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1Apr 9, '23.@GavinNewsom on Gov. Ron DeSantis signing a permitless concealed carry bill into law at a nonpublic event in his office: He’s “scared to death.” @jrpsaki: “Who’s he scared of?” Ne57.9×3M15k3.5k214
2Mar 19, '23"Just two cents from someone who has worked in communications -- if you can’t explain it and people don’t understand it… it may not be the winning message you think it is." @jrpsak54.1×2.8M12k2.4k297
3Sep 11, '24.@MichaelSteele on Trump’s debate performance: “He looked small, he looked withered, he looked beaten, but most importantly, he looked pissed. And there's nothing worse than a piss44.4×2.3M60k12k2.6k
4Nov 12, '23.@jrpsaki: "Donald Trump would prosecute anyone he deems an enemy, unleash troops on protestors, and essentially unravel the rule of law as we know it... But sure, Joe Biden is thr41.4×2.1M8.4k2.7k215
5Oct 6, '24"He called. We had a conversation." @SecretaryPete confirms phone call with Elon Musk after fact-checking him online, saying: "I've been amazed at how a little kernel of some detai37×1.9M14k2.3k954
6Nov 10, '24.@Neal_Katyal on Trump’s call to end birthright citizenship: “The 14th Amendment is as clear as day that there is no way he can do that. If he tries that, he will lose in court eve35.8×1.9M11k2.6k448
7Mar 26, '23“The American experiment has survived for nearly two and a half centuries because we hold our leaders accountable -- and not just through elections, but under the law as well.” @jr33.9×1.8M10k2.6k120
8May 14, '23“No matter how hard they try to spin themselves as the party of family values…That’s hard to do with a straight face given that the defacto leader of their party has now been brand32.9×1.7M17k4.5k131
9Sep 1, '24.@timodc on why Harris has never met Trump: “Donald Trump didn’t show up to the peaceful transition of power… he was flying home to Mar-a-Lago and his emotional support cougars. An29.8×1.5M13k3.2k238
10Nov 5, '24.@Lawrence: “He’s not waiting until 2am on election night to claim victory like he did last time… it’s way less threatening, because you’re watching this old ghost go through the s25.7×1.3M7.5k1.1k283
11Apr 9, '23“The fight for justice is worth it...I believe several generations from now, we will look back at this moment as a turning point in the history for this country." @Justinjpearson o25.5×1.3M9.9k1.9k79
12Oct 13, '24.@neal_katyal: “There is a coming massive crisis that’s going to occur on November 5th… even if Kamala Harris wins the election, the Trump team is going to declare victory with JD 23.6×1.2M12k4.1k790
13Jul 30, '23.@jrpsaki: "Despite what Donald Trump says on the campaign trail... It's important to remember that he is not the victim here. The victims are the institutions, the people, and the22.6×1.2M6.8k1.7k61
14Apr 16, '23“It’s a bad look for this country that classified information could be shared by a 21-year-old kid... But you know what else is a bad look? When a 76 year old former president is s21.6×1.1M23k5.7k106
15Apr 9, '23.@jrpsaki: "What we saw from Republicans in Tennessee this week was fear-- fear that the outrage over gun violence might put some pressure on them to actually do something. Or at l21.4×1.1M15k3.2k82
16Oct 20, '24.@GavinNewsom on working with Trump during a natural disaster: “People need to understand this. We had to make calls. We had to grovel with him, who personally needed a call to do 21.2×1.1M25k6.3k374
17Oct 13, '24.@jamescarville: “I did not realize [Trump] was going to schedule a rally at Madison Square Garden to mimic the Nazi rally of 10 February 1939… They have promised military round-up20.8×1.1M11k4.4k724
18Nov 5, '24.@jonfavs: “[Harris] had to walk the highest, narrowest tight-rope, and you can count maybe on one hand how many times that she stumbled in the 107 days of this campaign. What she 20.2×1M19k2.8k470
19Apr 23, '23.@AOC: "When you look at what Tucker Carlson and some of these other folks on Fox do, it is very, very clearly incitement of violence."19.8×1M7.4k1.2k89
20May 7, '23"The people politicizing tragedy here are not the people calling for change," says @jrpsaki. "Refusing to support common sense gun reform measures because you fear losing your A ra19.6×1M6.4k2k38
