"The commies are trying to steal the country."
-- man arrested last week on Jan. 6 charges, on why he had entered the Capitol

"Maybe we should tell Democrats that the pandemic is racist, then they'd cancel it."
-- Fox News' Jesse Watters

"Trump has been like a father to me. I get to talk to him just about every single day. He's incredible -- such a genius...He's been very good to me and he's been so good to our country."
-- Rep. Madison Cawthorn

"Not only do we have the DC jail, which is the DC gulag, but now we have Nancy Pelosi's gazpacho police spying on members of Congress..."
-- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

"We saw it happen. It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election... That's what it was."
-- Mitch McConnell, on Jan 6

"[Trump is] like America's crazy ex, and he's just decided that if he can't have us, no one can, and he's going to tear apart our democracy and our country if he can't get elected."
-- DC police officer Michael Fanone, beaten badly during Jan. 6 assault

"The Constitution is not evolving. To say that spits in the face of every single one of our founders."
-- Rep. Lauren Boebert

"If that was true, she wouldn't be able to vote."
-- Rep. Eric Swalwell

"You are a stone cold coward... You're going to carry this thing eventually to your grave, okay? Because it is a mark of shame."
-- Steve Bannon on Mike Pence refusing to try to overturn the 2020 election

"Legitimate political discourse."
-- Republican National Committee, on the Jan. 6th U.S. Capitol attack

"We had all of our major cities burned to the ground."
-- Rep. Madison Cawthorn on BLM protests in summer 2020