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When an opponent declares, ‘I will not come over to your side,’ I calmly say, ‘Your child belongs to us already. … What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community.’ – Adolf Hitler	added by Normando 6 months ago
My unmatched perspicacity, coupled with sheer indefatigability, makes me a feared opponent in any realm of human endeavor. – Andrew Tate	added by neocortex720 8 months ago
And, of course, now from within jail, Navalny continues to essentially ridicule Putin in the war effort by being a very vocal opponent of the war. So of course there is the motivation. – Christo Grozev	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I cannot exclude that there is the motivation for that. We know that Navalny was definitely poisoned with Novichok by none other than the state of Russia. We know that he went back to Russia against the wishes of Putin, and, of course, now from within jail, Navalny continues to essentially ridicule Putin in the war effort by being a very vocal opponent of the war. So of course there is the motivation. – Christo Grozev	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If my opponent is elected, I can tell you with 100% certainty, that 1849 abortion ban will stay on the books. I can tell you that. – Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Not everybody was accepting when I sought treatment. My former opponent ridiculed it. – Dan Kildee	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Democrats have been effective in attacking us and branding us in a way that’s just not accurate, so in my race … my opponent, a white man, was trying to lump me in the war on women, she said, pointing to a Democratic attack line during the 2012 election accusing Republicans of waging a. – Martha McSally	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This is some Bakersfield BS, it’s Kevin McCarthy weaponizing his ability to commit this political abuse, because he perceives me, just like Mr. Schiff and Ms. Omar, as an effective political opponent. – Eric Swalwell	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I noticed that nobody else seems to have had their home raided by the FBI. No one else has been treated as if they're a criminal. There's a reason for that. It's because Trump is a political opponent that these other folks were not. – Josh Hawley	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I did n’t want to retire [ as ] the defending champion here. I did n’t want to leave the court with a retirement, it’s better like this at the end. I lost, nothing to say, congratulate [ my ] opponent. That’s the sport at the same time – just try your best until the end. – Rafael Nadal	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I kind of assumed he has made up about going to Baruch and NYU, but then I thought, well maybe I was wrong, you know, after the election because I’m sure the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) and RNC (Republican National Committee) would’ve investigated him and at least his opponent would have done some opp (opposition) research. – Gregory Morey-Parker	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Republicans, we say we do n’t play ‘ identity politics ’ and then you ran this man mainly because he was the same skin color as his opponent with no background other than football, a boring old Republican could have won. – Christian Walker	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
My opponent said people just need to eat right. That's what he said. I'm only telling you what he said. He's running for Senate, and he doesn't know that you can eat right and still have diabetes. – Raphael Warnock	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I'm incredibly grateful to the people of Western Montana for once again placing their trust in me to fight for them in Washington, D.C. The voters saw through the vicious lies and deceit of my opponent and radical political groups, i'd like to thank everyone who voted for me on Election Day and all those who volunteered with our campaign to get the word out. For those of you who did not vote for me, my door is always open and you'll find me to have an open ear, open mind, and shoot straight when we disagree. – Ryan Zinke	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
My opponent Stacey Abrams said Georgia is the worst state in the country to live. We feel differently. We feel that it is the best state in the country to live, work and raise our families. – Brian Kemp	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It's an old tactic and one that both parties have used, it doesn't always work, but in a close race, if you can shift even a few hundred votes away from your opponent, it could mean the difference between winning and losing. – Brad Bannon	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I’m calling it what it is. Radicalization and violence from extremists is the direct result of people like my opponent @RepMikeGarcia, mr. Pelosi and the family are owed an apology from you Mike. The people of this country deserve better than your abject degenerate politics. – Christy Smith	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
At a time when my campaign is gaining momentum, my pathetic opponent who has hardly campaigned has resorted to a desperate attempt to deprive the voters of this district a choice in the November election. – Susan Tyler Witten	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I disagree with everything my opponent just said, including the words ‘but,’ ‘and’ and ‘the.’ It was an information-free, truth-free statement. – Mike Lee	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I have never been violent to anybody for any reason. I have spent my entire life as a citizen, as a pastor of Dr. King’s church steeped in the philosophy of nonviolence, my opponent, on the other hand, has a well-documented history of violence, and he hasn’t come clean about it. – Raphael Warnock	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I think it’s important to point out that my opponent Herschel Walker is not here, and I think that half of being a senator is showing up, that’s half of life. And I have shown up for the people of Georgia time and time again. – Raphael Warnock	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
My opponent has stated my name hundreds of times, attacking me online, on social media, since she announced her run for Congress just under a year ago. And she has stated things that just aren't truthful, she has attacked me as a victim of rape about my work to protect women who've been raped. And you can't come out and say, you know, woe is me after you've been attacking me negatively for almost a year, saying my name repeatedly on social media. And then the first time I say your name literally cry foul, literally show up to an event in tears and then say, I put your life in danger. I have not. It would never do that. – Nancy Mace	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
What we are hearing about my opponent is disturbing. And I think the people of Georgiahave a real choice about who they think is ready to represent them in the United States Senate. – Raphael Warnock	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Let me be perfectly clear. Arizona women have totally lost the right to make a decision about abortion. It's devastating. It's wrong. And it's exactly what my opponent, Blake Masters, wants. – Mark Kelly	Found on FOX News 1 year ago

When an opponent declares, ‘I will not come over to your side,’ I calmly say, ‘Your child belongs to us already. … What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community.’

