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“Never ever threaten the United States again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. We are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence and death. Be cautious!”—President Donald Trump to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
“If the fate of the 20^th century was decided in the West, the fate of the 21^st will be decided in Asia. … With Europe finally getting serious about the threat posed by China, there couldn’t be a worse time for the Trump Administration to antagonize its natural allies with tariffs on steel, aluminum and automobiles. There are some issues on which the U.S. can go it alone. This isn’t one of them.”—Jamie Fly, director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
“We are ready to invite President Trump to Moscow. … And I’m ready to come to Washington if appropriate conditions for work are created.”—Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“I would be willing to ‘shut down’ government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall!”—Donald Trump.
“The story Donald Trump tells is that we good-hearted, decent people of Middle America have been betrayed by stupid elites who screw us and been threatened by foreigners who are out to get us. That story resonated with many people. You can get a lot of facts wrong if you get your story right.”—David Brooks, New York Times.
“It’s true that the president throws gasoline on the fire almost daily, but this bonfire was lit long ago. Most commentators and politicians bring their gas cans to the Burning Man that is cable, talk radio and the Internet every day. It is an unstable situation, and our ‘purple’ famine only makes it worse.”—Hugh Hewitt, Washington Post.
“Ideology almost doesn’t matter anymore. It’s about unconditional loyalty to the president.”—Florida Republican Congressman Tom Rooney.
“By taking his message directly to the people, he can bypass the media, which slants everything. You’ve got to remember, this is how he won the presidency.”—Sarasota State Rep. Joe Gruters, who co-chaired Trump’s Florida campaign.
“So, the fake news doesn’t waste any time with dumb questions. No, I did not know of the (Trump Tower Russian-and-campaign-staff) meeting with my son, Don. Jr.”—Donald Trump.
“For better or worse. Donald Trump is becoming a far more transformative president than many of his critics like to acknowledge. Democrats become foreign-policy hawks when the topic turns to Russia. And they morph into states’ rights activists when they want to shield illegal immigrants from deportation.”—Jason L. Riley, Wall Street Journal.
“It was very important for those of us who believe that norms have been violated to step out and say (Deputy Attorney General) Rod Rosenstein needs to be impeached.”—Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who supported an impeachment resolution over the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
“I dream about Biden … Look, Joe Biden ran three times. He never got more than 1 percent, and President Obama took him out of the garbage heap, and everybody was shocked that he did. I’d love to have it be Biden.”—Donald Trump.
“Trump has to be careful not to overhype this. There are still areas of the country that have not fully come back and that’s Trump’s constituency. Wage growth has been anemic.”—Greg Vallieri, chief global strategist at Horizon Investments, on the announcement that economic growth was 4.1 percent in the second quarter—the biggest quarterly jump in four years.
“The problem is that the intersection of wealth concentration and pay-to-play politics is undermining representative democracy.”—Jared Bernstein, senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
“I want a party strong enough to take on the hard job of cleaning up after the mess (Trump and his enablers) leave behind once they are gone.”—Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
“If the Democrats take control of the House of Representatives, they will move to impeach the president and stop his agenda, and we will move our country backwards.”—Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
“Our policy is that you stand at the (National) Anthem, toe on the line.”—Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
“I fought hard to elect President Trump, and I’m supporting Adam Putnam for governor. Adam will stand up with President Trump to get tough on illegal immigration, ban sanctuary cities and deport criminal illegal aliens.”—Attorney General Pam Bondi, in a political ad for Adam Putnam.
“This is truly a victory for the citizens of Florida, especially with so many young people motivated to vote. This is the right decision, at the right time, for our democratic process.”—Patricia Brigham, League of Women Voters president, responding to a U.S. District Court’s injunction that orders Secretary of State Ken Detzner to tell all 67 Florida counties that they can use university and college campus buildings for early voting this fall.
“Our democracy is envied around the world, so it’s not surprising to find our elections in the crosshairs of bad actors. While they may have promoted fear among our electorate, they have not been successful in ‘hacking’ the vote. Exercise your right to vote. Because every vote counts. And every vote will be counted.”—Craig Latimer, Hillsborough County supervisor of elections.
“The (movie) theaters were a huge amount of space—all along the water, solid walls. We’re opening it all up. It’s some pretty great space.”—James Nozar, CEO of Strategic Property Partners, the developer of the Channelside Bay Plaza transformation into Sparkman Wharf.
“The time to act was 20 years ago. The second-best time to act is today.”–Tyler Hudson, leader of the All for Transportation movement.

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