“How many times did Senator Kennedy look to advance health care? So, you know, ultimately the, the victory, sometimes the the victory is in the fight.”— Ayanna Pressley, cbsnews.com
“I couldn’t justify Chappaquiddick. I mean it was a humiliation, a horrible embarrassment, and as I told somebody—it’s in these papers here—I said he took us with him over that bridge because he was sort of our star. I think if that hadn’t happened, he might have been in the White House himself.”— Walter Mondale, emkinstitute.org
“He was a young, good-looking guy, big guy, a huge personality, what somebody would call a ‘room bender.’ He would come into a room and everybody knew he was there. Lots of energy, part of the Kennedy mystique, and was an all-out progressive, itchy and anxious to change and reform and get it done rig…”— Walter Mondale, emkinstitute.org
“Al Franken was ousted. That one really hurt liberals. But I believe it was the great Ted Kennedy who said, 'Wow! That’s crazy! I murdered a woman!'”— Michelle Wolf, youtube.com