* “We will continue working with our JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) partners–particularly with Germany and France–to keep the (Iranian) nuclear deal in place. This is in our shared security interests.”–James Slack, spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May.
* “Appalled.”—The response of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to conditions that migrants and immigrants face in U.S. detention facilities.
* “News reports about the Department of Commerce dropping its quest to put the citizenship question on the Census is incorrect or, to state it differently, FAKE! We are absolutely moving forward.”—President Donald Trump.
* “The (Democratic) party should welcome refugee (Republican) ‘Never Trumpers’ with open arms. But they can’t be ‘Never Democrats’ too.”–Eugene Robinson, Washington Post.
* The public pays parks fees to fix national parks and for educational programs, not the president’s parade.”–Theresa Pierno, president and CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association.
* “If you’re a Christian and think there’s nothing wrong with this abuse of innocent (border-crossing, immigrant) children, please imagine trying to explain yourself to Jesus. Play that one out.”–Connie Schultz, Creators.com.
* “Today’s partisan split is anything but a flash in the pan. It now defines the (Supreme) Court and will likely play a key role in court decision-making for the foreseeable future.”–Neal Devins, author of “The Company They Keep.”
* “The chief justice’s efforts to steer the court through partisan shoals is likely to get even more difficult as the justices are called upon to referee hot-button issues left unaddressed by partisan dysfunction in Congress and the White House.”–Carl Hulse, author of “Confirmation Bias.”
* “I do not believe in packing the court. But I do believe that constitutionally we have the power to rotate judges to other courts. And that brings in new blood into the Supreme Court.”–Sen. Bernie Sanders.
* “There’s a concerted effort to equate Elizabeth Warren with Bernie Sanders, to make her seem more radical. (But Wall Street and its allies) are more afraid of her than Bernie, because when she says she’ll change the rules, she’s the one who knows how to do it.”—Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago economist and co-host of the podcast “Capitalisn’t.”
* “As big as the Democratic field is, it actually feels the absence of two significant figures with a proven ability to speak to moderates and traditional, working-class voters. Both Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe chose not to run, presumably at least in part because they thought Mr. Biden would dominate the moderate lane in the race, leaving little room for them.”—Gerald F. Seib, Wall Street Journal.
* “Debates about who is ‘electable’ (or not) have become a smokescreen for lingering discomfort with what we have still, after 243 years as a republic, never seen: the election of a woman president.”—Amy Chozick, Vogue.
* “We’ve done exactly what we set out to do, done exactly what we wanted to do, said what we feel. … We’re such a proud and strong and defiant group of women.”—Megan Rapinoe, in the aftermath of the U.S. defeating the Netherlands, 2-0, to win the Women’s World Cup in Lyon, France.
* “If Florida voters care about the security of our elections, we should insist that our Legislature and our county officials switch to hand-marked paper ballots.”—Paula Dockery, former Florida Republican—now NPA—legislator from Lakeland.
* “If we truly want to help students, let’s drop the misguided grading system and do the work, providing the resources and support to build a more equitable, high-quality system of free neighborhood public schools.”–Fedrick Ingram, president of the Florida Education Association.
* “I remain steadfast in my belief that if baseball remains in Tampa Bay, it’ll be in Tampa.”—Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan.