It is my fondest wish that in the fullness of time, the American people will look back on the Franken presidency as something of a mixed bag and not as a complete disaster.
AL FRANKENWe know that the Russian’s interfered in our election and they did it to benefit President Trump. The intelligence agencies confirmed that.
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We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we’d discuss it with our parents.
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If Republicans eliminate Medicare, America will become a country in which you can never retire – and once you physically can no longer work, you are desperately poor until you die.
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But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we’re an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we’re going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.
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It’s hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it’s impossible to have that debate.
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All concluded that Russia did in fact interfere in the 2016 election in order to, quote, help President-elect Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton.
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Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
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I can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people.
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As someone who’s spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda,
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Liberals like me love America. We just love America in a different way.
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We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it’s uncomfortable to talk about.
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Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose.
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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.
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Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.
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I think if you’re going to do a movie about Reagan, you do it about the fact that he created the huge deficit.
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