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Tomorrow in Wisconsin, thousands will wake up and have to choose between exercising their right to vote and staying healthy and safe, in this time of historic crisis, it is a shame that two branches of government in this state chose to pass the buck instead of taking responsibility for the health and safety of the people we were elected to serve. – Democratic Gov. Tony Evers '	Found on CNN 4 years ago
There is a sense of, 'Are these progressive prosecutors people who can win reelection or not?' she is one of the first progressive prosecutors elected and she has lived up to a lot of her promises. – John Pfaff	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If I'm elected president, my Cabinet, my administration, will look like the country, and I commit that I will in fact appoint and pick a woman as vice president. There are a number of women who are qualified to be president tomorrow. I would pick a woman as my vice president. – Joe Biden	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
When it's a choice between Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, if you care about defeating President Trump, you're going to be with Joe Biden, more than that, there was a general consensus among elected officials that having Sanders at the top of the ticket would prove a real danger to White House members and Senators to candidates in competitive races. – Mark Mellman	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I am proud to tell you that in 1988, a long time ago, I was one of the few white elected officials I was mayor of the city of Burlington who endorsed Jesse Jackson, who brought Jesse Jackson to Vermont and we won Vermont for Jesse Jackson, i think Jesse Jackson has never gotten Jesse Jackson full due. – Bernie Sanders '	Found on CNN 4 years ago
After Wisconsin nearly one-third of the pledged delegates will still be waiting to be elected, and there will be a three-week gap between electing delegates for the first time since voting began, in the road to the nomination, the Wisconsin primary is halftime, and the convention in Milwaukee is the final play. – Roger Lau	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I think in this contentious political environment, the most important message I think for my constituents is we need to make sure we hold the Senate majority so we can be a firewall against bad policies if Bernie Sanders gets elected. – John Cornyn	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If Im elected, NRA [the National Rifle Association], Im coming for you and gun manufacturers, Im gonna take you on and Im gonna beat you. – Joe Biden	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I have cast thousands of votes, including bad votes. That was a bad vote, if Im elected, NRA [the National Rifle Association], Im coming for you and gun manufacturers, Im gonna take you on and Im gonna beat you. – Bernie Sanders	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I can tell you exactly how it all adds up. It adds up to four more years of Donald Trump, not only is this a way to get Donald Trump re-elected, we got a House to worry about, we got a Senate to worry about. – Pete Buttigieg	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
President Donald Trump sees President Donald Trump as elected to get out of America's' endless wars.' But there is a big difference between fighting an endless war and instituting a persistent presence in Afghanistan to safeguard both American interests and those of the Afghan people... Haqqani's tepid assurances in The Times that the Taliban, going forward, will be just a normal bunch of Afghan politicians don't mesh well with the FBI's continued assessment that he is one of the world's most wanted terrorists. – The Times	Found on CNN 4 years ago
What I say to Mr. Russian President Vladimir Putin, if elected president, trust me, you are not going to be interfering in American elections. – Bernie Sanders	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The intelligence community is telling us they are interfering in this campaign, right now, in 2020. And what I say to Mr. Putin, if elected president, trust me you are not going to be interfering in American elections. – Bernie Sanders	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We have the infrastructure and the experience, and if I am elected I will make sure London is ready to host the biggest sporting celebration again, if we are called on in an hour of need. – Shaun Bailey	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
He did struggle a bit, but it was his first debate, i mean, if Donald Trump could get elected, I think there are a lot of mulligans to be given. – Lori Stevenson	Found on CNN 4 years ago
You know I guess you could call it meddling, i would love to see the Democrats -- whoever wins the South Carolina Democrat primary -- for everybody else to have accused him of having stolen the election because he was actually elected with Republican support and therefore prolonged the chaos and the disruption. – Christopher Sullivan	Found on CNN 4 years ago
In my case, it was elected to the Amy Klobuchar Senate ; no woman had ever done it before, but I came back. I defied expectations and I won. ... And tonight in New Hampshire, as everyone had counted us out, even a week ago -- thank you, pundits -- I came back, and we delivered. – Amy Klobuchar	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Texas voters are not only not persuaded by attacks on their ability to defend themselves, they are appropriately repelled by them, there are elected officials in both parties whose automatic reaction is to improve safety by giving government more control. That's an understandable reaction, but not the correct one. – James Dickey	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
When we got elected the president turned to me with the entire security apparatus and said, Joe, I want you to organize getting 156,000 troops out of Iraq, i did that. I did that. – Former Vice President Joe Biden	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I agree with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, thats who I agree with, we must win back the United States Senate this time out, and thats why you have to ask yourself, who is most likely to help get a senator elected in North Carolina, Georgia?Who can win Florida, Pennsylvania, Minnesota?Who can do that ? – Former Vice President Joe Biden	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
When you compare that to what President Donald Trump has done with Trump University, with so many other things, I think there's no comparison between who has engaged in more corruption and who is more likely to continue that if elected president of the United States, so I think what we're doing is we're comparing, we're saying, look, neither candidate is anywhere close to perfect, let's vote for the less bad candidate. – Alan Dershowitz	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Indeed, Lamar Alexander went on, Our founding documents provide for duly elected presidents who serve with the consent of the governed, not at the pleasure of the United States Congress. Let the people decide. The question then is not whether the president did it, but whether the United States The Senate or the American people should decide what to do about what he did, i believe that the Constitution provides that the people should make that decision in the presidential election that begins in Iowa on Monday. The Senate has spent nine long days considering this mountain of evidence, the arguments of the White House managers and the presidents lawyers, their answers to senators questions and the White House record. Even if the White House charges were true, they do not meet the Constitutions treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors standard for an impeachable offense. – Lamar Alexander	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Society's overall response to climate change needs to be decided by elected officials, and not by the Federal Reserve. – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Every public official that I know believes that his election is in the public interest, and mostly you're right. Your election is in the public interest. And if a president did something that he believes will help him get elected, in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment. – Professor Dershowitz	Found on CNN 4 years ago