21Nov 3, '24.@PeteButtigieg on new Iowa poll: “On one level it’s remarkable. And on another level, I could see it. Iowa’s full of folks who are not afraid to vote across party lines… and track17.9×928k15k2.4k240
22Sep 15, '24.@jrpsaki on Trump’s relationship with Laura Loomer: “Donald Trump is the conspiracy theorist in chief. Laura Loomer didn’t happen to just appear by his side, she is his kind of pe17×882k15k3.5k287
23Aug 20, '24Presidential historian @BeschlossDC on Joe Biden’s convention speech: “Those words, ‘America, America, I gave my best to you,’ I can recite them verbatim and will for years. This i15.9×826k30k5.8k582
24Sep 15, '24.@gtconway3d: “[Trump’s] people have lost control over him. And the only person who seems to have any control over him… is Laura Loomer. This is the ultimate implosion, and we’re w14.5×750k14k2.7k221
25Nov 12, '24.@jrpsaki: “Trump has not even been sworn into his second term yet, and there are already questions swirling about whether and why he is once again misleading the American public a13.8×718k8.8k2.9k346
26Aug 27, '24.@jrpsaki: "If you resort to attacking a candidate's dog, you're probably losing. And you deserve all the ridicule coming your way."13.5×702k21k4k336
27Jul 28, '24.@petebuttigieg: “If you’re talking about military tribunals for political opponents, you have no business talking about freedom. If you’re into banning books, you have no business13.1×680k11k2.8k318
28Mar 19, '23“From my 20 years in politics I learned one lesson: outrage alone doesn’t win elections. People who are informed and engaged are the engine of our democracy.” WATCH: @jrpsaki 's cl12.4×641k8.3k1.4k108
29Oct 8, '24“Let me give you a little insight into why traditional media is so upset about this… It's because their relevance relies on being the sole arbiters of asking the questions..." @jrp11.9×615k11k2k561
30Sep 15, '24.@JasmineforUS: “Springfield is going through hell... because the guy that says he wants to be commander in chief is bringing that hell to their footsteps.”11.5×599k20k4.7k224
31Apr 2, '23“Here's the bottom line: this is an example of our judicial system working like it should work, and how it works in democracies across the globe.” Watch @jrpsaki on the historic in11.3×584k12k2.5k125
32Sep 22, '24.@jrpsaki: "Trump wants attention on his words, but not their consequences. Because the consequences are a town like Springfield, Ohio getting torn apart, a Republican party repres10.8×559k14k4.1k210
33Aug 18, '24.@jrpsaki: “Every time he opens his mouth at these rallies and press conferences, he sounds kinda boring, and he looks small. Now, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have stolen the show… 10.8×559k17k3.7k190
34Feb 11, '24.@jrpsaki: "Donald Trump is not only saying he wouldn’t come to the defense of a NATO ally, he’s inviting Russia to attack them. I just cannot tell you how terrifying that is for o9.7×504k8.8k3.1k189
35Apr 9, '23“If you worry about crime and want law enforcement to be fully funded and supported--the only place you should be directing your outrage for not doing more is MAGA Republicans, and9.5×493k8.7k2.5k79
36Mar 17, '24The Trump campaign has urged people to consider the full context of his “bloodbath” comments… So we did:9.4×485k6.8k2.7k441
37Mar 31, '23.@jrpsaki tells @chrislhayes that the White House will "be very quiet for as long as they can" on the indictment of former President Trump. "They don't want to feed into the politi9.2×475k8.7k1.3k58
38Mar 20, '23When you spot the kiddos during a commercial break in your first show:9.1×472k9.6k30326
39Jun 9, '24.@mitchlandrieu: "Can we just stop on that fact... A guy that wants to be President of the United States first has to go sit down with his probation officer. That is just an astoun8.6×445k15k4.3k146
40Oct 15, '24.@jrpsaki: "With 22 days to go before November 5th, she ratcheted up the stakes to about an eleven. And she did that in a fairly remarkable way -- by using Donald Trump's own reckl8.3×433k8.7k2.4k299
41Sep 10, '24.@jrpsaki on today’s unhinged MAGA pet conspiracy theory: “Not only is this right wing conspiracy theory totally false and completely xenophobic, it's really not helping the percep8.0×414k5.3k1.4k106
