Louisiana Voice

“[I]f you are a young African-American, an immigrant, you can go anywhere in this state, you just need to be conservative not liberal.”

—Lindsey Graham, when asked about racial violence by police. [This is the same Lindsey Graham who in 2016 described Donald Trump as a “race-baiting xenophobic bigot.”

“Let’s get real: If Trump already had a new negative COVID test we would have heard about it. And if the date of his last negative COVID test helped Trump, by making clear he had not endangered people, we would have heard that too.”

—Tweet by Andrew Weissman.

“Denying a vote on Merrick Garland for almost a full year while rushing in a nominee closer to a presidential election than ever before in American history would qualify as what if not ‘court packing’?”

—Tweet by Ronald Brownstein.

Blocking aid to millions of Americans who need it will not change the fact that under Republican control the deficit has hit historic high, along with the debt. Tax giveaway to the 1% was fine with Republican Senators, helping people avoid eviction not so much.

—Tweet by Claire McCaskill.

“They left the strategic national stockpile empty. They left an empty and hollow plan.”

—Mike Pence, in Wednesday night’s debate, claiming that Obama left Trump unable to contend with the coronavirus pandemic. [First, the coronavirus pandemic emerged in the past year, so if the Strategic National Stockpile was truly empty, some responsibility should rest with Trump, says The Washington Post fact-checking team.]

“I am not going to do a virtual debate. I am not going to waste my time on a virtual debate.”

—Donald Trump, on Fox Business Thursday. [Finally, some welcome news from the Tangerine Toddler who in four years, has never uttered a positive word Americans could embrace as the unvarnished truth. We can only hope and pray he doesn’t change his mind.]

“Just say ‘Could you put on a mask? I might still be contagious.’”

—Tweet by Kumail Nanjiani, in response to those who become confrontational when asked to wear a mask. [Yeah, just watch how quickly they become believers then.]