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“I’m so embarrassed on behalf of my Republican colleagues for not even being willing to say that you shouldn’t jail your political opponents.”
— Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), quoted by NOTUS.
“This is a convicted felon who is threatening to jail me. This guy is unhinged. He’s insecure. He’s a wannabe dictator. And there’s one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump: If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me.”
— Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), on MSNBC.
“Do not do it. I repeat. Do not do it. There will be no coming back from that. I repeat again. For the love of God. Do Not Do It.”
— Laura Loomer, on X, warning President Trump not to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.
“If you’re going to criticize the socialist Mamdani for wanting to own grocery stores, you better criticize Republicans who want a share of Intel, of Nvidia, or U.S. Steel. Owning even part of the means of production is a step toward socialism. It’s a bad idea and a dangerous precedent.”
— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), on X.
“Evidently, ‘The Late Show’ has outlasted the United States federal government, because we’re still open, and they done shut down.”
“Even though we are still being preempted in 60 American cities, on Tuesday, we had our second-highest rated show in almost 23 years on the air. Our monologue from Tuesday night has more than 21 million views just on YouTube alone. And I want to say, we couldn’t have done it without you, Mr. President. Thank you very much. We got the Trump bump, and we appreciate it.”
— Jimmy Kimmel, on his show Friday night.
“Only Donald Trump would try to prove he wasn’t threatening ABC by threatening ABC.”
— Jimmy Kimmel, quoted by CNN.
“The kind of authoritarianism I fear is emerging in the United States, which political scientists call ‘competitive authoritarianism,’ doesn’t involve the outright criminalization of the opposition or formal martial law. … Instead, it depends on perverting the law, modifying and twisting it with the intent of incrementally undermining the opposition’s ability to compete fairly in elections.”
“We’ve got a lot of stupid people in this country running things.”
“Hate speech does not exist legally in America. There’s ugly speech. There’s gross speech. There’s evil speech. And ALL of it is protected by the First Amendment.”
— Charlie Kirk, on X, on May 2, 2024.