42Nov 5, '24.@MichaelSteele on JD Vance calling Harris “trash” at PA rally: “I just want to know how you explain that to your kids. How do you tell your children that as an adult, elected lead8.0×414k8.6k1.8k139
43Oct 21, '24.@jrpsaki: “Would you believe it… they are once again spreading the exact same lie about Dominion Voting Systems. The point here is that truth matters. Dominion and its litigation 7.8×403k12k3.6k139
44Oct 6, '24.@jrpsaki: "Let's be very clear about what's happening here. Trump is trying to exploit the victims of a natural disaster to demonize migrants, even as officials on the ground – in7.4×382k13k4.3k185
45Sep 24, '24.@marceelias on Georgia’s new election rules: “I think it’s a BIG story that the very conservative Attorney General of Georgia… his office came out and said that these rules that a7.3×376k10k3.2k151
46Apr 30, '23“Fox News may have had a problem with Tucker himself, but his ideas, the conspiracies, the lies, his explicit white nationalist views...they endorsed all of that and continue to do7.2×371k9.3k2.3k57
47Aug 27, '23.@jrpsaki: “A former President of the United States wearing a mugshot like a badge of honor...and 6 out of 8 Republican challengers pledging to support him if, and likely when, he 7.0×365k6.8k1.7k52
48Aug 13, '24.@jrpsaki: "One of the biggest stories of this presidential election right now should be that one of the candidates is spewing unhinged conspiracy theories usually reserved for the6.9×358k6.6k1.5k151
49Aug 20, '24.@MichaelSteele on the crowd chanting “lock him up” during Hillary Clinton’s DNC speech: “It was probably the most rich, ironic moment in political history. You could see it in her6.8×354k11k1.7k228
50Mar 24, '24.@jrpsaki: "It's pretty clear to me that Elon Musk is supporting Trump..." @karaswisher: "Yes. 100%... He lied. That's pretty much what he does all the time. He's as subtle as a br6.8×352k6.5k1.7k139
51Aug 23, '24.@jacobsoboroff contrasts the RNC vs DNC: “Both conventions talked about neighbors and friends and family. The Republicans said we want to remove 11 million of them.”6.8×351k9.1k2.6k231
52Sep 1, '24.@mollyjongfast: “The Supreme Court took two abortion cases this season… and during the oral arguments, you heard Thomas and Alito talk about the Comstock Act and using it to ban t6.6×344k5.6k2.2k110
53Aug 27, '24.@jrpsaki on the debate over the debate: "This is about much more than just the microphones. It's really about something smart that the Harris campaign tapped into: the fact that t6.5×338k7.2k1.4k80
54Jul 7, '24"It doesn't matter what you call it, or what Trump says about it... because these plans are Donald Trump's plans, and no one should forget that." @jrpsaki on Trump's selective amne6.5×338k7.3k2.9k199
55May 28, '23.@jrpsaki: "So what did McCarthy and Republicans get out of holding the economy hostage? Less money for fighting COVID, less money for the IRS to go after wealthy tax cheats, and l6.5×336k5.2k1.4k44
56May 14, '23"If you're asking yourself right now, why these murky, confusing responses? The answer is-- abortion is a losing issue for Republicans. And they know it. Guess what? People don't l6.4×332k5.6k1.5k29
57Jun 12, '23. @jrpsaki: "If the last seven years have shown anything, there is always an excuse, there is always a conspiracy, there is always something unfair. It all begs the question -- and6.4×331k6.3k1.5k88
58Oct 29, '24.@jrpsaki: “They think they can win like this… they think they can close out this campaign on racism, on fear, and on hate. That is what last night told us. Hatred is the message… 6.3×325k10k3.4k193
59Oct 6, '24.@neal_katyal on why Jack Smith’s new filing on Trump is so important: “If they can’t admit 2020 was a loss for them, what makes you think 2024 is any different? That’s why this di6.2×324k9.5k2.9k145
60Sep 10, '24“Trump’s record against prosecutors is 0 and 34. And I suspect tomorrow is going to make it 0 and 35.” @Neal_Katyal on tomorrow’s Trump-Harris debate.6.0×313k8.1k1.4k80
