ByMonaSalama

"Now, you know, Chris Christie was in and he got a hot mic I heard about. I thought actually the biggest story wasn't the fact that he dropped out, nobody cared too much about that. But he had a hot mic where he was talking to somebody about the weather and he happened to say that she doesn't have what it takes. She'll be creamed in the election and I mean, I know very well and I happen to believe that Chris Christie is right. That's one of the few things he’s been right about actually"

The topic of crypto took center stage at the fourth Republican presidential debate when Ramaswamy was asked about his crypto policy in light of the recent guilty plea of former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao. DeSantis afterward interjected to voice his strong opposition to Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

Ramaswamy: "One thing that Joe Biden and Nikki Haley have in common is that neither of them could even state for you 3 provinces in eastern Ukraine that they want to send our troops to actually fight for. [Haley] has no idea what the hell the names of those provinces are, but she wants to send our sons and daughters and our trimmings and our military equipment to go fight it. So reject this myth that they've been selling you that somebody had a cup of coffee stint at the UN and then makes 8 million bucks after has real foreign policy experience. It takes an outsider to see this through. Look at the blank expression. She doesn't know the names of the providence that she wants to actually fight for"

Ramaswamy: "Do you want a leader from a different generation who's going to put this country first. Or do you want Dick Cheney in 3-inch heels, in which case we've got 2 of them on stage tonight" #GOPDebate

Ramaswamy: "We have become a party of losers at the end of the day. There is a cancer in the Republican establishment. Let’s speak the truth. Since Ronna McDaniel took over as chairwoman of the RNC in 2017, we lost in 2018, 2020. 2022 no red wave that never came. We got trounced last night in 2023"

A prankster by the name of "Tyrone" called in & pranked Fox News during its live on-air coverage of the Morgan State University shooting "Tyrone" pretended to be a student at the University and claimed that the shooting transpired "over a poker game" but goes off on a rant about being a Tucker Carlson fan "Well, first we're watching. We all get together every Tuesday night and we watch Tucker Carlson's show on X. We used to watch him on Fox News. Obviously, he's not there no more. And still being the most credible guy in the media in America, we always get together to watch Tucker Carlson and think he's doing probably better now he's not with Fox News because the corporate media always controls what the teleprompter readers are able to say"

House Minority Leader Jeffries concluded his nearly 53 minutes "Magic Minute" floor speech, saying that House Democrats "continue to stand ready to find common ground with our Republican colleagues" only to then list every efforts that Democrats will oppose working with Republicans on

Haley takes aim at DeSantis over his energy policies, claiming he banned fracking & offshore drilling by signing an executive order shortly after becoming governor "Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He's against drilling. He always talks about what happens on day 1. You better watch out because what happens on day 2 is where you get in trouble. Day Two in Florida, you banned fracking, you banned offshore drilling, and you took green subsidies that you didn’t need to take"

Christie looks straight to the camera to give Trump a new nickname "I want to look at that camera right now and tell you, Donald, I know you're watching. You can't help yourself. I know you're watching, okay? You're not here tonight, not because of polls and not because of your indictments, you're not here tonight because you're afraid of being on the stage and defending your record. You're ducking these things. And let me tell you what's going to happen. You keep doing that, no one up here is going to call you Donald Trump anymore. We're going to call you a Donald Duck"

DeSantis takes a swing at Trump for being a no-show at 2nd #GOPDebate "Where's Joe Biden? He's completely missing in action from leadership. And you know who else is missing in action? Donald Trump is missing in action. He should be on this stage tonight. He owes it to you to defend his record where they added $7.8 trillion to the debt that set the stage for the inflation that we have"

Ramaswamy: "Transgenderism, especially in kids, is a mental health disorder"

Haley didn’t hold back when going after Ramaswamy, snapping at him for having a TikTok account that he defended was necessary to reach young voters "This is infuriating because TikTok is one of the most dangerous social media apps that we could have. And honestly, every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber for what you say... China knows exactly what they’re doing and what we've seen is you've gone and helped China make medicines, in China not America, and you're now wanting kids to go get on this social media that dangerous for all of us. We can’t trust you. We can’t have TikTok in our kids’ lives" After the fiery bad-blood exchange between Ramaswamy and Haley, Fox News cut to a commercial break with the first ad airing being a TikTok ad 😑

Scott and Haley brawl about $50K curtains & gas tax Scott: "Nikki offered a 10¢ gas tax increase in South Carolina. Talk about someone who has never seen a federal dollar she doesn’t like. 0.10¢ on the gallon in South Carolina" Haley: "Bring it Tim" Scott: "As the U.N. ambassador, you literally put $50,000 on curtains and had a $15 million subsidized location" Haley: "You got bad information Scott: "Just go to Youtube … All you have to do is go watch Nikki Haley on YouTube" Haley: "On the curtains, do your homework Tim, because Obama bought those" Scott: "Did you send them back?" Haley: "You are scrapping"

Rep. Matt Gaetz delivered a message to Speaker McCarthy (R-CA) from the House floor shortly after his announcement that he is calling on 3 House Committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, threatening McCarthy's speakership if he doesn’t comply with his commitments to GOP hardliners

Senate Minority Leader McConnell freezes, appearing briefly unable to respond to a reporter's question on whether he will be running for re-election in 2026 — marking the second freeze-up episode in just a month where McConnell has abruptly stopped & struggled to speak in public for about a minute, requiring aides to step in & help the Republican Senate leader

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced that he is calling on 3 House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden

VP Harris explaining A.I "A.I. is kind of a fancy thing. First of all, it's 2 letters. It means 'Artificial Intelligence' but ultimately what it is, it's about machine learning & so the machine is taught & part of the issue here is what information is going into the machine that will then determine & we can predict then if we think about what machine what information is going in what then will be produced in terms of decisions & opinions that may be made through that process"

Biden delivering a major foreign policy speech at the conclusion of the NATO Summit says the "existential threat" & the "single greatest threat to humanity" is climate change "We all must summon the common will to actually address the existential threat of accelerating climate change. It's real! It's serious! We don't have a lot of time! It's the single greatest threat to humanity!"

Gov. DeSantis To Gov. Newsom: He has a real serious fixation on the state of Florida. What I would tell him is — Stop pussyfooting around. Are you going to throw your hat in the ring & challenge Joe [Biden]? Are you going to get in & do it? Or are you just going to sit on the sidelines and chirp?"

Former President Trump confronts CNN Kaitlin Collins after multiple interruptions "You’re a nasty person" #CNNTownhall

Former President Trump on Second Amendment & mass shootings "We have a very big mental health problem in this country & again it's not the gun that pulls the trigger. It's the person that pulls the trigger. And we have to protect our Second Amendment rights" #CNNTownhall

Former President Trump leaving Trump Tower traveling in an 8-car motorcade heading downtown to NYC courthouse ahead of his arraignment on criminal charges.

Former WH Press Sect. Jen Psaki insists President Biden is on top of the #SVBCollapse because he woke up extra early just to inform the American people for 5 minutes about the 2 banks’ bailout "It's important to note, President Biden does nothing at 9:00 am He is a night owl"

Biden focuses "Ukraine First" doctrine on U.S. Presidents’ day

Biden claims Paul Pelosi's attacker was "using the very same language the insurrectionists used who stalked these halls chanted on Jan.6" "Just a few months ago, unhinged by the Big Lie, an assailant unleashed political violence in the home of the then-Speaker of this House of Representatives. Using the very same language that insurrectionists who stalked these halls chanted on January 6th" #SOTU