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Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Monday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that Republican-led state legislatures advancing election reform laws were pointing daggers at the “heart of democracy.”

Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) said Sunday ABC’s “This Week” that former President Trump was “definitely the leader” of the Republican Party.

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that he was willing to do a Democrat-backed infrastructure package with the reconciliation process, which only requires a simple majority to pass it in the Senate.

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace had a contentious interview with Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” over a vote against the Democrats emergency coronavirus relief bill that included police funds.

Kennebec County, Maine, Republicans joined their colleagues from Aroostook and Piscataquis Counties in censuring Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) for her vote to convict former President Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial in February.

Former Vice President Mike Pence invoked former President Trump’s America First agenda and warned on Thursday the Democrat Party’s agenda is “so radical that it is taking us ‘beyond’ the designs of liberalism,” adding that the Republican Party stands as the “last line of defense for our Constitution and our American heritage of freedom.

Representative John Garamendi (D-CA) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Ayman Mohyeldin Reports” that if Republican lawmakers do not support the Democrats voting legislation, they will be branded as the Jim Crow party of this century.

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo said Wednesday on his show “Cuomo Prime Time” that Republicans, which he referred to as “the party of Trump,” would be going crazy if a black guy treated the police the way White guys did at the Capitol on January 6.

During a portion of an interview with theGrio released on Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that Republicans are blocking federal election legislation “Because they can’t win any other way. They can’t win any other way. So, they have

Vanderbilt University professor Michael Eric Dyson said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that he was tired of the social criticisms towards women, transgender individuals and black folks from “mediocre white men” who he called “maggots.”

Activist Rev. Mark Thompson said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that Senate Republicans using the filibuster to stop debate in the Senate is “apartheid.”

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) endorsed Derrick Van Orden for Congress in Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District to unseat the sitting Democrat Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI).

New York Times writer and “1619 Project” creator Nikole Hannah-Jones said Sunday on MSNBC’s “Velshi” that parents’ concerns over Critical Race Theory were a “Republican strategy” to suppress “the racist past of this country.”

CNN anchor Brian Stelter said Sunday on his show “Reliable Sources” that the news media is nationalizing outrage to the point that it is “almost paragraphic.”

Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he was “dismayed’ that some on the right are disrespecting FBI by believing that the January 6 Capitol attack was a “false flag operation” by the FBI.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Republican legislatures and governors were trying “to deny people of color, young people, poor people the right to vote.”

On his Thursday broadcast, CNN anchor Don Lemon said that Republicans were “trying to whitewash racism” by blocking school kids from being taught about the history of racism.

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) advised Republicans on Wednesday to end communications with left-wing and partisan Democrat news media.

Tuesday on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront,” Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) called out the 21 Republican House members who voted against legislation to award Congressional Gold Medals to Capitol police officers who responded to the riots on January 6.

Looking to win back the House in the midterms elections, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) announced their third straight record-breaking fundraising month. 

Failed Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said Monday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that Republican state lawmakers forwarding voting legislation is a continuation of the January 6 Capitol riot “insurrection.”

ABC legal analyst Sunny Hostin told her co-hosts Monday on ABC’s “The View” that Republicans trying to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for her tweet was the “height of hypocrisy.”

Former White House senior adviser on the COVID-19 response Andy Slavitt said Monday on ABC’s “The View” that Republicans “ought to be careful about trying to take down” National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci.

McAllen, TX mayor-elect Javier Villalobos said Friday Fox News Channel’s “Your World” that Latino voters were “opening up their eyes” to Republican leadership after voting for Democrats for a long time.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Republicans in the Senate blocked a bipartisan investigation into the Capitol riots because they were “afraid of the truth.”

Former Clinton adviser James Carville said Thursday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was wrong to say that Democrats attempting to compromise with Republicans was “playing patty-cake.”

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead” that the GOP had become a “right-wing extremist party,” adding Republicans were unwilling to “do the right thing for the American people.”

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “MTP Daily” that the Republican attacks on him are “painfully ridiculous” and attacks on “science and the truth.”

CNN anchor Don Lemon said Tuesday that those who believed former President Barack Obama was not born in Hawaii were being led into believing former President Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “All In ” that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) does not understand that Republican-led state legislatures new election laws are an assault on democracy that needs a national answer like the For the People Act because she argued he has constituents whose voting rights have never been challenged.

Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that it was “a clear and present danger to the republic” that people who believe that President Joe Biden was an illegitimate president, warning that they could “make political change through violence.”

Former President Barack Obama said Monday during an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper that “certain right-wing media venues” were monetizing, stoking fears of white Americans.

Seventy-eight percent of senior Capitol Hill aides believe the Republicans will regain the House in 2022, up 12 percent from April, according to a poll from Punchbowl News. 

House and Senate Democrats’ “wafer-thin” majorities are in trouble leading up to the 2022 midterms. According to a report, history, retirements, and redistricting will play a key factor for the Republicans poised to take back the House.

Joy Behar told her co-hosts Monday on ABC’s “The View” that former President Donald Trump looked like he “pooped” his pants during a speech to the North Carolina Republican Party on Saturday.

Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Sunday on MSNBC’s “Alex Witt Reports” called the Republican Party “anti-democratic.”