I am a conservative Republican, so, yes, I support (Trump).”—Pinellas County Commissioner Kathleen Peters.
  • “I am one to believe that masks save lives. … Personally, I would prefer that people wear masks constantly whether inside or outside.”—Les Miller, chairman of the Hillsborough County Commission and the Emergency Policy Group.
  • “This is an unparalleled, generational opportunity for us in St. Petersburg to address many needs, meet many goals and create a vibrant and unique sense of place accessible to all.”—St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, on the city issuing a request for proposals from developers interested in redeveloping the 86-acre Tropicana Field site.
  • “I like the students at USF. … They don’t have a sense of entitlement.”—Cheyenne Currall, wife of USF President Steve Currall.

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