61Feb 11, '24True: Biden is 81, Trump is 77 Also true: Trump is facing 91 criminal counts and attempted a coup @jrpsaki: “If we continue to focus on questions like who is the bigger gaffe machi5.8×300k6.3k1.6k84
62Oct 6, '24.@LavoraBarnes to Marcus Johnson: “We'd love to have you join us. We’d love to have you be a Michigan Democratic Party fellow." @MarcusJ_3194: “I'm not gonna lie, that’s the first 5.8×298k6.4k1k185
63Sep 15, '24.@gtconway3d on Trump’s failure to condemn bomb threats in Springfield: “Who refuses to say that they condemn a bomb threat? A sociopath... Somebody who has no care, no feeling for5.7×296k9.9k2.2k100
64Apr 23, '23“I believe that what we are seeing is a concerted rollback of civil liberties... Our right to privacy. Our right to bodily autonomy. Our right to marry whomever we wish to marry. A5.6×293k7.2k1.9k50
65Feb 4, '24.@neal_katyal: "I am officially at the freak out stage...I can't imagine a more compelling need for speed than the idea that U.S. citizens deserve to know before the election wheth5.6×289k7.5k2.2k115
66Jan 28, '24.@jrpsaki: "This judgement was decided by a jury, made up of nine ordinary citizens. Not George Soros. Not Joe Biden. Not Jack Smith. Nine ordinary people decided $83 million was t5.5×287k7.4k1.9k71
67Jan 21, '24.@jrpsaki: "If Trump is successful in tanking this deal, Democrats should not let voters forget. Trump's fearmongering about immigration will continue & voters will need to be 5.5×284k5.5k1.9k103
68Jul 9, '24.@jrpsaki: "Trump knows that he's proposing to do is deeply unpopular across the board. It's why he's refusing to put it in writing -- at least not in any detail. But that's the ir5.3×273k5.2k1.9k110
69Apr 9, '23“I mourned with her because she shouldn't have to be worried about her child going to school...and she shouldn’t live in a state where the only response that the legislature can pr5.2×267k7.7k1.5k39
70Apr 16, '23.@SenSanders tells @jrpsaki he backs calls for DOJ to investigate Justice Clarence Thomas: "The Supreme Court does not have to go along with the same type of ethics rules that memb4.9×256k7.2k1.6k14
71Nov 4, '24.@jrpsaki: “I’ve said it before, and I will keep saying it… Nobody knows how this will turn out. But I think it’s safe to say that one campaign seems to be closing this thing out s4.9×253k8.4k1.2k132
72Mar 26, '23"The notion that Jim Jordan who ignored a subpoena to testify in the January 6th investigation, would now have the temerity to inject himself into a state/local prosecution is the 4.8×250k5.7k1.5k38
73Oct 2, '24.@jrpsaki: “JD Vance is on television, basically saying he would help him with another fake electors plan. That may or may not be why he is the running mate currently. It probably 4.8×247k8.1k1.8k94
74Aug 18, '24.@jrpsaki: "Trump and his party don’t own patriotism… They don’t own what it means to be an American. And right now, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are reframing patriotism as somethin4.7×245k8.1k1.6k72
75Jun 9, '24.@aweissmann_ on Trump’s upcoming probation Zoom: “He’ll be asked about whether he is associating with criminals. And it is sort of remarkable… he’s going to have to discuss whethe4.7×245k5.2k1.6k69
76Aug 21, '24DJ Cassidy on how he approached the DNC: “One overarching goal was to turn the arena into a party, into a celebration. A celebration of our country, in all its diversity and glory,4.7×244k6.1k909290
77Sep 15, '24.@JasmineforUS: “The problem isn’t the people coming in. The problem is this guy and his people here that are doing the bomb threats throughout the country. Domestic terrorism is a4.7×242k9.9k2.4k133
78Mar 2, '25.@McFaul: “I want to remind everybody, Trump and Vance have done absolutely nothing for President Zelenskyy… They told him he has to give up his territory. They told him he can't j4.4×227k17k4.9k297
79Oct 20, '24.@GavinNewsom on Elon Musk: “Look, I've known Elon for over 20, 25 years, one of America's great entrepreneurs and innovators. But this is not the person I knew... With respect to 4.4×226k6.4k1.5k145
80Sep 15, '24.@jrpsaki: “When the question is, 'Do you denounce the bomb threats?’... the answer should be unambiguous. But of course Trump's wasn't … He sets fire to the building, continues po4.3×222k8.3k2.1k147