Tomorrow in Wisconsin, thousands will wake up and have to choose between exercising their right to vote and staying healthy and safe, in this time of historic crisis, it is a shame that two branches of government in this state chose to pass the buck instead of taking responsibility for the health and safety of the people we were elected to serve.

– Democratic Gov. Tony Evers '

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There is a sense of, 'Are these progressive prosecutors people who can win reelection or not?' she is one of the first progressive prosecutors elected and she has lived up to a lot of her promises.

– John Pfaff

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If I'm elected president, my Cabinet, my administration, will look like the country, and I commit that I will in fact appoint and pick a woman as vice president. There are a number of women who are qualified to be president tomorrow. I would pick a woman as my vice president.

– Joe Biden

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

When it's a choice between Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, if you care about defeating President Trump, you're going to be with Joe Biden, more than that, there was a general consensus among elected officials that having Sanders at the top of the ticket would prove a real danger to White House members and Senators to candidates in competitive races.

– Mark Mellman

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I am proud to tell you that in 1988, a long time ago, I was one of the few white elected officials I was mayor of the city of Burlington who endorsed Jesse Jackson, who brought Jesse Jackson to Vermont and we won Vermont for Jesse Jackson, i think Jesse Jackson has never gotten Jesse Jackson full due.

– Bernie Sanders '

Found on CNN
4 years ago

After Wisconsin nearly one-third of the pledged delegates will still be waiting to be elected, and there will be a three-week gap between electing delegates for the first time since voting began, in the road to the nomination, the Wisconsin primary is halftime, and the convention in Milwaukee is the final play.

– Roger Lau

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think in this contentious political environment, the most important message I think for my constituents is we need to make sure we hold the Senate majority so we can be a firewall against bad policies if Bernie Sanders gets elected.

– John Cornyn

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If Im elected, NRA [the National Rifle Association], Im coming for you and gun manufacturers, Im gonna take you on and Im gonna beat you.

