Spin Doctor
“I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in The Hague. He’s a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court.” —New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani

“He’s the architect of the genocide against Palestinians in Gaza as Israel’s prime minister.” —Zohran Mamdani

Delusions of Grandeur
“For all of the fearmongering around democratic socialism, the best response is to show what it actually means — and what we’ve shown over the last six months is exactly that.” —Zohran Mamdani

The Warmth of Collectivism
“If one publicly owned grocery store that brings prices down in the neighborhood is enough to put someone out of business, then maybe they shouldn’t have been in that business in the first place.” —NYC DSA Co-Chair Gustavo Gordillo

Dumb & Dumber
“The United States Senate is an undemocratic institution. It gives more representation to people in smaller states than to the 30 million people in California.” —Gustavo Gordillo

“I’m against the Senate. I think the Senate is an undemocratic body.” —former DSA Vice Chair Bhaskar Sunkara

Race Bait
“I don’t support elements of [the Senate] that we know were founded on Jim Crow.” —New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

“The most aggressive attack that we’ve seen since Jim Crow — the Supreme Court rulings, the racist redistricting map here in Texas that is systematically diluting the voting power of our black and brown neighbors.” —Texas Senate candidate James Talarico

“[America] was built on the accommodation of slavery. … We still contend with the legacy of Jim Crow and segregation and structural racism even today.” —Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed

Demagogues
“ICE has nothing to do with immigration. ICE has nothing to do with the southern border. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets. ICE is about weaponizing the idea of immigration against the Constitution itself.” —Abdul El-Sayed

“Do police really need to use guns?” —Abdul El-Sayed in 2020

“It’s easier to make a second billion dollars in this country than it is to make a fair living.” —Abdul El-Sayed

Theater of the Absurd
“Hopefully I have an opportunity … to either impeach sitting members of the Supreme Court or find other options.” —Ohio congressional candidate Kristina Knickerbocker

Letting the Cat Out of the Bag
“The Green New Deal, frankly, is a floor now, not a ceiling, for what we need to actually be looking at doing.” —Colorado congressional candidate Melat Kiros

Projection
“Our whole Constitution is under attack. [Republicans] are constitutional illiterates, and they’re savage destroyers of our Constitution. We need to go out and give them a constitutional lesson.” —Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin

The BIG Lie
“The [Trump] tax cuts for the super wealthy didn’t impact most people. In fact, a lot of people are going to lose their healthcare to pay for those tax cuts.” —Ohio Congressman Greg Landsman

Village Idiot
“Mao Zedong is one of the great leaders of this world.” —Twitch streamer Hasan Piker

Friendly Fire
“Bernie [Sanders] is there campaigning for [Abdul El-Sayed]. Humble yourself, Bernie. You just pushed an accused rapist [who] imploded up in Maine and now you’re pushing essentially a pro-Hamas candidate that’s been anti-American and deeply anti-Israel.” —Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman

“I’m not living in communist America. … I’ve read the quotes from the DSA platform, from their own mouths. Don’t tell me I’m not seeing what I am seeing.” —comedian Bill Maher

“Every day I read about a new person … who is saying some variation of … abolish the police. No prisons. No police. Like, what world do they think we could possibly live in under these conditions? … I’m so glad that whenever it was I was like, ‘No, I’m not going along,’ because this is where it ends.” —Bill Maher

“Yes.” —Bill Maher when asked by ABC’s Jon Karl, “Could you see yourself voting for JD Vance?”

Re: The Left
“Members of Congress [are] saying ICE isn’t a real law enforcement agency. I actually think that emboldens some people to say, ‘I’m not going to comply with ICE.’” —border czar Tom Homan

“Democrats don’t have enough children to be a viable party in 20 years That’s why they insist on: 1. Lax voting laws (Cheating). 2. Mass immigration (Replacement). 3. Gov control of education (Indoctrination).” —Nick Freitas

And Last…
Shot: “The Never-Ending Pasta Pass is only for use by the Passholder whose name is printed on the Pass. Passes are personalized and non-transferable. Passholders must present a valid photo I.D. along with the Pass at the time of ordering.” —Olive Garden

Chaser: “We’ve reached a point in society where access to fettuccine at Olive Garden is vastly more secure than deciding who is commander-in-chief of the country.” —White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller