Mudline May 16, 2022
May 16, 2022
........Fox News' Lisa Kennedy Montgomery on Bruce Springsteen: "I think he's a commie...He's turned into a massive pinko."....Rep. Lauren Boebert: "The Left has gone beyond questioning man and are now questioning the will of God. Dangerous and demonic territory."....Fox News' Sean Hannity on NBC and CNN: "Both organizations are only propaganda arms for the DNC. They peddle in lies, conspiracy theories, always to advance the socialist agenda, hate on everything conservative, and all Trump supporters."....Elon Musk on NBC: "Same org that covered up Hunter Biden laptop story, had Harvey Weinstein story early and killed it, and built Matt Lauer his rape office. Lovely people."....novelist Jacob Bacharach on Elon Musk: "All the brain damage of Ronald Reagan, but none of the charm."....Mehdi Hasan on Musk: "A petulant and not-so-bright billionaire."....Sean Hannity on Hasan: "A not-so-bright MSNBC host...I don't really know this guy."....Mary Trump on her uncle: "He knows he's a deeply unintelligent person...He's always trying to fill a need that's deeply unfillable."....Tristan Snell on Supreme Court: "Won't force you to wear a mask in a pandemic -- but it'll force you to bear a child."....Russian oligarch and war critic Oleg Y. Tinkov: "I've realized that Russia, as a country, no longer exists...Why would we have a good army [when the country is] mired in nepotism, servility, and subservience?"....former Ukraine president Viktor Yushchenko: "The Putin I dealt with no longer exists."....Trump-endorsed AZ gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake: "I will not take any orders from Joe Biden. He's illegitimate, that election was a sham, and he's trying to destroy this country...I think we need to decertify that election."....GA gubernatorial candidate Kandiss Taylor on Biden: "We have a fradulent pedophile in the White House."....Sean Hannity on Biden: "One of the dumbest, least capable presidents we've ever had."....Trump on Biden: "Taking orders from the Easter Bunny."....John Pavlovitz: "Nothing like reading Tweets from Republican politicians, with Scriptures from a Bible they don't read about a God they don't believe in and a Jesus they have no interest in emulating."....New Abnormal co-host Andy Levy on Russian disinformation: "They can just play clips of 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' and their job is done for the most part. They're basically at the Alex Jones-level right now."....Jimmy Kimmel on Carlson: "I think he's like the media version of the Sackler family. He's knowingly producing this deadly opioid of lies that has a devastating effect on the country. But he's OK with it, because it's making him rich."....Jonathan Alter on GOP: "Has become a white grievance party that is set to renominate an authoritarian, pro-Putin demagogue who tried to stage a coup."....Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Dems: "They stole this election. We all know. They will destroy our country next."....National Review's Rich Lowry on MTG: "A bomb-thrower drawn to lurid conspiracy theories."....Rep. Ronnie Jackson on House Jan. 6 committee: "Illegitimate."....WaPo's Michael Kranish on Sen. Ted Cruz: "Somebody who knows what the Constitution calls for, knows what his duties and obligations are, and was willing, frankly, to set that aside."....Trump on Prince Harry: "Poor Harry is being led around by the nose, and I think he's an embarrassment."....Trump on Ted Cruz: "Pussy."....Trump on Kevin McCarthy: "Pussy."....Trump on Mike Pence: "Pussy."....TN state Rep. Jerry Sexton on books deemed inappropriate for school libraries: "I would burn them."....Sen. Rand Paul on Dr. Anthony Fauci: "A man that is against everything that America stands for."....Ann Coulter: "Fauci is SO JEALOUS of Communist China!"....Trump on former AG Bill Barr's memoir: "Crummy book...So False."....U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton on Trump: "I think our democracy is in trouble because, unfortunately, we have charlatans like our former president who doesn't, in my view, really care about democracy but only about power."....Mary Trump: "It's Democrats vs. Fascists in 2022. Vote accordingly."....Rep. Madison Cawthorn: "I think we have bred a generation of soft men and that generation has created a lot of problems in our society and our culture."....FL Gov. Ron DeSantis on San Francisco: "A dumpster fire."....Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "Kevin McCarthy is a liar and a traitor."....Tucker Carlson on McCarthy: "A puppet of the Democrats."....Rep. Lauren Boebert: "Hey libs, if you're mad about the mask mandates being lifted...start your own airline. Or just keep flying around on your private planes."....Fox News' Pete Hegseth: "Freedom smells even better when you take off your dirty mask."....James Carville: "Look at Peter Navarro...You're telling me he's a normal human being?!? No. And he's not even among the worst...A large part of the Republican Party is just out-and-out weird."....Rep. Eric Swalwell: "Imagine being a party that condemns Mickey Mouse more harshly than Vladimir Putin. That's the Republican Party. Tough on a fictional mouse and soft on Russia."....Putin on the U.S.: "Ready to fight with Russia until the last Ukrainian."....DNC Chair Jaime Harrison on GOP: "A party built on fraud, fear, and fascism."....Sen. Rick Scott: "We survived the War of 1812, Civil War, World War I and World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War. [But] today, we face the greatest danger we have ever faced: The militant left-wing in our country has become the enemy within."....Ruth Ben-Ghiat on FL and Texas: "Laboratories of autocracy."....George Carlin: "Bullshit is the glue that binds us as a nation."....
