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1Sep 22, '25Trump: "Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen. But with Tylenol, don't take it."223×17.8M21k1.6k8.1k
2Apr 30, '25This is going well218×17.4M28k3.3k7.3k
3Nov 4, '25Reporter: “The president posted on True Social that the voting underway in California is ‘rigged.’ What evidence does he have of that?” Leavitt: “There’s fraud in California’s elec208×16.6M44k4k4.2k
4Sep 22, '25Trump: “Hepatitis B is sexually transmitted. There's no reason to give a baby that's almost just born hepatitis B.”191×15.2M18k1.4k4.4k
5Jun 5, '25German Chancellor: "May I remind you that we are having June 6 tomorrow. This is the D-Day anniversary." Trump: "Not a pleasant day for you. That was not a great day." German Chanc137×10.9M212k19k15k
6Jun 12, '25Trump: "Russia fought with us in WWII and everybody hates them. And Germany and Japan, they're fine — some day somebody will explain that...Everybody hates Russia and they love Ger110×8.7M48k4.9k6.2k
7Apr 17, '25Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R): "We are all afraid…I am oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice because retaliation is real."107×8.5M15k3.5k1.9k
8Oct 1, '25Pope Leo XIV: “Someone who says I'm against abortion but I'm in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life”104×8.3M29k2.8k2.5k
9Nov 5, '25Trump: "All we want is voter ID. You go to a grocery store, you have to give ID. You go to a gas station, you give ID. But for voting they want no voter ID. It's only for one reaso101×8M75k9.1k1.8k
10Oct 16, '25Q: "You mentioned a $1,300 drug?" Trump: "Ya, I was referring to Ozempic, or the fat loss drug." Q: "Those are going to be $150 out of pocket?" Trump: "They'll be much lower." Dr. 93.7×7.5M43k3.3k3.5k
11Jul 9, '25Trump to the President of Liberia: "Such good English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?" English is the official language of Liberia...90.3×7.2M55k8.1k6.4k
12Sep 18, '25MacCallum: "Charlie said, 'There is no such thing as hate speech.'" Trump: "He might not be saying that now."80.9×6.5M35k3.1k7.4k
13Jul 1, '25Trump: "We have a lot of cases where ICE will go into a farm. These are guys working there for 10-15 years, no problem. The farmers know them. It's called farmer responsibility, or76.4×6.1M16k1.6k4.2k
14Sep 16, '25Welch: "Everyday FBI agents who are assigned in Washington don't get to fly home on a private jet." Patel: "Congress made it mandatory." Welch: "We didn't make it mandatory to go t65.6×5.2M39k1.9k3.2k
15Nov 5, '25Trump: "I want my cabinet to behave like [Xi Jinping's staff]. I'm demanding that....I've never seen men so scared in their lives...JD doesn't behave like that. JD butts into conve64.6×5.1M26k3k5.8k
16Mar 11, '25Reporter: "Have you ever paid a tariff? Because I have. They don't get charged on foreign companies. They get charged on the importers." Leavitt: "I think it's insulting that you'r62×4.9M45k5.8k2.5k
17Mar 27, '25Q: “In terms of the Signal chat controversy…is the DOJ involved at this point?” Bondi: “…We're not going to comment any further on that. If you want to talk about classified inform61.5×4.9M16k2.1k1.8k
18Aug 16, '25Trump: "I agreed to do your interview, I said I'll do it, but that was like two days ago." Hannity: "You're basically saying on national TV 'I regret saying yes to this interview'?58.5×4.7M19k1.4k2.9k
19Aug 25, '25South Korean President Lee Jae Myung: “I look forward to your meeting with the chairman Kim Jong-un and construction of a Trump Tower in North Korea and playing golf at that place.48.8×3.9M18k1.7k2.6k
20Jun 11, '25Reed: "You signed a contract with a company to reconfigure the [Qatari jet]. What is the price of that contract?” Hegseth: “That cannot be revealed.” Reed: “This is the Appropriati47×3.7M87k11k3.8k
21Oct 10, '25"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave th46.6×3.7M24k7.1k3.1k
22Sep 10, '25Rep. Moskowitz: "So you're telling me someone 22 years ago went back to the future and forged his signature when he was a Democrat, and somehow this person knew he would become a R43.4×3.5M62k9.6k3.8k