81Sep 11, '24.@jrpsaki: “Donald Trump offered no competing vision because Donald Trump has no vision. He does not even have, as he claimed, ‘concepts of a plan.’”4.3×222k9k1.7k118
82Aug 22, '24.@jrpsaki gets emotional after Governor Walz's speech: "Watching his kids react to him, as a mom, you know he's a good guy... it was also an incredibly powerful, joyful message to 4.2×217k7.7k1.1k179
83Feb 18, '24“What this decision paints on Trump is the truth that anyone who’s been watching closely has known for decades... That Donald Trump is a fraud. And that’s his entire story.” @jrpsa4.2×215k6.7k1.8k62
84May 19, '24Justice Alito in 2022: “Questioning our integrity crosses an important line.” @jrpsaki: “There lies the crisis. Justices like Alito have the gall to reprimand those who question th4.1×213k8.1k2.8k98
85Jan 28, '24"The last time I was in a courtroom where a judge said that to a jury, the former boss of the Genovese family had been convicted... It's remarkable that same admonition was said wi4.1×211k5.2k1.6k73
86Oct 6, '24.@jrpsaki: "I know Republicans like to say they're focused on the future. Well, all of this is about the future. What we saw on January 6th, what Jack Smith just vividly outlined, 3.9×201k7.1k2k86
87Aug 23, '24.@SymoneDSanders on Harris remarks: “Every single detail of her speech, of what she was wearing, of how she stood, of what she said, it was intentional to say, ‘I am here, elect me3.8×196k6.4k840103
88Apr 9, '23“I try not to be alarmist on this show, but every now and then there is good reason to be alarmed,” says @jrpsaki on abortion pill ruling. “If you thought the Dobbs decision was th3.7×189k6k1.8k33
89Aug 20, '25Just to be clear, Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier is not holding some kind of sit-in protest. She is literally locked in the State Capitol against her will.3.6×187k7k2.1k84
90Sep 17, '24On the same day reporting emerged about 28-year-old Amber Thurman dying after not receiving urgent care in Georgia, JD Vance called overturning Roe "a victory" during a speech in *3.5×182k7k2.5k127
91Apr 9, '24.@jrpsaki: “Let’s call this what it is. Your healthcare and that of your daughter, your granddaughter, your sister, your wife… It’s all political games for Trump. And last time he 3.4×178k6.3k1.9k72
92Jun 9, '24.@jrpsaki: "The truth is Trump couldn't really care less about preserving the values that the US has long stood for... His campaign is not about preserving our freedom, it's about 3.3×172k5.9k1.8k72
93Sep 29, '24.@EricHolder on Trump referring to Harris as “mentally impaired”: “I think it’s both projection on his part, but also an indication of again that cognitive decline, where he doesn’3.3×171k5.9k1.6k66
94Oct 20, '24.@jrpsaki: "In a campaign where every hour of every day matters, it's notable that one candidate is falling asleep at his events, rambling about Arnold Palmer's anatomy, and avoidi3.0×154k5.8k1.8k111
95Jul 28, '24.@PeteButtigieg: "I don't want to worry about sharks that often, or think about Hannibal Lecter too often, or any of the dark and twisted things that were shoved in our face all th2.9×148k6k1.4k85
96Sep 22, '24.@ReverendWarnock on Georgia’s new Trump-backed election rules: “The fact that they are doing this means that they know we’re winning. They know that the momentum is with Kamala Ha2.8×145k5.1k1.4k63
97Jun 11, '24.@GovernorShapiro to Trump: "Stop shit talking America. This is the greatest country on earth, and its time that we all start acting like it."2.6×136k5.7k1.4k62
98Oct 27, '24.@jrpsaki: “Of course you're anxious, I am too. We're just 8 years removed from a misogynistic racist defeating the first female nominee, and we're just 4 years removed from the vi2.6×134k5.5k1.1k101
99Apr 2, '23.@jrpsaki: "If you're sitting in the White House right now, you're making what I think is the right bet -- that the public cares a whole lot more about what the president is doing 2.4×126k5.1k98821
100Oct 22, '24.@adamschiff: “I’m not surprised that Liz Cheney is stepping up this way. She has demonstrated over the last several years that she has real spine… and what has been so tragic over2.1×109k6.7k1.3k49

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