US politics

Historian at the University of Connecticut

30 Dec 2021 2 2

Kyle Kondik

Inserted 2 years ago

“The public is increasingly judging Biden relatively negatively. His approval rating is underwater, and strong disapproval is significantly higher than strong approval.”

Political analyst at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics

30 Dec 2021 4 3

James Thurber

Inserted 2 years ago

“Under the circumstances, Biden's done phenomenally well, getting what he did get done. People will still be disappointed and he will have a rough time in 2022 because it's an election year. It will be an ugly year of confrontation, partisanship and gridlock. Presidents don't do well with major cleavages in their own parties. It's going to be a messy year.”

Professor of government at American University in Washington, DC

30 Dec 2021 2 2

Ryan Goodman

Inserted 2 years ago

“I think that the justice department will keep a keen eye on what evidence the committee has accumulated, as well as looking out for witnesses for a potential case. One of the outcomes of the committee's work and the public hearings will be to demonstrate individuals who might be wanting to come forward as witnesses and that's got to be very important to justice department prosecutors.”

Former special counsel at the Department of Defense now a law professor at New York University

20 Dec 2021 2 2

Joe Manchin

Inserted 2 years ago

“I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can't. I have tried everything humanly possible. My Democratic colleagues in Washington are determined to dramatically reshape our society in a way that leaves our country even more vulnerable to the threats we face.”

American politician and businessman serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia

19 Dec 2021 2 3

Stephen Miles

Inserted 2 years ago

“For the last 20 years, we heard that the terrorist threat justified an ever-expanding budget for the Pentagon. As the war in Afghanistan has ended and attention has shifted towards China, we're now hearing that that threat justifies it.”

Executive Director of Win Without War

16 Dec 2021 7 3

Pramila Jayapal

Inserted 2 years ago

“We ended the longest war in US history, yet Congress just passed a $768 BILLION defense budget - more than the military budgets of the next 11 countries combined. Don't tell me we can't afford to fight poverty, cancel student debt, pass paid leave, and defeat the climate crisis.”

US politician chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus

15 Dec 2021 7 4

Lawrence Summers

Inserted 2 years ago

“We will sacrifice our country's future ...and we won't make any meaningful contribution to reducing inflation, if we vote down this bill [Build Back Better bill].”

14 Nov 2021 3 4

Joe Biden

Inserted 2 years ago

“Finally, infrastructure week. I'm so happy to say that: infrastructure week. This is a blue collar blueprint to rebuilding America. Generations from now, people will look back and know this is when America won the economic competition for the 21st Century.”

President of the United States

06 Nov 2021 4 3

Ben Davis

Inserted 2 years ago

“Democrats will most likely lose the midterms without an unprecedented event, because that is what happens to most governing parties almost every time. Since the second world war, the president's party has gained seats in the midterms only during the Clinton impeachment and after 9/11. They can't tinker with policy to jujitsu out of what's coming. The moderates decimating the Democratic agenda are goners either way. The best way forward is to pass good, lasting policy that improves people's lives and will build long-term support for the party and its objectives.”

Member of data team for the Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign and active member of the Democratic Socialists of America

03 Nov 2021 7 3

Guy Cecil

Inserted 2 years ago

“This election is a warning for all Democrats. While DC Democrats spent weeks fighting each other, Republicans were focused on mobilizing their base and peeling away voters from the Biden coalition using deceptive, divisive tactics.”

Chair of the Democratic political group Priorities USA

03 Nov 2021 3 2

Nancy Pelosi

Inserted 2 years ago

“Today is another momentous day in our historic effort to make the future better for the American people, for the children, to Build Back Better with women, to save the planet.”

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

03 Nov 2021 3 2

Glenn Youngkin

Inserted 2 years ago

“Together, we will change the trajectory of this commonwealth.”

American politician and businessman - Governor-elect of Virginia

03 Nov 2021 0 2

Joe Biden

Inserted 2 years ago

“We all knew from the beginning it's gonna be a tight race. The off year is always unpredictable.”

President of the United States

02 Nov 2021 1 2

Kyle Kondik

Inserted 2 years ago

“Spending a lot of your time trying to cultivate the middle might be wise because it might be that the Trump electorate is going to be fired up no matter what.”

Political analyst at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics

01 Nov 2021 2 2

Bob Holsworth

Inserted 2 years ago

“Biden's drop among independents has been reflected in some declining poll numbers for McAuliffe among independents. And secondly, Youngkin - at least so far - has done a reasonable job trying to unite the Trump populists with the suburbanites who voted against the former president.”

Independent political analyst and former director of the Center for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond

01 Nov 2021 4 2

Tom Davis

Inserted 2 years ago

“What's happened here is Terry McAuliffe has nationalised the race. He has brought Biden in. This is the first political test of Biden's presidency.”

Former Republican member of the House of Representatives from Virginia and former chair of House Republican’s campaign arm

01 Nov 2021 4 3

Mark Rozelle

Inserted 2 years ago

“The race [between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin] is a statistical dead-heat and that was not expected. Youngkin has been a stronger candidate than many had predicted. The Democratic brand is suffering right now, under the weight of Biden's declining popularity, what happened in Afghanistan, and the perception that Democrats in Washington can't get things done right now. This will send shockwaves through the Democratic Party if they lose Virginia, because Republicans will take this to mean that, if they can win in a blue trending state, they can win in a lot of other places they've been told they can't win in 2022.”

Dean of the Schar School of Public Policy and Government at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia

01 Nov 2021 11 3

Elizabeth Warren

Inserted 2 years ago

“I've been talking about this [wealth tax] for years. I've even made billionaires cry over this.”

American politician - Senior United States senator from Massachusetts

27 Oct 2021 2 3

Ron Wyden

Inserted 2 years ago

“No senator wants to stand up and say, 'Gee, I think it's just fine for billionaires to pay little or no taxes for years on end'.”