23Oct 1, '25Q: “How did the White House decide that it is appropriate for Jared Kushner to be working on matters that involve Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia—three countries that combined have gi40.7×3.2M40k8.9k4.4k
24Aug 18, '25Trump: “Democrats are calling me up and they’re saying, ‘Sir, I want to thank you. My wife and I went out to dinner last night for the first time in four years, and Washington, D.C36.9×2.9M26k3k816
25Sep 4, '25Sen. Bill Cassidy: "Do you agree with me that President Trump deserves a Nobel Prize for Operation Warp Speed?" RFK: "Absolutely." Sen. Bill Cassidy: "But you just told Sen. Bennet36.9×2.9M51k5.6k4.2k
26May 6, '25Trump: "I love Canada. I have a lot of respect for the Canadians...You happen to have a very, very good hockey player right here on the Capitals, he is a big tough cookie too, just32.3×2.6M24k2.6k1.2k
27Oct 7, '25Welch: "Is there a tape of Mr. Homan that has audio and video of the transfer of the $50,000?" Bondi: "I don't know the answer." Welch: "You do know the answer." Bondi: "Don't call31.2×2.5M16k1.9k1.3k
28Sep 14, '25Q: Should we fight Trump on deploying the National Guard to blue states? Fetterman: "No...I live in Navy Yard. I would walk to work. And I would see a lot of National Guard people.30.5×2.4M24k1.7k1.3k
29Mar 26, '25Q: "Had these messages been published, would the plans have moved forward? Would the launch still have taken off?" Leavitt: "…We are not going to be lectured about national securit29.1×2.3M15k1.5k1.5k
30Sep 3, '25Marjorie Taylor Greene: “Today [Trump] called it a hoax while these women were speaking out…It's not a hoax because Jeffrey Epstein is a convicted pedophile…One of the Trump admin 28×2.2M50k5.8k2.9k
31Oct 29, '25Vance: "If you can actually cause suffering to an innocent animal, you're probably the kind of person who doesn't worry about suffering in people… If you mistreat dogs, that's a 1027.2×2.2M25k2.6k980
32Aug 15, '25Trump: "If it's bad, if it's something I don't see a future in — I'm gone, I'll leave. I don't have to do a press conference, I'll just say 'Not going to be a deal, I'm out of here26.5×2.1M24k3.6k965
33Mar 6, '25Sen. Murphy: “Billionaires don't need public schools…If every public school disappears in this country, they will still be able to get their kids an education…Billionaires don't ne23×1.8M72k14k2k
34Oct 1, '25Stephanopoulos: “The Democratic proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage, or paying higher health care pre21.4×1.7M27k7.2k2.2k
35Oct 6, '25Q: "Do Democrats not have reason to be concerned that there are long term plans by this administration to keep the U.S. military or National Guard in American cities?" Leavitt: "Yo21.3×1.7M15k1.9k983
36Aug 7, '25"Dude's wife died of cancer last month. And you're firing him because he did his job? You're firing him without eligibility for retirement benefits? And you think that you're the o21.1×1.7M17k5.8k795
37Apr 9, '25Leavitt April 8, 2025: Trump is not considering an extension or delay on tariffs. Leavitt April 9, 2025: Trump is putting a 90-day pause on the reciprocal tariffs.20.8×1.7M35k6k2.8k
38Apr 24, '25Reporter: “[China is] saying it's fake news that trade talks are happening.” Trump: “Well, they had a meeting this morning.” Reporter: “Who's they?” Trump: “I can't tell you. It do20.7×1.6M21k3k1.3k
39Mar 28, '25Baier: "You posted that [Mark Kelly] was a traitor. Why do that?" Musk: "I think somebody should care about the interests of the United States above the interests of another countr17.2×1.4M13k1.1k885
40Oct 5, '25Gallego: "Hegseth is trying to compensate for something." Tapper: "What do you think he's trying to compensate for?" Gallego: "The fact that he doesn't know what he's doing. He kno16.9×1.3M31k5.1k779
41Jun 10, '25Raju: “You guys are condemning the violent protestors in LA. Is it hypocritical given the president pardoned the violent protestors on Jan. 6?” Speaker Johnson: “No, I think there’16.8×1.3M15k2.2k941
