Purge

“You led the worst-run administration under the worst president in history. Enjoy your place in history.”— Writer and activist Charlotte Clymer posted this in reply to Susie Wiles’ goodbye message on X.

I don’t care.

— Pete Hegseth reportedly told Joe Kasper, his chief of staff, after he handed him a card listing reasons to keep Donahue.

It would be a betrayal of the Hungarian nation if we did not touch this constitution.

— Péter Magyar told Parliament ahead of the vote on the constitutional amendment.

Communists are part and parcel of the African National Congress. But in the election campaign, which we are now getting into uncharted waters, you can't serve two bosses. You can't stand for the Communist Party and stand for the ANC. You must make a choice.

— Fikile Mbalula, ANC Secretary-General, at a press conference at Luthuli House, Johannesburg, 23 April 2026

We are so proud to work at the directive of Donald Trump.

— Pam Bondi, addressing staff upon taking office as attorney general

For Xi, there’s nothing more important than strengthening party discipline and ensuring it does not go the same way as the Soviet Communist party, which in his view was rendered ineffective by corruption.

— Neil Thomas, a fellow on Chinese politics at the Asia Society thinktank, explained the significance of party discipline in China’s leadership.

These claims are absolutely absurd and completely false.

— A spokesperson for Gates said in an emailed statement to WIRED.