From the Loony Left
"I have people recording me, so I can't say I want to abolish ICE. ... I have to get probably 10-15% of Republicans to win this race. How am I going to do that — by f**king saying, 'Oh, I love trans people and they should be able to play in sports'? Like, f**k no, Jane. That's not how I win." —Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn in leaked audio

"[Socialism-denouncing H.Res.1490] stokes fears of a repressive totalitarian dictatorship, while in the same breath affirms House Republicans' obsession with subverting Americans' right to vote." —New York Congressman Joe Morelle

"White people like to call me a socialist." —Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed

"When the party establishment told us to vote for the Charlie Kirk resolution ... I was ... one of the only white people in the House ... to vote against it." —Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton

"We will not sit by as you demonize our LGBT+ and trans communities. We must pass my trans bill of rights. ... We need to slash the Pentagon budget, and we need to impeach Donald Trump now. ... We need to tax the rich, block the bombs, and stop data centers from polluting our communities." —Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey

"The irony is unbelievable that [opponent Rick Jackson] would stand and talk about human trafficking when he has been accused of human trafficking." —Georgia gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms

"The Department of Homeland Security ... is withholding 40% of New York State's counterterrorism funding. ... Let me translate that in real simple terms: Donald Trump is defunding the police." —New York Governor Kathy Hochul

For the Record
"Senate Democrat nominee James Talarico appears ready to bring a touch of Trotsky to Texas. In a video from a climate forum, Talarico is shown declaring capitalism an 'oppressive system' linked with white supremacy and that it must be 'dismantled' to achieve a better world. ... If you want to dismantle the constitutional or economic systems of the United States, a few white lies hardly seem of much consequence. After all, as Trotsky explained, 'The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.' For these radicals, there is no greater justification than their own election." —Jonathan Turley

From the Reasonable Right
"Democrats are in a quandary over the Supreme Court. Every four years, they've warned their voters that electing a Republican president will lead to more conservative Supreme Court justices. And yet since Ronald Reagan's election in 1980 through today, they've lost more presidential elections than they've won. Maybe the voters are telling Democrats something. Maybe Americans don't want the court packed with Sonia Sotomayors who make up or rewrite the laws as they see fit." —Stephen Moore

"Marxists are often these rich, spoiled intellectual elites, the kids that nobody picked to play, who seek power, dominion, and control over others. I mean, the mayor of Seattle was living with her wealthy parents, and she is now facing a recall effort. Isn’t it ironic that these folks like Bernie Sanders, who has never held a job, declare themselves champions of the working class?" —Allen West

"The moral case for free markets is not that every outcome is perfect. It is that free people, honest prices and personal responsibility produce better results than bureaucratic promises." —Star Parker

"It is true that staying and working here illegally doesn’t necessarily make someone a threat to public safety. It does, however, involve committing other crimes — identity theft, Social Security fraud, falsifying I-9 employment forms, and the like. Regardless, immigration law very clearly gives the government authority to arrest and detain illegal immigrants, and in some instances, mandates it." —Rich Lowry

"As the 25th anniversary of 9/11 nears, the biggest disgrace is that the attack's evil mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has not been tried and sentenced to death." —Betsy McCaughey

"On Oct. 9, 2001, bin Laden pitched his 9/11 attacks as the active 'defense of Palestine.' In 2026, America's revived socialist left openly supports the Palestinian terror organization Hamas. Democratic Socialist candidates rely on bin Laden-infused grievance propaganda to motivate their base... Democrat Socialist 'opinion leader' Hasan Piker even claims the U.S. deserved 9/11. It appears bin Laden's 9/11 propaganda still has ugly echoes, even within the U.S." —Austin Bay

Insight
"Socialism is not just about economics. Its central dogma is to make the State the ultimate authority for the whole of life. It's based on coercion. It denies the dignity of people. It is a secular creed which has utterly failed." —British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)