42Oct 5, '25Doocy: "So the Democratic position is that illegal immigrants should not have any access to taxpayer-funded health insurance?" Sen. Mark Kelly: "Federal law is that undocumented in16.7×1.3M17k2.7k670
43Sep 11, '25Sen. Graham: “This legislation, if passed, would designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism under U.S. law until they return the children. If you want to vote no, we will mak15.2×1.2M13k1.9k559
44May 11, '25Bash: "The costs of tariffs are paid by American consumers." Lutnick: "I disagree with that." Bash: "Well, okay, most economists disagree with you on that and we have seen it passe14.8×1.2M21k3.3k484
45Jun 12, '25Sen. Murphy: “They say that he didn’t identify who he was. Watch the video, he clearly states, ‘I am Senator Alex Padilla.’ They’re going to spin this, but I’m begging my Republica14.4×1.1M56k12k1.4k
46Sep 10, '25Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Ashli Babbitt was a traitor. She was a traitor to this country. She was part of a violent mob that tried to overthrow our democracy...She didn't die protecting14.1×1.1M41k6.8k915
47Apr 17, '25Reporter: “Americans are seeing prices rise, they’re seeing it on their bills. How long can they expect that pain to last?” Trump: *calls the reporter “fake” and says prices haven’13.9×1.1M15k2.4k1k
48Jun 12, '25Sherrill: "Qualified generals keep turning positions down...When will we receive your nomination for the next Chief of Naval Operations?" Hegseth: "With all due respect, I would su13.6×1.1M22k3.3k827
49Jul 7, '25Leavitt: “As for the takeover of Gaza, I don't believe the President ever said that.” Trump in February: “The U.S. will takeover the Gaza Strip.”12.6×1M44k12k2.4k
50Oct 26, '25Sen. Rand Paul on the government shutdown: "If you put Senator Kaine and I in a room, I think we could figure something out...I suggest President Trump come forward, name three Rep12.6×1M14k2.1k257
51Mar 2, '25Q: Do you regret voting to confirm Marco Rubio as Secretary of State? Sen. Chris Murphy: "It was a mistake. I think a lot of us thought that Marco Rubio was going to stand up to Do12.3×981k21k3.9k370
52Sep 16, '25Durbin questions Kash Patel about the termination of Chris Meyer and Walter Garidina: “It appears that you terminated these two agents. Why?” Patel: “I’m not going to get into pers11.9×945k23k3.7k869
53Sep 4, '25RFK: "Diabetes has gone up 98% in 20 years. Nobody is doing anything about it. CDC's job was to make sure this didn't happen." Under RFK's watch, the NIH cancelled funding for an o11.8×942k27k5.2k718
54Feb 26, '25Rep. Lynch: “We have a president saying that Ukraine started the war…Was there one Republican in the room that raised their hand and said, ‘No, Mr. President. That is a lie. That i11.1×885k37k7.6k629
55Jun 12, '25Rep. Palmer: “You're in violation of federal law.” Gov. Hochul: “That's 100% false.” Palmer: “Charges, for obstruction, should be brought against each one of you…” AOC: “Raising th10.5×839k15k1.2k923
56Jun 16, '25Trump: "We all know the Prime Minister of the UK and we just signed a document...So we have our trade agreement with the European Union." The UK is not a member of the European Uni10.5×835k18k3.5k874
57Apr 3, '25.@Timodc on Laura Loomer: “She's a crazy person…She is in the White House talking to the president, saying you should fire people who are in charge of national security…National se10.0×795k16k4.3k573
58Oct 12, '25Trump: "Literally, you walk over from Iran to Qatar. You can walk it in one second. You go, boom, boom, and now you're in Qatar." Qatar and Iran do not share a land border.10.0×794k15k3k716
59Oct 10, '25George was just trying to get to work. ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young9.9×791k17k5.6k1.3k
60Sep 10, '25Rep. Swalwell: "I don't understand the logic here?...To own the libs you now have license to leave sexual assault victims unprotected?...You would let the most notorious sex traffi9.8×782k26k4.8k949
