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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.

  • February 03, 2017

    "I bet it's brand new information to people that President Obama had a six-month ban on the Iraqi refugee program after two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized, and they were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green massacre."
    -- Kellyanne Conway, referring to an event that did not occur

  • February 01, 2017

    "Today I am keeping another promise to the American people by nominating Judge Neil Gorsuch of the United States Supreme Court to be of the United States Supreme Court."
    -- Trump announcement

  • February 01, 2017

    "One of my proudest moments was when I told Obama, 'You will not fill this Supreme Court vacancy.'"
    -- Sen. Mitch McConnell, 2016

    "Apparently there's a new standard now, which is to not confirm a Supreme Court nominee at all. I think that's something the American people simply will not tolerate."
    -- McConnell, 2017

  • January 31, 2017

    "If you are part of Team Trump, you walk around with these gaping, seeping wounds every single day."
    -- Kellyanne Conway on being criticized by the press

  • January 31, 2017

    "At present, I am not convinced that...the Executive Order is lawful.... The Department of Justice will not present arguments in defense of the Executive Order, unless and until I become convinced that it is appropriate to do so."
    -- acting attorney general Sally Yates in a memo on Monday

    "[She] has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States."
    -- White House statement on her being fired that night

  • January 30, 2017

    "It's working out very nicely."
    -- Trump on his executive order barring refugees and travelers

  • January 29, 2017

    "Fake news!"
    -- Trump on the New York Times

  • January 28, 2017

    "Anger? There's plenty of anger right now. How can you have more?...The world is as angry as it gets....The world is a total mess."
    -- Trump, asked if suspending immigration from some Muslim countries will cause more anger among Muslims around the world

  • January 27, 2017

    "The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while...The media has zero integrity, zero intelligence, and no hard work."
    -- chief White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon

  • January 26, 2017

    "There are millions of [illegal] votes, in my opinion."
    -- Trump, citing a Pew study

    "As I've noted before, voting integrity better in this election than ever before. Zero evidence of fraud."
    -- Pew study author David Becker, tweeting in response

    "He's groveling again...I will say this: Of those [illegal] votes cast, none of them come to me...They would all be for the other side...We have a lot to look into."
    -- Trump in response

    "All available evidence suggests that the 2016 general election was not tainted by fraud or mistake."
    -- Trump's attorneys, in December, arguing against recount efforts