Barack Obama

And because you did it the first time you ever voted, you’re like, ‘Yeah, we can change the world. Why not?’ We did it the first time. Let’s just do it again.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said this in an Instagram video addressing young voters after the Democrats’ midterm victories.

“Our task now is to roll up our sleeves, make changes wherever we have the power to do so, prevent further damage, and lay the foundation for the future.”— Barack Obama urged Democrats, after their victory in the congressional elections, to make use of the remaining time in the Trump administration.

“While this administration has another two years in office, our job now is to roll up our sleeves, make changes wherever we have the power to do so, prevent further damage, and lay the groundwork for the future.”— Barack Obama, in a social media post after the midterm elections.

“After two years of chaos and cruelty and corruption and incompetence, the likes of which we have not seen in the modern era, you get a chance to say, 'enough is enough'.”— Former US President Barack Obama, speaking at a campaign rally in Cleveland, Ohio, while criticising the Trump administration.

“He’s clearly not focused on lowering prices for you.”— Barack Obama said this at a campaign rally in Cleveland while criticizing Donald Trump’s renovation projects.

“They want an America that is too small for some of us. We know that America is big enough for all of us.”— Abdul El-Sayed said this in his victory speech as the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan.

“The left uses the $4 billion payment that everybody knows about ... as a signal of unfairness, and we can’t allow that to happen.”— U.S. President Donald Trump said this in a phone interview with “Fox & Friends” while discussing the planned end of U.S. military aid to Israel.

“We are not going to fix the system that's broken, we're not going to unrig our economy, so long as we've got a culture where anything goes, where people in the highest offices of the land think it's OK to lie and cheat and bully, if we continue to have a culture where money is deemed the only measure of our worth.”— Barack Obama said this at a campaign rally in Morrow, Georgia, criticizing the political choices and culture under President Donald Trump.

“You remember that old thing about ‘drain the swamp’? The only thing that got drained was the Reflecting Pool in the National Mall after some no-bid contract got it all messed up.”— Barack Obama at a campaign rally in Cleveland, Ohio, criticizing the Trump administration.

“When you see us standing with Hasan Piker and repeated hate, it’s not acceptable.”— Haley Stevens said this to reporters in Detroit on Sunday while explaining her support for Mike Rogers.

the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies.

— Ilhan Omar described the raid on her Minnesota home as 'the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies'.