Voting

To insinuate that somehow, because of my Muslim faith, as somebody who might be the first senator who has that faith, that I would have anything but allegiance to the Constitution, that should be called into question.

— Abdul El-Sayed, during an MSNOW interview addressing questions about alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood

I hope that France, a beautiful country with wonderful people, will stop this madness before more of its landmarks burn.

— JD Vance, in a post on X about protests in France against rising living costs; he linked left-wing politicians and urged France to stop the madness before more of its landmarks burn.

we join together to say No Kings. Not now, not ever. With an election less than three weeks away, we reaffirm the vision of our founders that we do not need to be ruled by a despot. VOTE EARLY and make sure your voice is heard.

— Senator Adam Schiff, California Democrat, wrote on X.

A right our people bled for cannot be taken away by a screen design.

— Fikile Mbalula, speaking after the Constitutional Court ruling on candidate inclusion; he argued that a right his people bled for cannot be taken away by a screen design.

No, I want them in prison — several of them.

— Michael Russo, a 51-year-old Texas voter not affiliated with either party, describing the state of the country under Republican control.

Water, electricity, also the houses that we live [in], is not in a good condition

— Mihle Mthetho, a resident of the nearby Covid informal settlement in Mfuleni (which sprung up during the pandemic), said she was unhappy and would not be voting, during Ramaphosa's door-to-door campaign in Cape Town.