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Say What? Archive
TWO DECADES OF WTF
Welcome to the world's largest and most up-to-date collection of insane, tragic, misguided, dishonest, inexplicable, and darkly hilarious comments by public figures. This is where reality comes when it wants its mind blown.
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June 30, 2017
"How come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came...to Mar-a-lago three nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!"
-- Trump on "Morning Joe" co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough
"Mr. President, your tweet was beneath your office and represents what is wrong with American politics, not the greatness of America."
-- Sen. Lindsey Graham
"I don't see that as an appropriate comment."
-- House Speaker Paul Ryan -
June 29, 2017
"The failing New York Times writes false story after false story about me. They don't even call to verify the facts of a story. A Fake News Joke!"
-- Trump tweet, Wednesday
"Call your office, sir. The New York Times spoke to many, many, many members of your staff yesterday -- and ran everything by your team."
-- NYT reporter Glenn Thrush, in response -
June 28, 2017
"This will be great, if we get it done. And if we don't get it done, it's just going to be something that we're not going to like, and that's okay and I understand that very well."
-- Trump on Senate health care bill -
June 27, 2017
"With four months of looking at Russia under a magnifying glass, they have zero 'tapes' of Trump people colluding. There is no collusion and no obstruction. I should be given apology!"
-- Trump -
June 26, 2017
"I don't believe it... I don't buy it... What's wrong with being a skeptic?"
-- Energy Secretary Rick Perry on the conclusion that humans are largely responsible for global warming
"We are not familiar with any scientific institution with relevant subject matter expertise that has reached a different conclusion... Skepticism that fails to account for evidence is no virtue."
-- American Meteorological Society in a letter to Perry -
June 25, 2017
"Never has there been a president -- case of FDR, he had a major Depression to handle -- who has passed more legislation and who has done more things than what we've done."
-- Trump to his Cabinet -
June 23, 2017
"I did not make, and do not have, any such recordings."
-- Trump, in tweet
"At least that's behind us."
-- senior administration official
"With all of the recently reported electronic surveillance, intercepts, unmasking and illegal leaking of information, I have no idea whether there are 'tapes' or recordings of my conversations with James Comey."
-- Trump, in tweet
"FML."
-- senior administration official -
June 22, 2017
"The press covers it so unfairly...I could tell you stories. I could give you stats. I could go on all day. It's a catastrophe if we would have agreed. And they all say it's non-binding. Like hell it's non-binding. When we get sued by everybody because we thought it was non-binding, then you can tell me it was non-binding."
-- Trump on Paris Agreement -
June 21, 2017
"I have not sat down and asked him about the specific reaction. I'd be glad to touch base with him and get back to you."
-- WH press secretary Sean Spicer, asked if Trump accepts the conclusion by 16 intelligence agencies that Russia tried to interfere in the presidential election -
June 20, 2017
"The Panama Canal is doing quite well. I think we did a good job building, it. Right? Very good job."
-- Trump to President of Panama Juan Carlos Vareta