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“I think she’s doing great. I think she’s actually doing a great job. I’m very proud that she was able to hold the caucus together during the longest shutdown in American history. I think she got concessions from the president. I think she’s showing people who’s boss and I very much understand that she’s in an extraordinarily difficult position.”
— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), in an interview with NPR, on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“I’ve got enough on my plate.”
— Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA), telling ABC News that he has ruled out a 2020 presidential run.
“I can understand why the idea of meaningful oversight terrifies the President. Several of his close associates are going to jail, others await trial, and criminal investigations continue.”
— House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA), on Twitter.
$1.8 million
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) “had the best fundraising quarter of her life in 2018, boosted in part by her decision to support Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court,” the HuffPost reports. “Collins raised $1.8 million in the last quarter of the year, but just $19,000 of that money came in itemized donations ? contributions of $200 or more ? from residents of Maine.”
$80 billion
“President Trump, who doesn’t regularly read the daily intelligence summary prepared for him, is also participating in relatively few in-person briefings from his spy agencies, according to intelligence officials and a review of his schedules,” NBC News reports. “It’s the latest indication that Trump does not consistently rely on the information and analysis provided to him by the $80 billion a year U.S. intelligence-gathering apparatus.”
“This was the lamest, sappiest, most intentionally tear-jerking SOTU ever. Please fire your speechwriter.”
— Ann Coulter, who was once President Trump’s biggest cheerleader among conservative pundits, tore into his State of the Union address after the president tried unconvincingly to act like a unifying president.
“This was probably the worst delivered speech I’ve heard Donald Trump give. He ran over his lines, he mixed up, he didn’t deliver his punch lines, he would deliver a line and go to the next issue, and I don’t think he even realized he was moving on to the next issue.”
— Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), discussing President Trump’s State of the Union address on CNN.
“Finally a candidate who will actually put America First rather than Israel First!”
— David Duke, quoted by NBC News, seemingly endorsing Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) for president.
57%
A new Monmouth poll finds just 38% of registered voters think that President Trump should be re-elected in 2020. A majority of 57% say it is time for someone new in the Oval Office. The party breakdown: 79% of Republicans back a second term for the president while 94% of Democrats say it is time for someone new. Meanwhile, 55% of independent voters want a change while 39% support the incumbent. Interestingly, 43% of Republican voters and independents who lean Republican would like to see Trump face a primary challenge.
“I get the audacity of somebody like me talking about running for this office, but frankly it’s a leap for anybody.”
— South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, in an interview with ABC News, on running for president.
