"We're effectively run in this country -- via the Democrats, via our corporate oligarchs -- by a bunch of childless cat ladies, who're miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've made, so they want to make the rest of the country miserable too."
-- Senate candidate J.D. "Hillbilly Elegy" Vance

"I feel like my health is a little more tied to being able to breathe than protecting what's coming out of my mouth."
-- unvaccinated Olympic swimmer Michael Andrew, on why he refused to wear a mask in the indoor mixed interview zone

"[COVID-19 is] not dangerous for non-obese people and those under 65."
-- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, 7/19/21

"If you just turn these decisions over to a bunch of public health bureaucrats, of course the only thing they're going to consider is what they think is in the best interest of public health."
-- Sen. Tom Cotton, criticizing mask mandates and Dr. Anthony Fauci

"Nancy Pelosi bears responsibility, as speaker of the House, for the tragedy on January 6th."
-- House GOP conference chair Elise Stefanik

"One woman in a pink MAGA shirt yelled, 'You hear that guys, this n***** voted for Joe Biden!' Then the crowd, perhaps 20 people, joined in, screaming 'Boo! F***ing n*****!'"
-- Capitol Police officer Henry Dunn, testifying at House Committee hearing on 1/6 attack

"Why does Major League Baseball hate Indians?"
-- Sen. Ted Cruz

"Don't Fauci My Florida."
-- slogan used on new campaign merch by Gov. Ron DeSantis, in state accounting for nearly 20 percent of the country's new COVID-19 infections

"I know many of us are concerned about what is happening in Cuba, but I am far more concerned that the United States is becoming Cuba."
-- Rep. Matt Gaetz

"I want to thank every Amazon employee and every Amazon customer, because you guys paid for all this."
-- Jeff Bezos after Blue Origin flight