Braying Jenny

“He’s just a vile creature, the worst thing on the face of the earth. … Because he’s the president of the United States, and he does not honor the Constitution of the United States.” —Rep. Nancy Pelosi on Donald Trump (Always entertaining to hear a Democrat talk about “honoring the Constitution”!)

Village Idiot

“I don’t know of a greater criminal in history.” —actor Harrison Ford on Donald Trump

Projection

“The question is, why are Republicans continuing to keep the government shut down?” —House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries

For the Record

“The Democrats have become kamikaze politicians who are so focused on winning some kind of political game that they’ve justified blowing up everything in their wake, including the livelihoods of their own constituents.” —House Majority Whip Tom Emmer

“We’re not paying our military personnel, who are fulfilling one of the few specifically enumerated powers of the Constitution, because Democrats want to take your money and give it to someone else for unconstitutional expenditures like food and health insurance. … It seems to me that if a district judge can order the government to pay for food stamps because of … reasons … then the government shouldn’t be permitted to close at all. What is the limiting principle here?” —Nate Jackson

Demagogue

“We’ve got masked ICE agents pulling up in unmarked vans and grabbing people, including U.S. citizens, off the streets on the suspicion that they don’t look like real Americans.” —Barack Obama

“I worry about a Supreme Court that, so far at least, has shown no willingness to check this administration’s excesses, even when those actions break legal precedent and seem to defy the bedrock principle that no one is above the law.” —Barack Obama

“It’s like every day is Halloween. Except it’s all tricks and no treats.” —Barack Obama

World’s Smallest Violin

“We didn’t get the grace that I think some other families have gotten.” —Michelle Obama

Lack of Self-Awareness Award

“Nothing I dislike more than the politician that sits there and lies to you.” —California Gov. Gavin Newsom

Race Bait

“This is a white man’s document and it looks like it.” —The Nation justice correspondent Elie Mystal on the U.S. Constitution

Credit Where It’s Due

“Reading [Trump’s announcement about Nigeria] made me feel a deep sense of gratitude. We live in a country where we can freely worship God. No group should ever be persecuted for practicing their religion. … Thank you to the President & his team for taking this seriously. God bless every persecuted Christian. Let’s remember to lift them up in prayer.” —songwriter Nicki Minaj