The second week of October 2022 was dominated by the events that took place on Jan. 6, 2021, with an explosive final hearing featuring never-before-seen footage of senior politicians hunkering down in their secure location. Elsewhere, Tulsi Gabbard finally had enough of the Democrats after a long, drawn-out divorce — and The Rock isn’t ready to be president … yet. Here are the quotes of the week.
“When you see our kids, and I truly believe that they are our children, they are the children of our country, of our communities, I mean, our future is really bright if we prioritize them, and therefore prioritize the climate crisis.”
“Certainly not a trustworthy ally. There might be some aspects of our relationship that are positive for both sides, but I think we’ve reached the end of our rope.”
“I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness.”
“We really are looking for a federal response to this, to take ownership of a crisis, and we’ll be there to help, but this belongs to the federal government.”
“It was criminal campaign malpractice to put him in a 30-minute interview with a national network and put him in that position. It looked bad. Is it going to turn the election? No. But it was a self-inflicted wound by the campaign.”
- Dave Carney, a veteran Republican strategist, says John Fetterman should never have conducted a national interview after revealing how much he continues to struggle post-stroke.
“We had nothing to do with this [debate] getting canceled. This was completely PBS. It’s outrageous that we’re watching the decimation of a two-decade tradition … a coward named Katie Hobbs is behind it.”
“In what world are you canceled? I think the word is the wrong word. I think the word should be accountability.”
“The White House had more than enough warning towards stopping any plan for an ellipse rally and certainly for stopping a march to the Capitol.”
“This idea and the question continues to pop up on whether or not I would run for president and would I seriously consider it, and I have seriously considered it. … But the No. 1 job and my No. 1 title that I love right now is daddy.”
- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson addresses ideas of a possible presidential run.
“I’m going to call the effing secretary of DoD.”
“We have got to finish the proceedings, or else they will have a complete victory.”
- Speaker Nancy Pelosi is captured on film obtained by the Jan. 6 committee on how to respond to the riot.
“It’s just horrendous. And it’s all at the instigation of the president.”
- Pelosi is filmed talking with former Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on the phone asking for him to send in the state’s National Guard.
“If he comes, I’m going to punch him out. I’ve been waiting for this. For trespassing on the Capitol grounds, I’m going to punch him out. And I’m going to go to jail, and I’m going to be happy.”
- Pelosi suggests to aides on Jan. 6 that if Trump headed to the Capitol, she’d take matters into her own hands.
“The resolution is agreed to.”
- Members of the Jan. 6 committee vote to subpoena Trump.
“I don’t think it’s a big deal. … We don’t look at color. … I think the minute you guys stop making a big deal about it, everybody else will as well.”
“Maybe she’s bad at small talk! Maybe it’s her!”
“How is it controversial to define what a woman is? It is the height of hypocrisy for those who claim to be feminists, who claim to be champions for women over decades … to deny that there is such a thing as a woman.”
- Former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard can’t see why the Democratic Party can’t support women.
“If you have something like capital punishment available in a case like that, it has got to be administered. That just shows how the community views the severity of the offense. And I think it was 100% appropriate punishment.”
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urges the death penalty be applied to Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz. Cruz was sentenced to life without parole.