61Jun 12, '25Rep. Pat Ryan: "Mr. Secretary, I don't say this lightly but I have to say this on the record: I think your tenure as Secretary of Defense has been shameful and weak and you should 9.6×765k48k8k986
62Mar 17, '25Trump, after being asked about his use of autopen as president: “I don't want to talk to NBC anymore. I think you're so discredited.”9.6×763k18k2.7k1k
63Aug 18, '25Italian PM Giorgia Meloni: "We are on the side of Ukraine and we absolutely support your efforts towards peace. We will talk about many important topics, the first being security g9.5×759k15k2.4k293
64Oct 30, '25Sen. Slotkin: “I believe Trump is reshaping the country to hold on to power. Trump is following the same playbook as almost every authoritarian in history. The playbook is first, g9.1×726k13k3.8k985
65Oct 1, '25Rep. Lieu: “Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth were expecting rousing applause and standing ovations from our nation's generals, and they were met with silence…The generals knew that wh9.1×722k27k4.8k535
66Jan 1, '23"The biggest reason they cannot break with the fetid mess of late-stage Trumpism is that Republicans cannot hold Trump accountable without holding themselves accountable, as well."9.0×717k16k3.7k148
67Apr 15, '25Trump: “We won that decision 9-0 in the Supreme Court and if you listen to the news, you wouldn't know that.” Trump lost the case with all nine SCOTUS justices ruling against him.8.8×701k21k4.7k562
68Oct 7, '25Durbin: "You pushed the FBI to review approximately 100,000 Epstein-related records...to flag any documents that mention President Trump...Who gave the order to flag any records wh8.8×698k18k4.4k1.1k
69Oct 19, '25Q: "Trump authorized military strikes...in the Caribbean. 20 people have been killed in six different strikes. Do you believe these strikes are legal?" Sen. Rand Paul:" "No...These8.3×664k27k6.4k799
70Nov 12, '25McGovern: “The bottom line is every single Republican will go on record and you will have to make clear whether you're on the side of a pedophile or whether you're on the side of t8.2×653k66k9.3k1.5k
71Jun 12, '25Sen. Schatz: “This is the stuff of dictatorships…I have never ever, other than Jan. 6, been so outraged at the conduct of an administration.”7.6×606k36k6.8k1.2k
72Sep 10, '25Goldman: "Trump is in the Epstein files. So now all of a sudden the Republicans who were so aggressively intent on releasing the Epstein files are quiet...Oversight is running away7.4×589k27k6.2k1k
73Jun 15, '25Mike Pence: "As Vladimir Putin continues his brutal and unprovoked invasion in Ukraine using drones provided by Iran, I would say respectfully to the administration, we ought to be7.0×556k15k2.7k249
74Jun 24, '25Rep. Ruiz: "Did you read the report and fact check its sources?" Kennedy: "I did not fact check." Rep. Ruiz: " Why did the report include citations to sources that don't even exist6.8×546k16k3.5k394
75Sep 18, '25Rep. Greg Caser: " If Watergate happened today, would our biggest news outlets be allowed to run the story? Or would a billionaire owner decide that crossing the administration jus6.7×531k42k5.1k900
76May 20, '25Sen. Rosen to Rubio: "I'm not even mad anymore about your complicity in this administration's destruction of U.S. global leadership. I'm simply disappointed. I wonder if you're pro6.5×520k16k3.8k479
77Jun 12, '25Rep. Vindman: "I spoke to the mother of one F-18 pilot who flew the Mar. 15 mission over the Red Sea in Yemen that you discussed over Signal...She believes that you need to resign.6.1×488k14k2.4k291
78Oct 23, '25Gov. Pritzker: "They literally did a military attack on a building with a Black Hawk helicopter...You don't arrest an entire building, detain everybody, zip tie children, hold elde6.1×487k20k4.4k498
79Jun 11, '25Coons: "How many new Russian entities have you designated under your sanctions authority?" Bessent: "I will get back to you." Coons: "The answer is zero. How many entities have you5.8×460k15k4.4k472
80Feb 28, '25This was DISGUSTING!5.6×445k14k2.4k542
