Lack of Self-Awareness Award

“We need to ensure that there aren’t two sets of legal systems — one for the rich and powerful, and one for everyone else.” —Congressman Pete Aguilar (D-CA)

Pot Calling the Kettle Black

“It’s absolutely ridiculous that we have these actions that are playing out by my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. You know, they are really getting dangerously close, in my opinion, to criminal culpability in and of themselves as well. … They are the ones that are weaponizing government.” —Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)

Dog and Pony Show

“[Republicans] have nothing to offer the American people in terms of jobs and the rest. … We fully intend to take back the House the next time so we don’t have to deal with the frivolity, the waste of time of the Congress.” —Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

Spin Doctor

“This focus — this obsession, I would say — on Hunter Biden is really just a whopper of whataboutism.” —Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D-MA)

Yellow Journalism

“Have you noticed a recent surge in gas prices this summer? … It seems this summer’s extreme heat is playing a role.” —CBS News’s Gayle King

Grand Delusions

“I think voters are really starting to feel the economic impacts that this administration has set forward.” —Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez

“It’s pretty clear that, although we’re making a lot of progress, the sort of hangover from the pandemic … is still causing melancholy.” —Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)

“We all would benefit if we spent a little more time telling some of the great victories that we’ve seen over the last few years.” —Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

“I do think the economy is gonna be a huge asset. Biden has been maybe too reticent, too modest, to take credit. But I mean, where we’ve come since the depths of the pandemic is an astounding recovery story. Astounding.” —Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA)

Theater of the Absurd

“I think [Kamala Harris is] mis-portrayed. … I think she is more competent and able than many people give her credit for. The job of the vice president is not an easy one.” —Congressman Dean Phillips (D-MN)

Belly Laugh

“It’s even more embarrassing for the U.S. Women’s [soccer] team when you realize the Swedish team is sponsored by IKEA so they had to build their own beds the night before the game.” —Jimmy Failla