– Joe Biden

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I have cast thousands of votes, including bad votes. That was a bad vote, if Im elected, NRA [the National Rifle Association], Im coming for you and gun manufacturers, Im gonna take you on and Im gonna beat you.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I can tell you exactly how it all adds up. It adds up to four more years of Donald Trump, not only is this a way to get Donald Trump re-elected, we got a House to worry about, we got a Senate to worry about.

– Pete Buttigieg

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

President Donald Trump sees President Donald Trump as elected to get out of America's' endless wars.' But there is a big difference between fighting an endless war and instituting a persistent presence in Afghanistan to safeguard both American interests and those of the Afghan people... Haqqani's tepid assurances in The Times that the Taliban, going forward, will be just a normal bunch of Afghan politicians don't mesh well with the FBI's continued assessment that he is one of the world's most wanted terrorists.

– The Times

Found on CNN
4 years ago

What I say to Mr. Russian President Vladimir Putin, if elected president, trust me, you are not going to be interfering in American elections.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The intelligence community is telling us they are interfering in this campaign, right now, in 2020. And what I say to Mr. Putin, if elected president, trust me you are not going to be interfering in American elections.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We have the infrastructure and the experience, and if I am elected I will make sure London is ready to host the biggest sporting celebration again, if we are called on in an hour of need.

– Shaun Bailey

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

He did struggle a bit, but it was his first debate, i mean, if Donald Trump could get elected, I think there are a lot of mulligans to be given.

– Lori Stevenson

Found on CNN
4 years ago

You know I guess you could call it meddling, i would love to see the Democrats -- whoever wins the South Carolina Democrat primary -- for everybody else to have accused him of having stolen the election because he was actually elected with Republican support and therefore prolonged the chaos and the disruption.

– Christopher Sullivan

Found on CNN
4 years ago

In my case, it was elected to the Amy Klobuchar Senate ; no woman had ever done it before, but I came back. I defied expectations and I won. ... And tonight in New Hampshire, as everyone had counted us out, even a week ago -- thank you, pundits -- I came back, and we delivered.

– Amy Klobuchar

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Texas voters are not only not persuaded by attacks on their ability to defend themselves, they are appropriately repelled by them, there are elected officials in both parties whose automatic reaction is to improve safety by giving government more control. That's an understandable reaction, but not the correct one.

– James Dickey

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

When we got elected the president turned to me with the entire security apparatus and said, Joe, I want you to organize getting 156,000 troops out of Iraq, i did that. I did that.

– Former Vice President Joe Biden

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I agree with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, thats who I agree with, we must win back the United States Senate this time out, and thats why you have to ask yourself, who is most likely to help get a senator elected in North Carolina, Georgia?Who can win Florida, Pennsylvania, Minnesota?Who can do that ?

– Former Vice President Joe Biden

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

When you compare that to what President Donald Trump has done with Trump University, with so many other things, I think there's no comparison between who has engaged in more corruption and who is more likely to continue that if elected president of the United States, so I think what we're doing is we're comparing, we're saying, look, neither candidate is anywhere close to perfect, let's vote for the less bad candidate.

– Alan Dershowitz

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Indeed, Lamar Alexander went on, Our founding documents provide for duly elected presidents who serve with the consent of the governed, not at the pleasure of the United States Congress. Let the people decide. The question then is not whether the president did it, but whether the United States The Senate or the American people should decide what to do about what he did, i believe that the Constitution provides that the people should make that decision in the presidential election that begins in Iowa on Monday. The Senate has spent nine long days considering this mountain of evidence, the arguments of the White House managers and the presidents lawyers, their answers to senators questions and the White House record. Even if the White House charges were true, they do not meet the Constitutions treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors standard for an impeachable offense.

– Lamar Alexander

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Society's overall response to climate change needs to be decided by elected officials, and not by the Federal Reserve.

– Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Every public official that I know believes that his election is in the public interest, and mostly you're right. Your election is in the public interest. And if a president did something that he believes will help him get elected, in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment.

– Professor Dershowitz

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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