“A president is a public servant. They are temporary occupants of the office, by design. And when your time is up, then it is your job to put the country first and think beyond your own ego, and your own interests, and your own disappointments.”
– Barack Obama, on CBS’ “60 Minutes”
“My whole campaign was about ‘COVID, COVID, COVID,’. And when I talked to people through their storm doors, they would say they wanted responsible COVID management.”
– Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Democratic candidate for a Wisconsin State Assembly seat, on what incited her campaign
“We’re stuck with Dan Patrick and a $1 million bounty for a fraud that never happened.”
– Houston Chronicle contributor Cort McMurray, on Texas Lte. Gov. Dan Patrick’s monetary offer to anyone who can prove voter fraud in the elections
“I think the hardest thing to watch is that people are still looking for something else and a magic answer and they do not want to believe COVID is real. Their last dying words are, ‘This can’t be happening. It’s not real.’”
– Jodi Doering, a South Dakota nurse on how some of her patients prefer to believe they have pneumonia or something other than COVID-19, even if they’re dying and despite seeing their positive test results
“Yes, the Trump administration is a bit like the COVID pandemic. You can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but the worst — the last chapter is just the worst.”
– David Brooks, on Trump’s refusal to concede
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