– Adolf Hitler

added by Normando
6 months ago

My unmatched perspicacity, coupled with sheer indefatigability, makes me a feared opponent in any realm of human endeavor.

– Andrew Tate

added by neocortex720
8 months ago

And, of course, now from within jail, Navalny continues to essentially ridicule Putin in the war effort by being a very vocal opponent of the war. So of course there is the motivation.

– Christo Grozev

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I cannot exclude that there is the motivation for that. We know that Navalny was definitely poisoned with Novichok by none other than the state of Russia. We know that he went back to Russia against the wishes of Putin, and, of course, now from within jail, Navalny continues to essentially ridicule Putin in the war effort by being a very vocal opponent of the war. So of course there is the motivation.

– Christo Grozev

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If my opponent is elected, I can tell you with 100% certainty, that 1849 abortion ban will stay on the books. I can tell you that.

– Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Not everybody was accepting when I sought treatment. My former opponent ridiculed it.

– Dan Kildee

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Democrats have been effective in attacking us and branding us in a way that’s just not accurate, so in my race … my opponent, a white man, was trying to lump me in the war on women, she said, pointing to a Democratic attack line during the 2012 election accusing Republicans of waging a.

– Martha McSally

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is some Bakersfield BS, it’s Kevin McCarthy weaponizing his ability to commit this political abuse, because he perceives me, just like Mr. Schiff and Ms. Omar, as an effective political opponent.

– Eric Swalwell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I noticed that nobody else seems to have had their home raided by the FBI. No one else has been treated as if they're a criminal. There's a reason for that. It's because Trump is a political opponent that these other folks were not.

– Josh Hawley

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I did n’t want to retire [ as ] the defending champion here. I did n’t want to leave the court with a retirement, it’s better like this at the end. I lost, nothing to say, congratulate [ my ] opponent. That’s the sport at the same time – just try your best until the end.

– Rafael Nadal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I kind of assumed he has made up about going to Baruch and NYU, but then I thought, well maybe I was wrong, you know, after the election because I’m sure the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) and RNC (Republican National Committee) would’ve investigated him and at least his opponent would have done some opp (opposition) research.

– Gregory Morey-Parker

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Republicans, we say we do n’t play ‘ identity politics ’ and then you ran this man mainly because he was the same skin color as his opponent with no background other than football, a boring old Republican could have won.

– Christian Walker

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

My opponent said people just need to eat right. That's what he said. I'm only telling you what he said. He's running for Senate, and he doesn't know that you can eat right and still have diabetes.

– Raphael Warnock

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I'm incredibly grateful to the people of Western Montana for once again placing their trust in me to fight for them in Washington, D.C. The voters saw through the vicious lies and deceit of my opponent and radical political groups, i'd like to thank everyone who voted for me on Election Day and all those who volunteered with our campaign to get the word out. For those of you who did not vote for me, my door is always open and you'll find me to have an open ear, open mind, and shoot straight when we disagree.

– Ryan Zinke

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

My opponent Stacey Abrams said Georgia is the worst state in the country to live. We feel differently. We feel that it is the best state in the country to live, work and raise our families.

– Brian Kemp

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It's an old tactic and one that both parties have used, it doesn't always work, but in a close race, if you can shift even a few hundred votes away from your opponent, it could mean the difference between winning and losing.

– Brad Bannon

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I’m calling it what it is. Radicalization and violence from extremists is the direct result of people like my opponent @RepMikeGarcia, mr. Pelosi and the family are owed an apology from you Mike. The people of this country deserve better than your abject degenerate politics.

– Christy Smith

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

At a time when my campaign is gaining momentum, my pathetic opponent who has hardly campaigned has resorted to a desperate attempt to deprive the voters of this district a choice in the November election.

– Susan Tyler Witten

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I disagree with everything my opponent just said, including the words ‘but,’ ‘and’ and ‘the.’ It was an information-free, truth-free statement.

– Mike Lee

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I have never been violent to anybody for any reason. I have spent my entire life as a citizen, as a pastor of Dr. King’s church steeped in the philosophy of nonviolence, my opponent, on the other hand, has a well-documented history of violence, and he hasn’t come clean about it.

– Raphael Warnock

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I think it’s important to point out that my opponent Herschel Walker is not here, and I think that half of being a senator is showing up, that’s half of life. And I have shown up for the people of Georgia time and time again.

– Raphael Warnock

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

My opponent has stated my name hundreds of times, attacking me online, on social media, since she announced her run for Congress just under a year ago. And she has stated things that just aren't truthful, she has attacked me as a victim of rape about my work to protect women who've been raped. And you can't come out and say, you know, woe is me after you've been attacking me negatively for almost a year, saying my name repeatedly on social media. And then the first time I say your name literally cry foul, literally show up to an event in tears and then say, I put your life in danger. I have not. It would never do that.

– Nancy Mace

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

What we are hearing about my opponent is disturbing. And I think the people of Georgiahave a real choice about who they think is ready to represent them in the United States Senate.

– Raphael Warnock

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Let me be perfectly clear. Arizona women have totally lost the right to make a decision about abortion. It's devastating. It's wrong. And it's exactly what my opponent, Blake Masters, wants.

– Mark Kelly

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

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