"The first time I ever met this guy he walked up to me and Kristi Noem was at the podium. We were just elected so we were going through orientation. And he walked up to me and said, 'Man, she's a fine b*tch!'"
-- Sen. Markwayne Mullin on Matt Gaetz, adding that Gaetz later apologized to him

"We either get this government back on our side, or we defund and get rid of, abolish, the FBI, CDC, ATF, DOJ -- every last one of them if they do not come to heel."
-- Rep. Matt Gaetz, March 2023

"Are you sh**in' me, that you just asked that question? No! But hell, you'll print that and now I'm going to be investigated."
-- Idaho GOP Rep. Mike Simpson, asked if Gaetz has the necessary experience and character to be attorney general

"Fortunately, I won't be around to experience the four years."
-- Dick Van Dyke, 98, asked if Trump is actually capable of "making America great again"

"He's a super-genius, and we have to protect our geniuses, we don't have that many of them."
-- Trump on Elon Musk

"This is the most obvious example of the quality of the information that is now published, sometimes even in fairly respected publications. This is completely untrue. This is pure fiction, this is simply false information."
-- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, on WaPo report that Trump talked with Putin on the phone recently and urged him not to escalate the war in Ukraine

"AOC is going to be there tying herself to immigrants. It's going to be hysterical, but sometimes Dad has to do the tough thing."
-- Fox host Jesse Watters on Trump mass deportation plan

"Let me just say this to big Tish James: I dare you to try to continue your lawfare against President Trump in his second term. Because, listen here, sweetheart: We're not messing around this time, and we will put your fat ass in prison for conspiracy against rights, and I promise you that."
-- Trump lawyer Mike Davis, to NY Attorney General Letitia James

"They definitely need therapy and maybe also the death penalty."
-- Fox co-host Dana Perino, on prosecutors in Trump criminal cases

"In Western Europe, many see America's presidential election this year not as a battle between left and right, liberal and conservative, high and low taxes, but something more like a soccer game between a midranking team and a herd of stampeding buffalo. Sure, the buffalo might win -- but not by playing soccer."
-- Helen Lewis

"Look what happened. Is this crazy?"
-- Trump, on his election victory

"Is there truth to the rumor that you're going to take over at the Department of Homeland Security?"
-- Steve Bannon interviewing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene