Louisiana Voice

“I voted for Trump last time, and I’ve regretted it every day.”

—Iowa voter John Berg, in Sioux City, Jan. 7, 2020.

“Patriotism means to stand with the country.  It does not mean to stand with the President.”

—Theodore Roosevelt

“He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”

—Donald Trump, who avoided capture during the Vietnam War by getting five draft deferments (one for bone spurs on his heel), speaking about Sen. John McCain at a Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, on July 17, 2015.

“Well, we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.”

—Second son Eric Trump, 2014 conversation with golf writer James Dodson.

“Do you think Putin will be going to the Miss Universe Pagent (sic) in November in Moscow—if so, will he become my best friend?

—Donald Trump tweet, 8:17 a.m. on June 18, 2013.