“They will tell us to 'trust them' when they say that their [healthcare] alternative is better than the existing law. Please don't. These are politicians who for years have dedicated themselves to the absurd proposition that we are better off as a nation when insurers can discriminate, when the poor…”— Jonathan Gruber, nydailynews.com
“Critics of Obamacare want you to believe that the law has driven costs sharply higher. That's just wrong. Since the ACA's passage, health-care costs have grown at their slowest rate in measured U.S. history; the innovative cost controls put in place by the law are one important reason why.”— Jonathan Gruber, nydailynews.com
“Since the ACA's passage, the number of people covered by employer-provided insurance, which had been in long-term decline, has stabilized. And partly due to cost controls put in place by the ACA, employer health insurance premiums are now $3,600 below where they were projected to be before the law w…”— Jonathan Gruber, nydailynews.com
“Darkness is good. Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That’s power. It only helps us when they get it wrong. When they’re blind to who we are and what we’re doing.”— Steve Bannon, hollywoodreporter.com
“These people are now part of the political landscape. On their forums I’ve read long, furious manifestos claiming that women are all sluts who ‘ride the cock carousel’ and sleep with a series of ‘alpha males’ until they reach the end of their sexual prime, at which point they seek out a ‘beta cuck’…”— Abi Wilkinson, theguardian.com
“To scroll through Breitbart headlines is to come upon a parallel universe where black people do nothing but commit crimes, immigrants rape native-born daughters, and feminists want to castrate all men.”— The New York Times, nytimes.com
“To the degree that Donald Trump is serious about pursuing policies that improve the lives of working families in this country, I and other progressives are prepared to work with him. To the degree that he pursues racist, sexist, xenophobic and anti-environment policies, we will vigorously oppose him…”— Bernie Sanders, facebook.com