81Jun 12, '25Moulton: "You texted the launch time for F-18s going into combat over enemy territory facing anti-aircraft missiles on an unclassified Signal chat...Was it classified?" Hegseth: "W5.4×432k14k1.9k536
82May 18, '25Pence: "Individuals who broke into the Capitol, who assaulted police officers...should have been prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law...The heroes on January 6 were all wear5.2×416k20k3.8k433
83Oct 12, '25Rep. Jim Himes on Trump blowing up boats in the Caribbean: "The White House has not shared what they believe their legal justification is. They did put out a memo. I will tell you 4.8×383k16k4.2k429
84Sep 21, '25Sen. Tim Kaine: "Brian Kilmeade 10 days ago suggested that homeless, mentally ill people should be lethally injected. He apologized...He didn't get pulled off the air."4.7×378k17k3.3k309
85Sep 30, '25Trump: “Fake news CNN, oh, their camera just went off. You know, their camera, every time I mention them, they turn their camera off.” CNN did not turn its camera off.4.0×316k19k1.8k397
86Jun 7, '25Almost by definition, stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment. Either that characterization is wrong - or we are no longer a stabl3.9×315k13k4.3k530
87Apr 22, '25Q: "When you were a Navy pilot, what would have happened to you if you had shared a battle plan with a family member?" Sen. Mark Kelly: "I would have gotten fired. I would probably3.9×310k20k4.7k222
88Sep 21, '25Sen. Murphy: "Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, literally accepted a bag of cash—$50,000—and the investigation was dropped when Trump became president. There are two standards of jus3.5×280k14k4.2k290
89Aug 19, '25Boston Mayor Michelle Wu: “Under the Trump administration, groceries are less affordable, housing is harder to build, cures for cancer are farther away, and good news on our econom3.5×279k17k3.9k260
90Oct 3, '25Sen. Andy Kim: "What Donald Trump is clearly showing is that we do not have three functioning branches of government — we have one branch trying to dominate the other two, and we s3.2×256k14k2.8k305
91Oct 22, '24"Prepare yourself for this ugly reality: Every Republican in elected office will be expected to go out and lie again if Trump loses on November 5. And they will do it, even if it c2.9×235k10k4k214
93Oct 8, '25Gov. Wes Moore: "Trump yesterday threatened to withhold back pay for our federal workers. I want to be clear, those comments are reckless, those comments are irresponsible, and imp2.9×230k14k3k218
94Oct 6, '25Pritzker: “The Trump administration is following a playbook: Cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem that peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear 2.9×230k13k4.1k398
95Sep 18, '25Van Hollen: "We shouldn't have to be here today. The First Amendment is crystal clear — the government may not use its power to squash political dissent. But that is what President2.9×228k16k4.4k327
96Oct 12, '25Gov. Pritzker on Trump's threat to jail him: "I am not afraid. Do I think he could do it? He might. As I've said before, come and get me....I will stand up for the law and the cons2.8×223k14k2.1k140
97Jun 12, '25Sen. Merkley: “I'm extremely outraged that the executive branch's security team have shoved a U.S. Senator out of a room…and handcuffed that Senator. This is what we expect to see 2.5×203k16k4.7k280
98Oct 19, '25Gov. Pritzker: "The president lies consistently, and he's got a lot of people around him who are sycophants, including JD Vance, who lie on his behalf...It's propaganda."2.5×197k14k2.8k158
99Oct 10, '19LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH1.8×018k6.7k208
100Jul 2, '20The problem for Trump is that his presidency has no point. It is as devoid of purpose as his days are of work. He doesn’t want to make America great. He wants America to make him f1.0×012k3.3k139
101Sep 30Atlanta! We're coming to you for a live show on October 20th at The Eastern. @BillKristol, @EggerDC, and Lt. Gen. @MarkHertling will be joining @SarahLongwell25, @samstein, @JVLast0.2×17k1851

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