From the Loony Left
“I will likely swear on a Quran.” —Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed

“We need to end this [Iran] war now. We’re not the good guys.” —North Carolina Representative-elect Richard Ojeda

“The end is not just to have [Pete Hegseth] removed from office. It’s not to have other cabinet members removed from office. The end is to make sure ... that a president who has committed impeachable offenses is impeached and removed from office.” —Texas Rep. Al Green

“This Supreme Court, as well, has also kind of legalized a lot of [Donald Trump’s] criminality.” —New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

“[Mississippi] came together — large numbers of white conservative voters and black voters facing massive apartheid-level oppression and voter suppression.” —MS NOW’s Jason Johnson

“I became the first person in House history to talk about my own period on the House floor.” —California Rep. Sara Jacobs

“The World Health Organization has warned us that, without changes, we could see 1.2 billion climate refugees crossing international borders within 25 years.” —Al Gore

From the Reasonable Right
“Congress may be more blue. Texas may be more blue. But the White House is red — bright red. ... These caravans can come to the border all they want. They’re not going to be released into the United States.” —border czar Tom Homan

“Yes, immigrants have contributed to the United States. ... But let’s stop with this idea that anybody that comes from anywhere has given equal contribution to what the United States is as a country or a culture. It’s not true.” —Nick Freitas

“What [Democrats are] really pitching is not Medicare for All; it’s Medicaid for All. ... When you socialize medicine, rich people buy the care they want. Everybody else is stuck with what’s left. And you end up with a two-tier system where you actually hinder the ability of many folks to access care.” —CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz

“If you were actually ‘Pro-Palestinian,’ you’d be making a lot more demands of Hamas, which is the main one inflicting misery on them.” —Frank J. Fleming